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Prof. Gary Hinshaw

Affiliation

The University of British Columbia

Academy or College

Academy of Science

Year Elected

2017

Areas of Interest

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.