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Neta Bahcall is the Eugene Higgins Professor of Astrophysics at Princeton University and serves as the Director of the Undergraduate Program in Astrophysics. She has received numerous accolades, including the 2024 Henry Norris Russell Lectureship from the American Astronomical Society and the 2021 President’s Distinguished Teaching Award from Princeton University. Bahcall is an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Her research primarily focuses on observational cosmology, dark matter, dark energy, and the mass density of the universe, utilizing a variety of methods and tracers such as galaxies and quasars. She has published over 300 scientific papers and her work has fundamentally altered the understanding of cosmological models, particularly regarding the properties and effects of dark matter. Bahcall also played a significant role in the Hubble Space Telescope Science Institute, shaping its science policies and key projects. Born in Israel, she earned her PhD in Nuclear Astrophysics from Tel Aviv University before joining Princeton University in 1971. Her contributions to the field have made her a leading figure in cosmology and education.
GRE scores are not accepted. Ph.D. is the primary degree; students are not required to hold an M.S.E. prior to admission.