Shaun Cole | |
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Born |
Chipping, Lancashire, England |
Alma mater |
Jesus College, Oxford Clare College, Cambridge |
Known for | Discovery of Baryon Acoustic Oscillations, Semi-analytical Models in Galaxy Formation |
Awards | Shaw Prize (2014) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Cosmology, Galaxy formation, Galactic Astronomy |
Institutions |
University of California Berkeley Durham University |
Doctoral advisor | George Efstathiou and Nick Kaiser |
Website |
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Shaun Malcolm Cole (born 19 November 1963) is a British cosmologist.
Cole has been Professor of Physics at Durham University since 2005 and is the current director of the Institute for Computational Cosmology. [1] [2] [3] He was joint-winner of the 2014 Shaw Prize with Daniel Eisenstein and John A. Peacock. [4]