Risa Wechsler

Risa H. Wechsler is an American physicist and Professor of Physics at Stanford University and of Particle Physics and Astrophysics at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.[1] She is the director of the Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology.[2]

Risa Wechsler
Born
Seattle, WA, United States
NationalityAmerican
Alma materMassachusetts Institute of Technology
University of California, Santa Cruz
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics, cosmology, astrophysics
InstitutionsStanford University
Websiterisawechsler.com

A cited expert in cosmology, large-scale structure, and galaxy formation,[3] her interests are astrophysics and dark matter and energy.[4] She was the Co-Spokesperson of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument Collaboration[5] until mid-2018 and has played a leading role in the Dark Energy Survey.[6]

She has appeared on the BBC show Horizon: The Mystery of Dark Energy,[7] the Science Channel's Space's Deepest Secrets: Secret History of the Big Bang[8] and on the PBS show Science Bytes: Dark Matters.[9]

In 2019, she collaborated on an exhibit with the artist Oxossi Ayofemi at the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco. [10]

Education

She earned her S.B. in Physics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1996 and her Ph.D from University of California, Santa Cruz in 2001.[1] She was a NASA Hubble Fellow at the University of Chicago from 2003-2006.[11]

Recognition

Wechsler is an Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society since 2017 and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science since 2020. [4] [12] She was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2023.[13]

Publications

A list of Wechsler's publications can be found here.

References
  1. "Risa Wechsler". stanford.edu. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
  2. Gnida, Manuel. "Risa Wechsler named director of KIPAC". SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
  3. "Risa Wechsler". Retrieved November 27, 2017.
  4. "SLAC's Risa Wechsler named American Physical Society Fellow". eurekaalert.org. October 1017. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
  5. "DESI Team". Retrieved November 27, 2017.
  6. "Dark matter map puts Big Bang theory on trial". Retrieved March 17, 2018.
  7. "BBC Horizon: The Mystery of Dark Energy". Retrieved March 17, 2018.
  8. "Science Channel Space's Deepest Secrets: Secret History of the Big Bang". Retrieved March 17, 2018.
  9. "PBS Science Bytes: Dark Matters". Retrieved March 17, 2018.
  10. "In That Case: Havruta in Contemporary Art—Oxossi Ayofemi and Risa Wechsler". Retrieved November 12, 2019.
  11. "Hubble Fellows". Retrieved March 17, 2018.
  12. "AAAS Announces Leading Scientists Elected as 2020 Fellows". aaas.org. November 2020. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  13. "New members". American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 2023. Retrieved 2023-04-21.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.