Hiranya Peiris
British astrophysicist who studies the big bang · United Kingdom · On the map · Scientists · Born 1974 · age 52
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.
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2021Eddington MedalAwardMax Born PrizeAward2020Göran Gustafsson Prize for physicsAward2018Fred Hoyle Medal and PrizeAward1974Born
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She was one of 27 scientists who received the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics in 2018 for their "detailed maps of the early universe".
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Born 1974 · age 52
