Daniel Eisenstein (born 1970)[1] is an American cosmologist and academic. Eisenstein's PhD (1996) is from Harvard University under the supervision of Abraham Loeb. He held postdoctoral positions at the Institute for Advanced Study and the University of Chicago before moving to the University of Arizona as a professor in 2001. He moved to his current position as a professor of astronomy at Harvard University in 2010.[2] He was joint-winner of the 2014 Shaw Prize.[3] An asteroid (183287 Deisenstein) was named in his honor.[4]
He is well known for his landmark work on baryon acoustic oscillations (BAO) as a tool for measuring the large-scale structure of the universe,[5] and for his leadership roles in major astronomical surveys, including the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI). He was Director of Sloan Digital Sky Survey III from 2007 to 2015, and the co-Spokesperson of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument from 2014 to 2020.
References
- ↑ "Biographical Notes of Laureates". The Shaw Prize Foundation. Archived from the original on 17 July 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
- ↑ "Daniel Eisenstein". Harvard University. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
- ↑ "The Shaw Prize in Astronomy 2014". The Shaw Prize Foundation. 27 May 2014. Archived from the original on 11 September 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
- ↑ "183287 Deisenstein (2002 TJ318)". JPL Solar System Dynamics. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
- ↑ Eisenstein, Daniel J.; Zehavi, Idit; Hogg, David W.; Scoccimarro, Roman; Blanton, Michael R.; Nichol, Robert C.; Scranton, Ryan; Seo, Hee‐Jong; Tegmark, Max; Zheng, Zheng; Anderson, Scott F.; Annis, Jim; Bahcall, Neta; Brinkmann, Jon; Burles, Scott (2005-11-10). "Detection of the Baryon Acoustic Peak in the Large‐Scale Correlation Function of SDSS Luminous Red Galaxies". The Astrophysical Journal. 633 (2): 560–574. arXiv:astro-ph/0501171. doi:10.1086/466512. ISSN 0004-637X.
