# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hiranya-peiris
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:15:38.145Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hiranya-peiris"
name: "Hiranya Peiris"
slug: "hiranya-peiris"
description: "Hiranya Vajramani Peiris is a British astrophysicist at the University of Cambridge, where she holds the Professorship of Astrophysics (1909). She is best known for her work on the cosmic microwave background radiation, and interdisciplinary links between cosmology and high-energy physics. She was one of 27 scientists who received the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics in 2018 for their \"detailed maps of the early universe\"."
tagline: "British astrophysicist who studies the big bang"
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gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
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birthDate: "1974"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  momentum:             0
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump