Priyamvada Natarajan

Priya Natarajan
Natarajan at KITP, Santa Barbara
Born
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
Alma materMIT, University of Cambridge, Trinity College, Institute of Astronomy
Scientific career
FieldsCosmology, theoretical astrophysics
InstitutionsYale University (professor)

Priyamvada "Priya" Natarajan is a theoretical astrophysicist, Chair of the department of astronomy and professor of physics at Yale University. She is noted for her work in mapping dark matter and dark energy, particularly in gravitational lensing and in models describing the assembly and accretion histories of supermassive black holes. She authored the book Mapping the Heavens: The Radical Scientific Ideas That Reveal the Cosmos. She has been featured on shows such as Black Hole Apocalypse on PBS, showcasing her work and background.

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