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Mike Boylan-Kolchin
Associate Professor
Department of AstronomyCosmology and galaxy formation; dark matter physics; near-field cosmology; cosmic reionization; globular clusters-
Ph.D (Physics), University of California, Berkeley (2006)
B.A. (Astrophysics), Columbia University (2001)Professor Mike Boylan-Kolchin is a theoretical astrophysicist who works on galaxy formation theory and its interface with cosmology. Recently, his research has focused on near-field cosmology, using detailed studies of nearby galaxies to address a wide variety of questions related to dark matter and galaxy formation physics across cosmic time. His work combines numerical simulations, analytic models, and observations.
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Cosmology and galaxy formation, including:
- the formation, evolution, and structure of galaxies and dark matter halos
- the nature of dark matter
- near-field cosmology
- cosmic reionization
- globular clusters as tracers of galaxy and halo assembly
- numerical simulations
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Some Publication Highlights (for a full listing, see NASA ADS or the list here [pdf])
M. Boylan-Kolchin, Galaxy Motions Cause Trouble for Cosmology (2018); Science, 359, 520
M. Boylan-Kolchin, The Globular Cluster - Dark Matter Halo Connection (2017); MNRAS, 472, 3120
J. Bullock & M. Boylan-Kolchin, Small-Scale Challenges to the ΛCDM Paradigm (2017); ARAA, 55, 343
M. Boylan-Kolchin, D. Weisz, J. Bullock, M. Cooper, The Local Group: The Ultimate Deep Field (2016); MNRAS, 462, L51
M. Boylan-Kolchin, Cosmology: A Virtual Universe (2014); Nature, 509, 170
S. Garrison-Kimmel, M. Boylan-Kolchin, J. Bullock, K. Lee, ELVIS: Exploring the Local Volume in Simulations (2014); MNRAS, 438, 2578
M. Boylan-Kolchin, J. Bullock, M. Kaplinghat, The Milky Way’s Bright Satellites as an Apparent Failure of ΛCDM (2012); MNRAS, 422, 1203
M. Boylan-Kolchin, J. Bullock, M. Kaplinghat, Too Big to Fail? The Puzzling Darkness of Massive Milky Way Subhaloes (2011); MNRAS, 415, L40
M. Boylan-Kolchin, V. Springel, S. D. M. White, A. Jenkins, G. Lemson, Resolving Cosmic Structure Formation with the Millennium-II Simulation (2009); MNRAS, 398, 1150
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National Science Foundation CAREER (Faculty Early Career Development) Award (2018)
Board of Visitors Teaching Excellence Award (2019)
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