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Mikhail Ivanov is an Assistant Professor in the Physics Department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). His research focuses on large-scale structure, effective field theories, black holes, and astrophysical cosmological data analysis. Mikhail's work aims to bridge state-of-the-art theoretical physics ideas with observational data to resolve fundamental challenges in modern physics, including the nature of dark matter, dark energy, inflation, and gravity. He specializes in the extraction of information from correlation functions and the matter distribution of galaxies on cosmological scales. His innovative program has led to significant results, including the first measurements related to the Hubble constant and the properties of the universe, as well as the shape of the galaxy power spectrum. Mikhail's research unites fundamental cosmology with formal field theory and galaxy formation physics. He also investigates the aspects of black hole physics relevant to gravitational wave astronomy and the gravitational effective field theories that could provide insight into spacetime's origins.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology • Cambridge, MA
Teaching and conducting research in the Department of Physics.