Katie Mack (astrophysicist)
Katie Mack | |
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Mack in 2019 | |
| Born | Katherine J. Mack 1 May 1981 |
| Alma mater | Princeton University (PhD) California Institute of Technology (BS) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Cosmology Theoretical astrophysics |
| Institutions | Perimeter Institute North Carolina State University University of Melbourne University of Cambridge |
| Thesis | Tests of Early Universe Physics from Observational Astronomy (2009) |
| Doctoral advisor | Paul Steinhardt |
| Website | www |
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.