Tracy Slatyer
Particle physicist
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Tracy Robyn Slatyer is a professor of particle physics with a concentration in theoretical astrophysics[2][3] with tenure at MIT.[4] She was a 2014 recipient of the Rossi Prize for gamma ray detection of Fermi bubbles, which are unexpected large structures in our galaxy.[5][6][7] Her research also involves seeking explanations for dark matter and the gamma ray haze at the center of the Milky Way.[8] In 2021, she was awarded a New Horizons in Physics Prize for "major contributions to particle astrophysics, from models of dark matter to the discovery of the 'Fermi Bubbles'."[1][9]
Professor Tracy Slatyer | |
|---|---|
| Education | PhD, Harvard |
| Awards | New Horizons in Physics Prize[1] |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | particle physics, astrophysics |
| Institutions | MIT |
| Thesis | Signatures of a new force in the dark matter sector (2010) |
| Doctoral advisor | Douglas P. Finkbeiner |
| Website | web |
Early life and education
Slatyer was born in the Solomon Islands and grew up in Australia and Fiji. She studied at Narrabundah College in Canberra, Australia.[10] In 2005, she completed her undergraduate in theoretical physics at the Australian National University,[11] and her doctorate in physics at Harvard University in 2010 under the direction of Douglas Finkbeiner.[12]
Career and research
From 2010 to 2013, she was a John N. Bahcall Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study.[2] She joined the faculty at MIT the same year and received tenure in 2019.[4]
Honors and awards
- 2021 New Horizons in Physics Prize
- Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers[13] (awarded 2019)
- 2017 Henry Primakoff Award for Early-Career Particle Physics from the American Physical Society[14]
- 2014 Rossi Prize with Douglas Finkbeiner and Meng Su[5]
