Areas of Interest:
- Extragalactic Astronomy
- Cosmology
- Theoretical Astrophysics
Phone: (520) 621-5904
Office: Steward Observatory 326
E-mail: deisenstein@as.arizona.edu
Website: http://cmb.as.arizona.edu/~eisenste/index.html
Dr. Daniel Eisenstein works on cosmology and galaxy evolution, using both theoretical and observational tools. His primary focus has been on the use of large-scale structure to determine the composition of the universe. He is an expert in the study of the baryon acoustic oscillations, a phenomenon by which sound waves that propagate in the first million years after the Big Bang leave a distinctive imprint in the large-scale clustering of galaxies today. By measuring this feature with large redshift surveys, one can infer the expansion history of the Universe and therefore probe the properties of dark energy. Dr. Eisenstein is the Director of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey III, which features four major spectroscopic surveys to study the large-scale structure of the Universe, the formation of the Milky Way, and the demographics of extrasolar planets. He is also heavily involved in the Joint Dark Energy Mission and the Gemini/Subaru Wide-field Multi-Object Spectrograph. He is a co-PI of two redshift surveys performed with Arizona facilities: the AGN and Galaxy Evolution Survey and the PRIsm MUlti-object Survey. He is a member of the James Web Space Telescope Near-infrared Camera team. Dr. Eisenstein is chair of the Theoretical Astrophysics Program at the University of Arizona and is a leader in the theoretical modeling of the baryon acoustic oscillation method and high-precision large-scale structure.
Professional Affiliations and Awards:
- UA Galileo Circle Fellow, 2008
- Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship, 2002
- Hubble Fellowship, 1999
- Valedictorian, Princeton University