Risa Wechsler
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Positions

Stanford University
Director, Kavli Institue for Particle Physics and Cosmology (2018- 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 Instutute 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

Major Positions 

Director, KIPAC (2018-present)
Co-Spokesperson, Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (2014-2018)
Co-Chair, Simulations Working Group & Builder, Dark Energy Survey (2012-present)
Assistant Director for Scientific Programs, KIPAC (2013-2018)
Founding Chair, Stanford Physics Department Equity & Inclusion Committee (2016--2019)

Awards 
& Service

KICC Board 2020 - present
NOIRLab Advisory Board, 2020 - present
Stanford Fellows, 2019-2021
Fellow, American Physical Society, Elected 2017
​LSST Scientific Advisory Committee 2016 - present
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
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 
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