Risa Wechsler

Risa Wechsler
Born Seattle, WA, United States
Nationality American
Alma mater Massachusetts Institute of Technology
University of California, Santa Cruz
Scientific career
Fields Physics, cosmology, astrophysics
Institutions Stanford University
Website risawechsler.com

Risa H. Wechsler is an American physicist and an Associate Professor of Physics at Stanford University and of Particle Physics and Astrophysics at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. [1] She is an Elected Fellow to the American Physical Society since 2017. [2] A cited expert in cosmology, large-scale structure, and galaxy formation,[3] her interests are astrophysics and dark matter and energy.[2] She is currently the Co-Spokesperson of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument Collaboration[4] and has played a leading role in the Dark Energy Survey.[5]

She has appeared on the BBC show Horizon: The Mystery of Dark Energy [6], the Science Channel's Space's Deepest Secrets: Secret History of the Big Bang[7] and on the PBS show Science Bytes: Dark Matters. [8]

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. [9]

Publications

  • Candels: the cosmic assembly near-infrared deep extragalactic legacy survey, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 2011
  • Concentrations of dark halos from their assembly histories, Risa H Wechsler, James S Bullock, Joel R Primack, Andrey V Kravtsov, Avishai Dekel, The Astrophysical Journal, 2002
  • The Average Star Formation Histories of Galaxies in Dark Matter Halos from z= 0-8, Peter S Behroozi, Risa H Wechsler, Charlie Conroy, The Astrophysical Journal, 2013
  • The dark side of the halo occupation distribution, Andrey V Kravtsov, Andreas A Berlind, Risa H Wechsler, Anatoly A Klypin, Stefan Gottlöber, Brandon Allgood, Joel R Primack, The Astrophysical Journal, 2004

References

  1. 1 2 "Risa Wechsler". stanford.edu. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
  2. 1 2 "SLAC's Risa Wechsler named American Physical Society Fellow". eurekaalert.org. October 1017. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Risa Wechsler". scholar.google.com. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
  4. ↑ "DESI Team". Retrieved November 27, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Dark matter map puts Big Bang theory on trial". Retrieved March 17, 2018.
  6. ↑ "BBC Horizon: The Mystery of Dark Energy". Retrieved March 17, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Science Channel Space's Deepest Secrets: Secret History of the Big Bang". Retrieved March 17, 2018.
  8. ↑ "PBS Science Bytes: Dark Matters". Retrieved March 17, 2018.
  9. ↑ "Hubble Fellows". Retrieved March 17, 2018.
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