Hiranya Peiris
Hiranya Peiris | |
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Peiris in 2016 | |
| Born | Hiranya Vajramani Peiris April 29, 1974 |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge (BA) Princeton University (PhD) |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | University College London Stockholm University University of Chicago University of Cambridge |
| Thesis | First year Wilkinson microwave anisotropy probe results : cosmological parameters and implications for inflation (2003) |
| Doctoral advisor | David Spergel |
| Website | https://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/people/Hiranya.Peiris |
Hiranya Vajramani Peiris is a British astrophysicist at the University of Cambridge, where she holds the Professorship of Astrophysics (1909). She is best known for her work on the cosmic microwave background radiation, and interdisciplinary links between cosmology and high-energy physics. She was one of 27 scientists who received the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics in 2018 for their "detailed maps of the early universe".