Tracy Slatyer

Professor
Tracy Slatyer
NationalityAustralian
EducationPhD, Harvard
AwardsNew Horizons in Physics Prize[1]
Scientific career
Fieldsparticle physics, astrophysics
InstitutionsMIT
ThesisSignatures of a new force in the dark matter sector (2010)
Doctoral advisorDouglas P. Finkbeiner
Websiteweb.mit.edu/physics/people/faculty/slatyer_tracy.html
Artist's conception of Fermi Bubbles

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 structure 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]

  1. ^ a b Jennifer Chu (10 September 2020). "Four from MIT awarded 2021 New Horizons in Physics and New Frontiers in Mathematics prizes". Physicists Tracy Slatyer and Netta Engelhardt and mathematicians Lisa Piccirillo and Nina Holden PhD '18 are honored by the Breakthrough Prize Foundation.
  2. ^ "Tracy Slatyer". Institute for Advanced Study. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  3. ^ "Physics - Tracy R. Slatyer". physics.aps.org. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference MIT.Tenure was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "2014 Rossi prize awarded to Douglas Finkbeiner, Tracy Slatyer, and Meng Su". astronomy.fas.harvard.edu. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  6. ^ "Meng Su wins 2014 Bruno Rossi Prize (along with Tracy Slatyer, MIT, and Douglas Finkbeiner, CfA) | MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research". space.mit.edu. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  7. ^ "HEAD AAS Rossi Prize Winners | High Energy Astrophysics Division". head.aas.org. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  8. ^ Sokol, Joshua (1 September 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.
  9. ^ "WINNERS OF THE 2021 BREAKTHROUGH PRIZES IN LIFE SCIENCES, FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS AND MATHEMATICS ANNOUNCED". 10 September 2020.