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Benjamin D. Wandelt

Benjamin D. Wandelt
Alma materImperial College London
Known forCosmic Microwave Background, Computational Methods in Cosmology
AwardsFellow of the American Physical Society (2015), Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award
Scientific career
FieldsTheoretical Astrophysics, Cosmology
InstitutionsUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Sorbonne University, Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris

Benjamin D. Wandelt is a theoretical astrophysicist and cosmologist whose research focuses on the early universe, cosmic microwave background, and large-scale structure of the cosmos.[1][2]

Early life and education

Wandelt earned his Ph.D. in astrophysics from Imperial College London.[3]

Career

Wandelt has held faculty positions in the Departments of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Wandelt has served as a professor at Sorbonne University and as the director of the Lagrange Institute at the Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris.[4][5]

Awards and honors

Wandelt has been a recipient of the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Benjamin D Wandelt". Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing. Retrieved 2024-10-15.
  2. ^ "Benjamin D Wandelt | Center for Advanced Study". cas.illinois.edu. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  3. ^ "Bio | Benjamin Wandelt". benwandelt.org. Retrieved 2024-10-15.
  4. ^ "Benjamin D Wandelt | Department of Astronomy | Illinois". astro.illinois.edu. Retrieved 2024-10-15.
  5. ^ "Benjamin Wandelt (Sorbonne University) "AI-assisted discovery in cosmological physics"". Physics & Astronomy. 2024-01-19. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  6. ^ "Prof. Dr. Benjamin D. Wandelt". www.humboldt-foundation.de. Retrieved 2024-10-15.