Rachel Mandelbaum
Rachel Mandelbaum is a professor of astrophysics at Carnegie Mellon University, studying cosmology and galactic evolution with a focus on dark matter and dark energy. Much of her work has used the phenomenon of gravitational lensing of galaxies and she has made significant improvements in the calibration of lensing parameters.
Education
Mandelbaum received her A.B. in physics with highest honors from Princeton University in 2000.She received her Ph.D. in physics from Princeton University in 2006 and is a tenured associate professor of physics at the Carnegie Mellon University.