Citizenship Dual Israeli-British Residence United Kingdom Role Professor | Name Ofer Lahav Notable students Chris Lintott | |
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Born 5 April 1959 (age 65)
Tiberias, Israel ( 1959-04-05 ) Fields Observational Cosmology
Dark Energy
Cosmological probes of Dark Matter and Dark Energy
Large spectroscopic and photometric redshift surveys
Neutrino Cosmology
Formation and evolution of galaxies
Statistical methods Institutions University College London
University of Cambridge
Ben-Gurion University
Tel Aviv University Thesis Anisotropies in the Local Universe (1988) Notable awards Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award (2008-2013) Education University of Cambridge, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Tel Aviv University Doctoral advisor George Efstathiou, Donald Lynden-Bell Similar People George Efstathiou, Donald Lynden‑Bell, Jacob Bekenstein, Chris Lintott, Simon White | ||
Other academic advisors Jacob Bekenstein | ||
Prof. Ofer Lahav: From Deep Learning to the Dark Universe
Ofer Lahav is Perren Chair of Astronomy at University College London (UCL). His research area is observational Cosmology. He served as the Head of Astrophysics (UCL) 2004-2011, as Vice-Dean (Research) of UCL's Faculty of Mathematical and Physical Sciences 2011-2015, and as Vice-President of the Royal Astronomical Society 2010-2012. Lahav co-chairs the Science Committee of the international Dark Energy Survey, and he holds a European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant on "Testing the Dark Energy Paradigm" (TESTDE programme).
Contents
- Prof Ofer Lahav From Deep Learning to the Dark Universe
- Education
- Research
- Awards and honours
- References
Education
Lahav studied Physics at Tel-Aviv University (BSc, 1980), Physics at Ben-Gurion University (MSc, 1985) and earned his Ph.D. (1988) in Astronomy from the University of Cambridge, where he was later a Member of Staff at the Institute of Astronomy (1990-2003) and a Fellow of St Catharine's College, Cambridge.
Research
Lahav's research is focused on cosmological probes of Dark Matter and Dark Energy, in particular large galaxy surveys. To date (2016) Lahav has co-authored over 200 research articles in peer reviewed scientific journals and he is a Thomson ISI highly cited author.
Awards and honours
Lahav is a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, a Fellow of the Institute of Physics (FInstP), and a Member of the International Astronomical Union. Other awards include: