Prof. Gary Hinshaw
Fellow
Current Employer
The University of British Columbia
Election Year
2017
Academy
Academy of Science
Discipline
Physics
Department
Physics
Keywords
Microwave Background Radiation, Dark Energy, Large Scale Structure
HINSHAW, Gary - Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of British Columbia
Professor Gary Hinshaw is widely recognized as one of the premier scientists in the world striving to understand the nature and contents of the universe. Over the past twenty-five years he has led the analysis teams on two major prize-winning experiments that have culminated in the standard model of cosmology; a description, in exquisite detail, that encapsulates our current knowledge of the universe.
Professor Gary Hinshaw is widely recognized as one of the premier scientists in the world striving to understand the nature and contents of the universe. Over the past twenty-five years he has led the analysis teams on two major prize-winning experiments that have culminated in the standard model of cosmology; a description, in exquisite detail, that encapsulates our current knowledge of the universe.