# Matias Zaldarriaga

> Matias Zaldarriaga is a theoretical physicist best known for his work on cosmology. He has made significant contributions toward understanding both astrophysical phenomena and fundamental physics, most notably through his research on modeling the early universe and analyzing statistical properties of cosmic microwave background data. Zaldarriaga grew up in Buenos Aires, Argentina and received his undergraduate degree from the University of Buenos Aires in 1994. He received his PhD in 1998 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ. Zaldarriaga was an assistant professor at New York University from 2001 to 2002, and a professor at Harvard University from 2004 to 2009, there he received a MacArthur Fellowship in 2006. He is currently a professor at the Institute for Advanced Study, where he has been a faculty member since 2009.

*Argentine cosmologist*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Country:** Argentina
- **Born:** 1971-02-20
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Matias Zaldarriaga is a theoretical physicist best known for his work on cosmology. He has made significant contributions toward understanding both astrophysical phenomena and fundamental physics, most notably through his research on modeling the early universe and analyzing statistical properties of cosmic microwave background data. Zaldarriaga grew up in Buenos Aires, Argentina and received his undergraduate degree from the University of Buenos Aires in 1994. He received his PhD in 1998 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ. Zaldarriaga was an assistant professor at New York University from 2001 to 2002, and a professor at Harvard University from 2004 to 2009, there he received a MacArthur Fellowship in 2006. He is currently a professor at the Institute for Advanced Study, where he has been a faculty member since 2009.

## Fame
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## Timeline
- **2022** - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- **2021** - Gruber Prize in Cosmology
- **2006** - MacArthur Fellows Program
- **2005** - Gribov Medal
- **2003** - Helen B. Warner Prize for Astronomy
- **2001** - Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering
- **1971** - Born

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