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Michael Strauss is a Professor of Astrophysical Sciences at Princeton University, focusing on extragalactic astronomy and observational cosmology. His research emphasizes wide-field imaging and spectroscopic surveys of the sky. He has utilized large surveys such as the Infrared Astronomical Satellite and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey to investigate the large-scale distribution of galaxies, which helps constrain cosmological parameters and understand the relationship between galaxy properties and their environment, including the nature and evolution of active galactic nuclei and quasars at high redshifts. Currently, he is using data from the Hyper Suprime-Cam on the Subaru Telescope to search for distant quasars and study the properties of galaxies. He is also involved in the planning and generation of large surveys, such as the Prime Focus Spectrograph at the Subaru Rubin Observatory, which will conduct the Legacy Survey of Space and Time.
GRE scores are not accepted. Ph.D. is the primary degree; students are not required to hold an M.S.E. prior to admission.