Assistant professor of physics Mikhail Ivanov will obtain the 2024 New Horizons in Physics Prize, which he’ll share with Marko Simonović from the Nationwide Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN) on the College of Florence, and Oliver Philcox from Columbia College and the Simons Basis.
The New Horizons Prize, which is given to promising early-career physicists and mathematicians making strides of their analysis fields, acknowledges Ivanov, Simonovic, and Philcox “for contributions to our understanding of the large-scale construction of the universe and the event of recent instruments to extract basic physics from galaxy surveys.”
“It’s a nice honor for me to obtain this award, and I am deeply grateful to the choice committee for this privilege,” says Ivanov. “It’s a image of educational recognition, but in addition a logo of accountability. It means I’ve an obligation to proceed finishing up high quality analysis and mentoring the youthful technology of physicists.”
The three researchers had been acknowledged for his or her research of the construction of the cosmos on the galactic scale, and for locating methods to make use of that data to carry recent insights to basic physics. This huge-scale construction of the universe has the potential to change into a brand new gold mine of cosmological data that would present essential insights into the character of darkish matter, darkish power, and the early universe, says Ivanov.
They created theoretical and sensible instruments for cosmological parameter estimation from galaxy clustering knowledge to supply novel measurements of cosmological parameters and constraints on physics past the usual cosmological mannequin from the BOSS (Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey) and eBOSS surveys. These outcomes set the stage for brand spanking new research of basic physics with upcoming high-precision galaxy clustering knowledge.
Ivanov is a researcher in MIT’s Middle for Theoretical Physics (CTP), a division of the Laboratory for Nuclear Science. Ivanov’s analysis is on the interface of theoretical physics and knowledge evaluation, bridging state-of-the-art theoretical concepts with observational knowledge. He seeks to make use of Efficient Subject Concept together with astrophysical knowledge in an effort to resolve basic challenges of contemporary physics, corresponding to the character of darkish matter, darkish power, inflation, and gravity.
“Professor Ivanov joined our division this fall, and we’re delighted and proud that he has acquired this essential recognition of his work,” says physics division head Deepto Chakrabarty.
Beneath the supervision of Sergey Sibiryakov in 2019, Ivanov acquired his PhD from the École Polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne and spent a yr on the Institute for Superior Research in Princeton, New Jersey, as a fellow of the Swiss Nationwide Science Basis. He was a postdoc at New York College and a NASA Einstein Fellow on the Institute for Superior Research, and joined the CTP as an assistant professor in July.
Different recognitions embrace the 2021-23 NASA Hubble Fellowship Program Einstein Fellowship, the 2021 Second Buchalter Cosmology Prize, the 2019 EPFL PhD Distinction prize for “an excellent thesis in physics,” and a 2018-19 Swiss Nationwide Science Basis Mobility Fellowship.
The trio are amongst 12 early-career physicists and mathematicians sharing six $100,000 New Horizons in Physics Prizes.
Based by a gaggle of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, the Breakthrough Prizes acknowledge the world’s high scientists in life sciences, basic physics, and arithmetic. The laureates are to be honored on the tenth annual Breakthrough Prize ceremony in Los Angeles on April 13, 2024.
