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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics, American Astronomical Society
  • 2013 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his pioneering contributions to the understanding of our universe Davids work with the WMAP satellite led to discovery of the geometry, age, and total content of our universe
  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2007 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2001 - Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation
  • 1988 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

David N. Spergel is affiliated with Princeton University in the United States and has made extensive contributions to the fields of physics and astronomy. Their research is primarily focused on astronomy and astrophysics, nuclear and high energy physics, instrumentation, and artificial intelligence, with notable work also touching on general health professions.

Their published work spans a variety of topics including galaxies: formation, evolution, and phenomena; cosmology and gravitation theories; astronomy and astrophysical research; stellar, planetary, and galactic studies; radio astronomy observations and technology; astrophysics and cosmic phenomena; and computational physics with Python applications.

Frequent coauthors of David N. Spergel include Francisco Villaescusa-Navarro, Shirley Ho, Nicholas Battaglia, Edward J. Wollack, and Jo Dunkley. Their publications have appeared regularly in several leading venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), Physical Review D, The Astrophysical Journal, the Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, and the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

Among their recent papers are:

  • Discovering Symbolic Models from Deep Learning with Inductive Biases, 2020, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Atacama Cosmology Telescope: Combined kinematic and thermal Sunyaev-Zel'dovich measurements from BOSS CMASS and LOWZ halos, 2021, Physical Review D
  • Atacama Cosmology Telescope: Constraints on prerecombination early dark energy, 2022, Physical Review D
  • Atacama Cosmology Telescope: Modeling the gas thermodynamics in BOSS CMASS galaxies from kinematic and thermal Sunyaev-Zel'dovich measurements, 2021, Physical Review D
  • Limitations to the 'basic' HOD model and beyond, 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

David N. Spergel has been recognized with several awards and honors across their career. These include the Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics from the American Astronomical Society in 2015, fellowship of the American Physical Society in 2013 with a citation highlighting pioneering contributions to understanding the universe and work related to the WMAP satellite, fellowship of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2012, membership in the National Academy of Sciences in 2007, fellowship of the MacArthur Foundation in 2001, and fellowship of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1988.

Best Publications

  • First year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) observations: Determination of cosmological parameters

    D. N. Spergel;L. Verde;H. V. Peiris;E. Komatsu

  • FIVE-YEAR WILKINSON MICROWAVE ANISOTROPY PROBE OBSERVATIONS: COSMOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION

    Eiichiro Komatsu;J. Dunkley;J. Dunkley;M. R. Nolta;C. L. Bennett

  • SEVEN-YEAR WILKINSON MICROWAVE ANISOTROPY PROBE (WMAP *) OBSERVATIONS: COSMOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION

    Eiichiro Komatsu;K. M. Smith;J. Dunkley;C. L. Bennett

  • Five-Year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) Observations: Cosmological Interpretation

    E. Komatsu;J. Dunkley;M. R. Nolta;C. L. Bennett

  • Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) three year results: implications for cosmology

    D. N. Spergel;R. Bean;R. Bean;O. Doré;O. Doré;M. R. Nolta;M. R. Nolta

  • Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) Three Year Results: Implications for Cosmology

    D. N. Spergel;R. Bean;O. Doré;M. R. Nolta

  • The Microwave Anisotropy Probe* Mission

    C. L. Bennett;M. Bay;M. Halpern;G. Hinshaw

  • First Year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) Observations: Preliminary Maps and Basic Results

    C. L. Bennett;M. Halpern;G. Hinshaw;N. Jarosik

  • First year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) observations: Preliminary maps and basic results

    C. L. Bennett;M. Halpern;G. Hinshaw;N. Jarosik

  • Nine-year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) Observations: Cosmological Parameter Results

    G. Hinshaw;D. Larson;E. Komatsu;David N. Spergel;David N. Spergel

  • Five-Year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) Observations: Likelihoods and Parameters from the WMAP data

    J. Dunkley;E. Komatsu;M. R. Nolta;D. N. Spergel

  • Five-Year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) Observations: Data Processing, Sky Maps, and Basic Results

    G. Hinshaw;J. L. Weiland;R. S. Hill;N. Odegard

  • First-Year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP)* Observations: Foreground Emission

    C. L. Bennett;R. S. Hill;G. Hinshaw;M. R. Nolta

  • Nine-Year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) Observations: Final Maps and Results

    C. L. Bennett;D. Larson;J. L. Weiland;N. Jarosik

  • Observational Evidence for Self-Interacting Cold Dark Matter

    David N. Spergel;Paul Joseph Steinhardt

  • FIVE-YEAR WILKINSON MICROWAVE ANISOTROPY PROBE * OBSERVATIONS: LIKELIHOODS AND PARAMETERS FROM THE WMAP DATA

    J. Dunkley;J. Dunkley;Eiichiro Komatsu;M. R. Nolta;D. N. Spergel

  • Three-year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) observations: temperature analysis

    G. Hinshaw;M. R. Nolta;C. L. Bennett;R. Bean

  • Five-Year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe Observations: Data Processing, Sky Maps, and Basic Results

    G. Hinshaw;J. L. Weiland;R. S. Hill;N. Odegard

  • Baryon Acoustic Oscillations in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 7 Galaxy Sample

    Will J. Percival;Beth A. Reid;Beth A. Reid;Beth A. Reid;Daniel J. Eisenstein;Neta Bahcall

  • Baryon Acoustic Oscillations in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 7 Galaxy Sample

    Will J. Percival;Beth A. Reid;Daniel J. Eisenstein;Neta A. Bahcall

Frequent Co-Authors

Edward J. Wollack
Edward J. Wollack Goddard Space Flight Center
Lyman A. Page
Lyman A. Page Princeton University
Mark Halpern
Mark Halpern University of British Columbia
Michele Limon
Michele Limon University of Pennsylvania
Arthur Kosowsky
Arthur Kosowsky University of Pittsburgh
Suzanne T. Staggs
Suzanne T. Staggs Princeton University
John P. Hughes
John P. Hughes Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Gregory S. Tucker
Gregory S. Tucker Brown University
Mark J. Devlin
Mark J. Devlin University of Pennsylvania
Charles L. Bennett
Charles L. Bennett Johns Hopkins University

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