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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2017 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For innovation, insight, and attention to detail in understanding galaxy formation and evolution though combining large simulations and surveys for leadership in large survey projects and for mentorship of younger scientists
  • 2008 - Hellman Fellow

Overview

Risa H. Wechsler is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on physics and astronomy, with particular emphasis on astronomy and astrophysics, instrumentation, nuclear and high energy physics, electrical and electronic engineering, and atomic and molecular physics and optics.

The main topics explored in their work include galaxies formation, evolution, and phenomena, astronomy and astrophysical research, cosmology and gravitation theories, stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, gamma-ray bursts and supernovae, dark matter and cosmic phenomena, and CCD and CMOS imaging sensors.

Recent significant publications by Wechsler include:

  • Dark Energy Survey Year 3 results: Cosmology from cosmic shear and robustness to data calibration (2022), Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
  • Dark Energy Survey Year 3 results: Cosmology from cosmic shear and robustness to modeling uncertainty (2022), Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
  • Constraints on Dark Matter Properties from Observations of Milky Way Satellite Galaxies (2021), Physical Review Letters
  • The DESI Bright Galaxy Survey: Final Target Selection, Design, and Validation (2023), The Astronomical Journal
  • Milky Way Satellite Census. II. Galaxy-Halo Connection Constraints Including the Impact of the Large Magellanic Cloud (2020), The Astrophysical Journal

Frequent collaborators in Wechsler's research include Ethan O. Nadler, Joseph DeRose, D. Brooks, G. Tarlé, and Yao-Yuan Mao.

They have contributed extensively to a range of academic journals and platforms. The most frequent venues for their publications are:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • The Astrophysical Journal
  • Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Risa H. Wechsler has received recognition within their field, including being named a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2017 for innovation and leadership in large survey projects and mentorship of younger scientists. They were also a Hellman Fellow in 2008.

Best Publications

  • CANDELS: The Cosmic Assembly Near-infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey - The Hubble Space Telescope Observations, Imaging Data Products and Mosaics

    Anton M. Koekemoer;S. M. Faber;Henry C. Ferguson;Norman A. Grogin

  • The Average Star Formation Histories of Galaxies in Dark Matter Halos from z = 0-8

    Peter S. Behroozi;Peter S. Behroozi;Risa H. Wechsler;Risa H. Wechsler;Charlie Conroy

  • CANDELS: The Cosmic Assembly Near-infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey

    Norman A. Grogin;Dale D. Kocevski;S. M. Faber;Henry C. Ferguson

  • Candels: The cosmic assembly near-infrared deep extragalactic legacy survey - The hubble space telescope observations, imaging data products, and mosaics

    Anton M. Koekemoer;S. M. Faber;Henry C. Ferguson;Norman A. Grogin

  • THE ROCKSTAR PHASE-SPACE TEMPORAL HALO FINDER AND THE VELOCITY OFFSETS OF CLUSTER CORES

    Peter S. Behroozi;Peter S. Behroozi;Risa H. Wechsler;Risa H. Wechsler;Hao-Yi Wu;Hao-Yi Wu

  • Overview of the DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys.

    Arjun Dey;David J. Schlegel;Dustin Lang;Robert Blum

  • Concentrations of Dark Halos from Their Assembly Histories

    Risa H. Wechsler;James S. Bullock;Joel R. Primack;Andrey V. Kravtsov

  • Dark Energy Survey year 1 results: Cosmological constraints from galaxy clustering and weak lensing

    T. M. C. Abbott;F. B. Abdalla;A. Alarcon;J. Aleksić

  • LSST Science Book, Version 2.0

    Paul A. Abell;Julius Allison;Scott F. Anderson

  • The Dark Side of the Halo Occupation Distribution

    Andrey V. Kravtsov;Andreas A. Berlind;Andreas A. Berlind;Risa H. Wechsler;Risa H. Wechsler;Anatoly A. Klypin

  • A Comprehensive Analysis of Uncertainties Affecting the Stellar Mass - Halo Mass Relation for 0<z<4

    Peter S. Behroozi;Peter S. Behroozi;Charlie Conroy;Risa H. Wechsler;Risa H. Wechsler

  • The Dark Side of the Halo Occupation Distribution

    Andrey V. Kravtsov;Andreas A. Berlind;Andreas A. Berlind;Risa H. Wechsler;Risa H. Wechsler;Anatoly A. Klypin

  • The Electromagnetic Counterpart of the Binary Neutron Star Merger LIGO/Virgo GW170817. II. UV, Optical, and Near-infrared Light Curves and Comparison to Kilonova Models

    P. S. Cowperthwaite;E. Berger;V. A. Villar;B. D. Metzger

  • UniverseMachine: The Correlation between Galaxy Growth and Dark Matter Halo Assembly from z=0-10

    Peter Behroozi;Risa H Wechsler;Risa H Wechsler;Andrew P Hearin;Charlie Conroy

  • The Dark Energy Survey: more than dark energy - an overview

    T. Abbott;F. B. Abdalla;J. Aleksić

  • redMaPPer I: Algorithm and SDSS DR8 Catalog

    E. S. Rykoff;E. Rozo;M. T. Busha;M. T. Busha;C. E. Cunha

  • A MaxBCG Catalog of 13,823 Galaxy Clusters from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

    B.P. Koester;T.A. McKay;J. Annis;R. H. Wechsler

  • The Connection Between Galaxies and Their Dark Matter Halos

    Risa H. Wechsler;Risa H. Wechsler;Jeremy L. Tinker

  • Modeling luminosity-dependent galaxy clustering through cosmic time

    Charlie Conroy;Risa H. Wechsler;Andrey V. Kravtsov

  • The DESI Experiment Part I: Science,Targeting, and Survey Design

    Amir Aghamousa;Jessica Aguilar;Steve Ahlen

Frequent Co-Authors

Joshua A. Frieman
Joshua A. Frieman University of Chicago
Eli S. Rykoff
Eli S. Rykoff Stanford University
B. Flaugher
B. Flaugher Fermilab
Robert A. Gruendl
Robert A. Gruendl University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Marcelle Soares-Santos
Marcelle Soares-Santos Brandeis University
K. Honscheid
K. Honscheid The Ohio State University
Enrique Gaztanaga
Enrique Gaztanaga Spanish National Research Council
D. L. Burke
D. L. Burke Stanford University
D. W. Gerdes
D. W. Gerdes University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
A. Roodman
A. Roodman Stanford University

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