Biography:Tracy Slatyer
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File:Gamma-ray Bubbles.ogv Tracy Slatyer is a particle physicist with a concentration in theoretical astrophysics.[1][2] She was a 2014 recipient of the Rossi Prize for gamma ray detection of Fermi bubbles, which are unexpected large structure in our galaxy.[3][4][5] Her research also involves seeking explanations for dark matter and the gamma ray haze at the center of the Milky Way.[6]
Early life and education
She studied at Narrabundah College in Canberra, Australia .[7] Slatyer received her Ph.D. in 2010 from Harvard University.[3]
Career and research
- 9/2010 - 7/2013 Member of Institute for Advanced Study[1]
- Assistant Professor of Physics Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Honors and awards
- 2017 Henry Primakoff Award for Early-Career Particle Physics from the American Physical Society[8]
- 2014 Rossi Prize with Douglas Finkbeiner and Meng Su[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Tracy Slatyer". https://www.ias.edu/scholars/tracy-slatyer.
- ↑ "Physics - Tracy R. Slatyer". https://physics.aps.org/authors/tracy_r_slatyer.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "2014 Rossi prize awarded to Douglas Finkbeiner, Tracy Slatyer, and Meng Su". http://astronomy.fas.harvard.edu/news/2014-rossi-prize-awarded-harvard-astronomy-professor-douglas-finkbeiner-tracy-slayter.
- ↑ "Meng Su wins 2014 Bruno Rossi Prize (along with Tracy Slatyer, MIT, and Douglas Finkbeiner, CfA) | MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research". http://space.mit.edu/meng-su-wins-2014-bruno-rossi-prize-along-tracy-slatyer-mit-and-douglas-finkbeiner-cfa.
- ↑ "HEAD AAS Rossi Prize Winners | High Energy Astrophysics Division". https://head.aas.org/rossi/rossi.recip.html#AD.
- ↑ Sokol, Joshua (September 1, 2016), "A Seeker of Dark Matter’s Hidden Light: The physicist Tracy Slatyer is searching for faint wisps of dark matter annihilating in the early universe — and perhaps in hiding places closer to home", Quanta, https://www.quantamagazine.org/20160901-tracy-slatyer-dark-matter-interview/.
- ↑ Griffiths, John (6 November 2014). "Celebrating ACT Public School alumni". Archived from the original on 16 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160416041854/http://citynews.com.au/2014/celebrating-act-public-school-alumni/.
- ↑ "2017 Henry Primakoff Award for Early-Career Particle Physics". https://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/prizerecipient.cfm?last_nm=Slatyer&first_nm=Tracy&year=2017.
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