Tracy Robyn Slatyer is a professor of particle physics with a concentration in theoretical astrophysics^[2][3] with tenure at MIT.^[4] She was a 2014 recipient of the Rossi Prize for gamma ray detection of Fermi bubbles, which are unexpected large structure in our galaxy.^[5][6][7] Her research also involves seeking explanations for dark matter and the gamma ray haze at the center of the Milky Way.^[8] In 2021, she was awarded a New Horizons in Physics Prize for "major contributions to particle astrophysics, from models of dark matter to the discovery of the "Fermi Bubbles."^[1][9]

Early life and education

Slatyer was born in the Solomon Islands and grew up in Australia and Fiji. She studied at Narrabundah College in Canberra, Australia.^[10] In 2005, she completed her undergraduate in theoretical physics at the Australian National University,^[11] and her doctorate in physics at Harvard University in 2010 under the direction of Douglas Finkbeiner.^[12]

Career and research

From 2010 to 2013, she was a John N. Bahcall Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study.^[2] She joined the faculty at MIT the same year and received tenure in 2019.^[4]

Honors and awards

• 2021 New Horizons in Physics Prize
• Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers^[13] (awarded 2019)
• 2017 Henry Primakoff Award for Early-Career Particle Physics from the American Physical Society^[14]
• 2014 Rossi Prize with Douglas Finkbeiner and Meng Su^[5]