Richard Massey
Script error: No such module "For". Template:Use dmy dates Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Template wrapper".Script error: No such module "Check for clobbered parameters". Richard Massey (born 14 October 1977) is an astrophysicist currently working as Royal Society Research Fellow in the Institute for Computational Cosmology at Durham University.[1] Previously he was a senior research fellow in astrophysics at the California Institute of Technology[2] and STFC Advanced Fellow at the Institute for Astronomy of the University of Edinburgh.[3] Massey graduated in Maths and Physics from the University of Durham in 2000 and was a member of Castle.[4] He completed his Ph.D. at Cambridge (Clare College) in 2003, with a thesis entitled Weighing the Universe with weak gravitational lensing.[5]
Massey is most well known for his studies of dark matter, including the first 3D map of its large-scale distribution[6][7] and its behaviour during collisions.[8][9] He was awarded the 2011 Philip Leverhulme Prize in Astronomy and Astrophysics. He has featured in several TV documentaries, including BBC's Horizon documentary "How Big is the Universe?" in 2013[10] and online.[11][12]
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- ↑ Hubble makes 3D dark matter map Hubble makes 3D dark matter BBC news 7 January 2007 (accessed 9 July 2007)
- ↑ Three-dimensional map of dark matter created. The Independent, 2 April 2007 (accessed 9 July 2007)
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