Katie Mack (astrophysicist)

Katie Mack
Mack in 2019
Born
Katherine J. Mack

(1981-05-01) 1 May 1981
Alma materPrinceton University (PhD)
California Institute of Technology (BS)
Scientific career
FieldsCosmology
Theoretical astrophysics
InstitutionsPerimeter Institute
North Carolina State University
University of Melbourne
University of Cambridge
ThesisTests of Early Universe Physics from Observational Astronomy (2009)
Doctoral advisorPaul Steinhardt
Websitewww.astrokatie.com

Katherine J. Mack (born 1 May 1981) is a theoretical cosmologist who holds the Hawking Chair in Cosmology and Science Communication at the Perimeter Institute. Her academic research investigates dark matter, vacuum decay, and the Epoch of Reionization. Mack is also a popular science communicator who participates in social media and regularly writes for Scientific American, Slate, Sky & Telescope, Time, and Cosmos.