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Current Member

Chris Hamilton

John N. Bahcall Fellow

Affiliation

Natural Sciences

Field of Study

Astrophysics

Home Institution

Institute for Advanced Study
Chris Hamilton's research concerns the dynamics of galaxies, globular clusters, binary stars, and planetary systems; compact object mergers (LIGO/Virgo gravitational-wave progenitors); and the kinetic theory of stellar systems and plasmas.

Dates at IAS

Member
School of Natural Sciences

Degrees

University of Cambridge
Ph.D.
2021
University of Oxford
M.Sc.
2017

Honors

2021
International Astronomical Union Ph.D. Prize to Recognize Excellence in Astrophysics