Shaun Cole
British cosmologist and academic
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Shaun Malcolm Cole (born 19 November 1963) is a British cosmologist.
Born
Chipping, Lancashire, England
KnownforDiscovery of Baryon Acoustic Oscillations, Semi-analytical Models in Galaxy Formation
AwardsShaw Prize (2014)
Shaun Cole | |
|---|---|
| Born | Chipping, Lancashire, England |
| Alma mater | Jesus College, Oxford Clare College, Cambridge |
| Known for | Discovery of Baryon Acoustic Oscillations, Semi-analytical Models in Galaxy Formation |
| Awards | Shaw Prize (2014) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Cosmology, Galaxy formation, Galactic Astronomy |
| Institutions | University of California Berkeley Durham University |
| Doctoral advisor | George Efstathiou and Nick Kaiser |
| Website | star-www |
Cole grew up in Chipping, Lancashire.[1] He graduated from Jesus College, Oxford with a first-class degree in Physics in 1985, and subsequently completed Part III of the Mathematical Tripos at the University of Cambridge. His performance in Part III was strong enough to earn a studentship for a PhD at the Cambridge Institute of Astronomy.[1]
Cole has been Professor of Physics at Durham University since 2005 and was the director of the Institute for Computational Cosmology (2020-2025).[2][3][4] He was joint-winner of the 2014 Shaw Prize with Daniel Eisenstein and John A. Peacock.[5]
