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R. Staten is a key figure in modern observational cosmology, specializing in large-scale structure analysis and the mitigation of systematic biases in spectroscopic galaxy surveys. Their most impactful work addresses a fundamental challenge in precision cosmology: correcting for the angular selection effects imposed by fiber-fed spectrographs. Staten’s leading contribution, “Production of alternate realizations of DESI fiber assignment for unbiased clustering measurement in data and simulations” (2025, 25 citations), provides a critical methodology for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) collaboration. By generating multiple, statistically rigorous realizations of fiber assignment, this work enables unbiased measurements of galaxy clustering—a cornerstone for probing dark energy and cosmic expansion. This technique is essential for disentangling true cosmological signals from hardware-induced selection effects. Staten’s research directly supports DESI’s mission to map tens of millions of galaxies and quasars, and their methodological innovations are now integral to the survey’s data analysis pipeline. Their contributions ensure that the next generation of baryon acoustic oscillation and redshift-space distortion measurements remain robust against systematic errors, cementing their role in advancing our understanding of the universe’s large-scale structure.