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Antonella Palmese

Assistant Professor

Carnegie Mellon UniversityUSPhysics

Antonella Palmese is an astrophysicist at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. Her research group focuses on multi-messenger analyses, primarily involving optical and near-infrared observations of transients and...

PhysicsAstrophysicsAstronomyComputer science
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24.8K
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Risa Wechsler

Humanities and Sciences Professor and the Director of the Kavli Institute of Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Professor of Physics (H&S), Professor of Particle Physics & Astrophysics (SLAC), Director of the Center for Decoding the Universe, and an Associate Director at Stanford Data Science

Stanford UniversityUSPhysics

Risa Wechsler is the Humanities and Sciences Professor and the Director of the Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology at Stanford University. She is also a Professor of Physics and of Particle Physics...

PhysicsAstrophysicsAstronomyComputer science
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126.1K
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Felipe Menanteau

Research Associate Professor

University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUSAstronomy

Felipe Menanteau is a Research Associate Professor in Astronomy and the Assistant Director of Data Stewardship and Computing at the Prairie Research Institute. He is also an affiliate of the National Center for...

PhysicsAstrophysicsAstronomyComputer science
101
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48.2K
citations
924
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Janet Conrad

Professor of Physics

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUSPhysics

Janet Conrad is a Professor of Physics at MIT with a research focus on neutrinos, the lightest known matter particles, which outnumber atoms in the universe. Her work explores the properties of neutrinos, including...

PhysicsAstrophysicsAstronomyParticle physics
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164.7K
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Paul Ricker

Professor

University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUSAstronomy

Paul Ricker is a professor in the Department of Astronomy at Illinois College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. His research interests focus on computational astrophysics, with applications to binary stars, galaxy clusters,...

PhysicsAstrophysicsAstronomyComputer science
82
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50.5K
citations
317
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Deep Jariwala

Associate Professor Peter and Susanne Armstrong Distinguished Scholar

University of PennsylvaniaUSMaterials Science
Materials scienceOptoelectronicsNanotechnologyPhysics
69
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28K
citations
324
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Shami Chatterjee

Associate Professor Astronomy, Carl Sagan Institute, CCAPS

Cornell UniversityUSAstronomy

Shami Chatterjee is an Associate Professor in the Department of Astronomy at Cornell University, affiliated with the Cornell Center for Astrophysics and Planetary Science and the Carl Sagan Institute. He earned his...

PhysicsAstrophysicsAstronomyComputer science
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35.9K
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Matias Carrasco Kind

Research Assistant Professor of Accountancy and Director of Data Science Research Services and DPI Faculty in Residence and Deloitte Scholar

University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUSAccountancy

Matias Carrasco Kind is a faculty member at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, with positions including Faculty in Residence at the Gies College of Business and Affiliate Professor at the National Center...

PhysicsAstrophysicsAstronomyComputer science
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51K
citations
911
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Kent Irwin

Professor

Stanford UniversityUSPhysics

Kent Irwin is the Director of the Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory (HEPL) and a Professor of Physics, specializing in Particle Physics, Astrophysics, and Photon Science at Stanford University. He holds a Ph.D. and...

PhysicsOpticsAstrophysicsAstronomy
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76.7K
citations
1.2K
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Daniel M. Scolnic

Associate Professor of Physics

Duke UniversityUSPhysics

Daniel M. Scolnic is an Associate Professor of Physics at Duke University, affiliated with the Trinity College of Arts & Sciences, and also holds a position in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at...

PhysicsAstrophysicsAstronomyComputer science
65
h-index
30K
citations
469
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Nils Halverson

Astrophysical & Planetary Sciences

University of Colorado BoulderUSAstrophysical & Planetary Sciences

Nils Halverson develops millimeter-wavelength instrumentation to study the origins of the universe through observations of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). His research focuses on using CMB observations to gather...

PhysicsAstrophysicsOpticsAstronomy
80
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26.6K
citations
416
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Nancy Aggarwal

Assistant Professor

University of California, DavisUSPhysics and Astronomy

Nancy Aggarwal is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics at the University of California, Davis. Her research interests focus on precision measurements for fundamental physics, utilizing techniques from...

PhysicsAstrophysicsAstronomyOptics
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15.9K
citations
100
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Charles Baltay

Eugene Higgins Professor of Physics and Professor of Astronomy

Yale UniversityUSAeronautics and Astronautics

Charles Baltay is the Eugene Higgins Professor of Physics and Professor of Astronomy at Yale University. His professional affiliation is with the Yale Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics, located at 217 Prospect St,...

PhysicsAstrophysicsParticle physicsAstronomy
57
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13.3K
citations
690
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Stacey Alberts

Assistant Research Professor, Steward Observatory

University of ArizonaUSAstronomy

Stacey Alberts is an Assistant Research Professor at Steward Observatory. She earned her Ph.D. in 2014 from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Her research focuses on galaxy evolution in the context of local...

PhysicsAstrophysicsAstronomyComputer science
29
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3.2K
citations
155
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Chuanfei Dong

Assistant Professor (Astronomy, ECE)

Boston UniversityUSElectrical and Computer Engineering

Chuanfei Dong is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Astronomy at Boston University College of Engineering. He holds Ph.D. degrees in Space Science and Scientific Computing from the University of Michigan,...

PhysicsAstrobiologyEnvironmental scienceAstronomy
50
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7.2K
citations
478
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Jonathan J Fortney

Chair and Professor

University of California, Santa CruzUSPhysics and Astronomy

Jonathan J Fortney is a Professor and Chair in the Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics within the Division of Physical & Biological Sciences. His expertise encompasses astrophysics and astronomy, with a focus on...

PhysicsAstrobiologyAstronomyAstrophysics
125
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53.7K
citations
1.1K
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John Carlstrom

Professor

University of ChicagoUSPhysics

John E. Carlstrom is a Professor and the Subramanyan Chandrasekhar Distinguished Service Professor in the Departments of Astronomy and Astrophysics and Physics at The University of Chicago. He is associated with the...

PhysicsAstrophysicsAstronomyOptics
136
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70.9K
citations
811
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Constance Mary Rockosi

Professor/Astronomer

University of California, Santa CruzUSPhysics and Astronomy

Constance Mary Rockosi is an Associate Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at UC Santa Cruz and an Assistant Astronomer at UCO/Lick Observatory. Her research focuses on studying the Milky Way galaxy to understand...

PhysicsAstrophysicsAstronomyComputer science
86
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66.2K
citations
249
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Nicholas Battaglia

Associate Professor Director of Graduate Studies Astronomy, CCAPS

Cornell UniversityUSAstronomy

Professor Nicholas Battaglia works on observational cosmology and is particularly interested in fundamental physics, the epoch of reionization, and galaxy evolution. His research specializes in the data analysis and...

PhysicsAstrophysicsAstronomyStatistical physics
63
h-index
17.5K
citations
296
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Susan E. Clark

Assistant Professor

Stanford UniversityUSPhysics

Susan E. Clark is an Assistant Professor of Physics at Stanford University, with a focus on experimental and observational astrophysics and cosmology, as well as theoretical astrophysics and cosmology. She earned her...

PhysicsAstrophysicsAstronomyComputer science
27
h-index
3.7K
citations
324
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