Cosmology X Data Science

David Spergel joined the foundation in 2016 to lead its Center for Computational Astrophysics. He is an astrophysicist with research interests ranging from the search for planets around nearby stars to the shape of the universe.

Shirley Ho will join CCA in Fall 2018 as leader of the Cosmology X Data Science group (CDS). Her research interests have ranged from fundamental cosmological measurements to exoplanet statistics to utilizing machine learning to estimate how much dark matter is in the universe.

Justin Alsing joined the Centre for Computational Astrophysics in 2016 as a Flatiron research fellow in the statistical astronomy group. His broad research interests cover cosmology, theoretical astrophysics and astrostatistics, where he is principally concerned with developing ambitious and sophisticated methods for extracting information from…

Nick Battaglia joined the foundation in 2017 as an associate research scientist at the Center for Computational Astrophysics. His research interests include cosmology, the cosmic microwave background, large-scale structure, reionization, galaxy clusters, and the Sunyaev-Zel’dovich effect. Since completing his Ph.D. in Astronomy and Astrophysics at…

Stephen Feeney joined the foundation in 2016 as a research fellow at the Center for Computational Astrophysics, having previously worked at Imperial College and University College London. His research interests include observational cosmology, the cosmic microwave background, early-universe physics, machine learning and physical applications of…

Suvodip Mukherjee joined the foundation in September 2017 as a research fellow at the Center for Computational Astrophysics. He works on theoretical and statistical aspects of a range of topics in cosmology, which includes cosmic microwave background, spectral distortions and large-scale structure.

Sigurd Naess joined the foundation in 2016 as an associate research scientist in the statistical astronomy group of the Center for Computational Astrophysics. His research focuses on analyzing cosmic microwave background data from experiments such as QUIET, ACT, PIXIE and the Simons Observatory.

Francisco Villaescusa-Navarro joined the foundation in 2016 as a research fellow at the Center for Computational Astrophysics. His research interests range from cosmology to galaxy formation and its work is focused on understanding the impact of massive neutrinos on the cosmological observables and on the…

Professor Benjamin Wandelt received his Ph.D. in astrophysics from Imperial College, London. He worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the Theoretical Astrophysics Center in Copenhagen from 1997 to 1999, as a research associate at the Department of Physics, Princeton University, from 1999 to 2001. He…