Tracy Slatyer headshot
Past Junior Visiting Professor

Tracy Slatyer

John N. Bahcall Fellow

Affiliation

Natural Sciences

Field of study

Particle Physics, Astrophysics, Cosmology
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Tracy Slatyer’s research uses astrophysical and cosmological data to study open questions in fundamental physics, in particular the nature of dark matter. At the Institute, she plans to carry out a wide-ranging dark-matter-oriented research program, with a focus on exploring the possible signatures of dark matter interactions in the early universe.

Visits

Junior Visiting Professor
School of Natural Sciences
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Member
School of Natural Sciences
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Degrees

Harvard University
Ph.D.
2010

Honors

2017
Henry Primakoff Award for Early-Career Particle Physics
2014
Bruno Rossi Prize

Appointments

MIT
2018
Associate Professor of Physics
MIT
2013–2018
Assistant Professor of Physics