Alex Drlica-Wagner

Senior Member, KICP
Associate Professor, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Scientist, Fermilab

Alex Drlica-Wagner
Address:
Eckhardt Research Center
Room 457
5640 South Ellis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637
Phone:
773-702-5771
Email:
kadrlica@fnal.gov
Website:
https://kadrlica.github.io/

Background

Ph.D. Physics, Stanford University, 2013

Research

My research focuses on using astrophysical observations to understand the fundamental nature of dark matter and dark energy. I work on large cosmic surveys including the Dark Energy Survey (DES) and the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST). Recently, I have been interested in using the faintest and most dark-matter-dominated galaxies to try to understand the fundamental nature of dark matter. I consider myself to be an experimental particle cosmologist, and I am heavily invested in the instruments and infrastructure that make these large surveys possible.

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