Theoretical Cosmology

Daniel Eisenstein

Daniel Eisenstein

Paul C. Mangelsdorf Professor of Astronomy
Chair of the Department

Research Interests:  Cosmology and extragalactic astronomy with a mix of theoretical and observational methods; the development of the baryon acoustic oscillation method to measure the cosmic distance scale and study dark energy.... Read more about Daniel Eisenstein

Perkin Lab, P-326
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
60 Garden Street, MS-20
Cambridge, MA 02138
p: (617) 495-7530
Lars Hernquist

Lars Hernquist

Mallinckrodt Professor of Astrophysics

Research Interests: Theoretical studies of dynamical processes in cosmology and galaxy formation/galaxy evolution. Numerical simulations of stellar dynamical and hydrodynamical systems. Investigations of the physics of compact objects, particularly neutron stars and the interplay between thermal and magnetic processes in strongly magnetized neutron stars.... Read more about Lars Hernquist

Perkin Lab, P-235
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
60 Garden St., MS-51
Cambridge, MA 02138
p: (617) 496-4180
Sophia Sanchez-Maes

Sophia Sanchez-Maes

Graduate Student
Ford Foundation Graduate Fellow
National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow
Research Interests: Theoretical Astrophysics
Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian
60 Garden Street, MS-10
Cambridge, MA 02138