Summary

One of the world's most cited astrophysicists, known principally for WMAP analysis that established the standard cosmological model. Named by NASA in 2022 to chair the agency's UAP Independent Study Team, whose September 2023 report represents the official NASA scientific posture on UAP: no evidence of extraterrestrial origin, but poor data quality is the primary obstacle to scientific analysis.

Roles

• -President, Simons Foundation
• -Emeritus Charles A. Young Professor of Astronomy, Princeton University
• -Chair, NASA UAP Independent Study Team (2022-2023)
• -Former Director, Center for Computational Astrophysics, Flatiron Institute

Organizations

Education

• -PhD, Astrophysics, Harvard University
• -AM, Harvard University
• -AB, Princeton University (1982)

Early Career

• -Joined Princeton faculty; became Charles A. Young Professor of Astronomy
• -Led analysis of WMAP (Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe) data, establishing precise values for dark matter, dark energy, and the age of the universe
• -Founded and directed the Center for Computational Astrophysics at the Flatiron Institute (2016-2021)