positions |
Stanford University
Humanities and Sciences Professor Director, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (KIPAC) (2018-present) Director, Center for Decoding the Universe @ Stanford (2024-present) Associate Director of Research in the Physical and Natural Sciences, Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI and Data Science (2026-present) Gregory Amadon University Fellow in Undergraduate Education (2020-present) Department of Physics, Stanford Department of Particle Physics & Astrophysics, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory Professor (2019-present) Associate Professor (2013-2019) Assistant Professor (2006-2013) University of Chicago 2003-2006 Hubble Fellow, Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics Enrico Fermi Fellow, Enrico Fermi Institute Institute Fellow, Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics University of Michigan 2001-2003 Research Fellow, Department of Physics Member, Michigan Center for Theoretical Physics |
education |
University of California, Santa Cruz
PhD Physics, June 2001 Dissertation: ``Dark Halo Merging and Galaxy Formation'' Massachusetts Institute of Technology S.B. Physics, minor in Mathematics, June 1996 |
awards |
Member, National Academy of Sciences, Elected 2025
Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Elected 2023 Outstanding Leader Award, Stanford Faculty Women's Forum, 2023 Distinguished Alumna, University of California, Santa Cruz, 2022 Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Elected 2020 Stanford Fellows, 2019-2023 Fellow, American Physical Society, Elected 2017 Stanford Faculty Scholar 2015-2016 Nina C. Crocker Faculty Scholar in Humanities and Sciences, 2013-2017 Hellman Faculty Scholar, Stanford, 2008 Terman Fellow, Stanford 2006-2012 Hubble Fellow 2003-2006 |
major positions and service |
Flatiron Institute Scientific Advisory Board, 2025-present
Co-Chair, Roman Space Telescope High Latitude Wide Area Survey Definition Committee, 2024-2025 LSST Discovery Alliance Board 2023-present Rubin Operations Management Board, 2022-present Board on Physics and Astronomy, National Academy of Sciences, 2021-present Board of Trustees, Aspen Center for Physics 2020-present KICC Board of Fund Managers, 2020-present NOIRLab Advisory Board, 2020-2024 Founding Chair, Stanford Physics Department Equity & Inclusion Committee, 2016-2019 Rubin/LSST Scientific Advisory Committee, 2016-2023 Member, High Energy Physics Advisory Panel, 2015-2018 Advisory Board, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, 2015-2019; Chair: 2017-2018 General Member, Aspen Center for Physics, 2015-present Physics & Astronomy Leadership Council, Heising-Simons Foundation Co-Spokesperson, Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument, 2014-2018 Assistant Director for Scientific Programs, KIPAC, 2013-2018 Co-Chair, Simulations Working Group & Builder, Dark Energy Survey, 2012-present |