risa h. wechsler
assistant professor
kavli institute for
particle astrophysics and cosmology
physics department
stanford university
stanford linear accelerator center
rwechsler at stanford dot edu

teaching @ stanford

spring 2008

physics 362, extragalactic astrophysics and cosmology (graduate)

fall 2007

physics 59, current reseach topics in physics for undergraduates

spring 2007

physics 463, special topics in astrophysics: theoretical cosmology (graduate elective)

major topics:

• formation of large-scale structure
• formation and structure of dark matter halos
• galaxy clustering, the halo model, and halo occupation statistics
• galaxy formation and evolution
• cosmological probes & tests of LCDM

research teaching outreach publications talks cv

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