Risa Wechsler
Risa Wechsler | |
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Born | |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology University of California, Santa Cruz |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics, cosmology, astrophysics |
Institutions | Stanford University |
Website | risawechsler |
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] She 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. [3] [4]
A cited expert in cosmology, large-scale structure, and galaxy formation,[5] her interests are astrophysics and dark matter and energy.[3] She was the Co-Spokesperson of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument Collaboration[6] until mid-2018 and has played a leading role in the Dark Energy Survey.[7]
She has appeared on the BBC show Horizon: The Mystery of Dark Energy,[8] the Science Channel's Space's Deepest Secrets: Secret History of the Big Bang[9] and on the PBS show Science Bytes: Dark Matters.[10]
In 2019, she collaborated on an exhibit with the artist Oxossi Ayofemi at the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco. [11]
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.[12]
Publications[]
A list of Wechsler's publications can be found here.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Risa Wechsler". stanford.edu. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
- ^ Gnida, Manuel. "Risa Wechsler named director of KIPAC". SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "SLAC's Risa Wechsler named American Physical Society Fellow". eurekaalert.org. October 1017. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
- ^ "AAAS Announces Leading Scientists Elected as 2020 Fellows". aaas.org. November 2020. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
- ^ "Risa Wechsler". Retrieved November 27, 2017.
- ^ "DESI Team". Retrieved November 27, 2017.
- ^ "Dark matter map puts Big Bang theory on trial". Retrieved March 17, 2018.
- ^ "BBC Horizon: The Mystery of Dark Energy". Retrieved March 17, 2018.
- ^ "Science Channel Space's Deepest Secrets: Secret History of the Big Bang". Retrieved March 17, 2018.
- ^ "PBS Science Bytes: Dark Matters". Retrieved March 17, 2018.
- ^ "In That Case: Havruta in Contemporary Art—Oxossi Ayofemi and Risa Wechsler". Retrieved November 12, 2019.
- ^ "Hubble Fellows". Retrieved March 17, 2018.
- Living people
- Stanford University faculty
- Fellows of the American Physical Society
- 21st-century American physicists
- American cosmologists
- American women academics
- American women physicists
- Women astrophysicists
- MIT Department of Physics alumni
- University of California, Santa Cruz alumni
- 21st-century American women scientists