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Risa Wechsler

Asst Professor, Physics

Asst Professor, SLAC (KIPAC)


Room 211
Physics & Astrophysics Bldg
452 Lomita Mall
Stanford, CA 94305

Campus phone: 650-736-8017
SLAC phone: 650-926-3621

email: rwechsler@stanford.edu

Website: http://risa.stanford.edu

Stanford directory listing

SLAC directory listing

Research Interests

  • Theoretical Cosmology and Astrophysics
  • Galaxy formation and properties, large-scale structure, galaxy 
    clusters, history and structure of dark-matter halos, cosmological 
    constraints, dark matter and dark energy.

Career History

  • Ph.D., Physics, UC Santa Cruz, 2001
  • S.B., Physics, MIT, 1996

  • Assistant Professor, Stanford Physics, SLAC, KIPAC, 2006-present
  • Hubble Fellow, University of Chicago, Kavli Insitute for Cosmological 
    Physics, 2003-2006
  • Research Fellow, University of Michigan, 2001-2003

Honors and Awards

  • Arthur H. Compton Lecturer, Enrico Fermi Institute, Spring 2005
  • Hubble Fellowship, NASA/STScI, 2003 – 2006
  • Fermi Fellowship, Enrico Fermi Institute, 2003 – 2005
  • NSF GAANN Fellowship, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1998 – 2001
  • Presidential Fellowship, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1996 – 1998

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