Rachel Mandelbaum

Rachel Mandelbaum
Alma materPrinceton University (A.B., Ph.D.)
AwardsAlfred P. Sloan Fellowship
Annie Jump Cannon Award in Astronomy
Scientific career
FieldsAstrophysics, Gravitational lensing
InstitutionsCarnegie Mellon University
ThesisWeak gravitational lensing analysis of Sloan Digital Sky Survey data (2006)
Uros Seljak
Websitehttp://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/rmandelb/

Rachel Mandelbaum is a professor of astrophysics at Carnegie Mellon University, studying cosmology and galactic evolution with a focus on dark matter and dark energy. Much of her work has used the phenomenon of gravitational lensing of galaxies and she has made significant improvements in the calibration of lensing parameters.

Education

Mandelbaum received her A.B. in physics with highest honors from Princeton University in 2000.

She received her Ph.D. in physics from Princeton University in 2006[1] and is a tenured associate professor of physics at the Carnegie Mellon University.[2]

Research

Mandelbaum studies cosmology using the technique of weak gravitational lensing. She has contributed to more than 100 published papers since 2011.[3] She served as the spokesperson for the LSST Dark Energy Science Collaboration,[4] elected in 2019 and serving until July 1, 2021.[5]

Personal life

Mandelbaum is an Orthodox Jew. She is open about her faith.[6]

Awards

Mandelbaum has received numerous awards including the Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship in 2013, the Department of Energy Early Career Award in 2012[7] and the Annie Jump Cannon Award in Astronomy from the American Astronomical Society in 2011.[7] In 2019, she was named a Simons Investigator by the Simons Foundation.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Rachel Mandelbaum's webpage". www.andrew.cmu.edu. Retrieved June 15, 2016.
  2. ^ University, Carnegie Mellon. "Rachel Mandelbaum-Dept of Physics - Carnegie Mellon University". www.cmu.edu. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
  3. ^ "SAO/NASA ADS Abstract Service". adsabs.harvard.edu. Retrieved June 15, 2016.
  4. ^ Collaboration, LSST Dark Energy Science. "Organization". LSST Dark Energy Science Collaboration. Retrieved March 14, 2021.
  5. ^ University, Carnegie Mellon. "Mandelbaum Elected Spokesperson for LSST Dark Energy Science Collaboration - News - Carnegie Mellon University". www.cmu.edu. Retrieved March 14, 2021.
  6. ^ Chronicle, Justin Vellucci | Special to the. "Jewish cosmologist is a star at CMU". jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved March 14, 2021.
  7. ^ a b University, Carnegie Mellon. "Press Release: Carnegie Mellon Astrophysicist Rachel Mandelbaum Receives Department of Energy Early Career Award for Dark Matter and Dark Energy Research-CMU News - Carnegie Mellon University". www.cmu.edu. Retrieved June 15, 2016.
  8. ^ "Carnegie Mellon physicist Rachel Mandelbaum named 2019 Simons Investigator". EurekAlert!. Retrieved March 14, 2021.


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