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Maren Cosens is a key contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey V (SDSS-V), a landmark project pioneering panoptic spectroscopy. Her research focuses on large-scale spectroscopic surveys, multi-object spectroscopy (MOS), and the development of all-sky, multi-epoch optical-to-infrared mapping. Cosens’s major contributions include advancing the infrastructure and scientific goals of SDSS-V, which is the first survey to conduct simultaneous, hemisphere-spanning spectroscopic observations. Her most-cited work, “Sloan Digital Sky Survey. V. Pioneering Panoptic Spectroscopy” (2025, 25 citations), details the survey’s innovative use of the 2.5-meter Sloan Foundation Telescope and other facilities to capture dynamic, time-domain data across the entire sky. This effort enables breakthroughs in understanding stellar evolution, galactic dynamics, and the structure of the Milky Way. Cosens’s impact is evident in the foundational role her publications play in guiding the astronomical community’s use of SDSS-V data. Her work is notable for bridging observational capability with large-scale data analysis, making her a vital figure in modern survey astronomy and a resource for students and researchers exploring the frontiers of spectroscopic exploration.