Shaun Cole

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Shaun Cole
Born
Alma mater Jesus College, Oxford
Clare College, Cambridge
Known forDiscovery of Baryon Acoustic Oscillations, Semi-analytical Models in Galaxy Formation
Awards Shaw Prize (2014)
Scientific career
Fields Cosmology, Galaxy formation, Galactic Astronomy
Institutions University of California Berkeley
Durham University
Doctoral advisor George Efstathiou and Nick Kaiser
Website star-www.dur.ac.uk/~cole

Shaun Malcolm Cole (born 19 November 1963) is a British cosmologist.

Cole has been Professor of Physics at Durham University since 2005 and is the current director of the Institute for Computational Cosmology. [1] [2] [3] He was joint-winner of the 2014 Shaw Prize with Daniel Eisenstein and John A. Peacock. [4]

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References

  1. "Biographical Notes of Laureates". The Shaw Prize Foundation. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  2. "Curriculum Vitae". Durham University . Retrieved 5 June 2014.
  3. "Institute for Computational Cosmology - Durham University". www.dur.ac.uk. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  4. "The Shaw Prize in Astronomy 2014". The Shaw Prize Foundation. 27 May 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2022.