Dr. Cora Dvorkin

Biography

Cora Dvorkin is a theoretical cosmologist and Professor in the Department of Physics at Harvard University. Her research significantly contributes to the understanding of dark matter, light relics, and the physics of the early universe. Dvorkin focuses on a broad range of observational probes, including the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) and large-scale structure. She has developed frameworks for probing dark matter at small cosmological scales using gravitational lensing methods, including high-resolution simulations that reveal the complexities of dark matter substructure. Her collaborative work includes identifying a new production channel for dark matter through photon decay mechanisms and advancing methods to extract inhomogeneous signals from the CMB. Furthermore, Dvorkin has pioneered method-independent approaches to assess the inflationary potential landscape, which have been widely adopted in the cosmology community. In addition to her research, she actively participates in various collaborations and committees focused on dark matter and inflationary studies, including the CMB-S4 collaboration. Dvorkin’s dedication to teaching and mentorship in physics and cosmology has been recognized through multiple awards, making her a notable figure in STEM education. She was born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where she received her Diploma in Physics from the University of Buenos Aires with honors. She obtained her Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 2011 and completed her postdoctoral studies at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and Harvard University before becoming a faculty member.

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