Professor Dr. Mike Boylan Kolchin

Biography

Mike Boylan-Kolchin is a Professor in the Department of Astronomy at the University of Texas at Austin. His research primarily focuses on the theory of galaxy formation and the interface with cosmology. He investigates a range of questions pertaining to dark matter, cosmological structure formation, and the physics of galaxy formation over cosmic time. This involves a combination of numerical simulations, analytic models, and observational work. Boylan-Kolchin earned his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of California, Berkeley in 2006 and his B.A. in Astrophysics, graduating magna cum laude with a concentration in Mathematics from Columbia University in 2001. His notable research interests include cosmology, galaxy formation, dark matter physics, near-field cosmology, high-redshift galaxies, globular clusters, cosmological structure formation, and cosmic reionization. He has received several accolades for his teaching and research, including being named a Highly Cited Researcher by Web of Science in 2021, receiving the Teaching Excellence Award from UT Austin’s McDonald Observatory, and winning the CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation in 2018.

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