Associate Professor of Physics
Use observational tools to measure the expansion history of the universe. Trying to answer big questions like 'what is dark energy?'.
Appointments and Affiliations
- Associate Professor of Physics
Contact Information
- Email Address: daniel.scolnic@duke.edu
- Websites:
Education
- B.S. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007
- Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, 2013
Research Interests
Cosmology, Supernova.
Awards, Honors, and Distinctions
- Defense Science Study Group (DSSG). Institute for Defense Analysis. 2023
- Clarivate Most Highly Cited Scientists. Clarivate. 2023
- Fred Kavli Plenary Lectureship. American Astronomical Society. 2023
- Sloan Research Fellowship-Physics. Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. 2022
- Department of Energy Early Career Award. Department of Energy. 2021
- Packard Fellowship. The David and Lucille Packard Foundation. 2019
Courses Taught
- PHYSICS 791: Special Readings
- PHYSICS 556: Stellar Astrophysics
- PHYSICS 495: Thesis Independent Study
- PHYSICS 493: Research Independent Study
- PHYSICS 142L9D: General Physics II (Discussion)
- PHYSICS 134: Introduction to Astronomy
In the News
- Duke Cosmic Explorers Are Mapping Space’s Invisible Secrets (Jun 20, 2024 | Pra…
- Which Duke Scholars Made the Most Cited List? (Nov 16, 2023 | Duke Research Blo…
- Taking a Larger View of the Universe (Oct 17, 2023 | Duke Today)
- Two Duke Researchers Named Sloan Fellows (Feb 15, 2022)
- The universe is expanding faster than it should be (Dec 17, 2021 | National Geo…
- Prof. Scolnic Receives DOE Early Career Award (May 28, 2021)
- Prestigious Packard Fellowship Supports Duke Cosmologist in Answering Questions…
Representative Publications
- Camilleri, R., T. M. Davis, M. Vincenzi, P. Shah, J. Frieman, R. Kessler, P. Armstrong, et al. “The dark energy survey supernova program: investigating beyond-ΛCDM.” Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 533, no. 3 (September 1, 2024): 2615–39. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae1988.
- Pan, Y. C., Y. S. Jheng, D. O. Jones, I. Y. Lee, R. J. Foley, R. Chornock, D. M. Scolnic, et al. “Measuring the ejecta velocities of type Ia supernovae from the pan-STARRS1 medium deep survey.” Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 532, no. 2 (August 1, 2024): 1887–1900. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae1618.
- Shah, P., T. M. Davis, D. Bacon, D. Brout, J. Frieman, L. Galbany, R. Kessler, et al. “The dark energy survey: detection of weak lensing magnification of supernovae and constraints on dark matter haloes.” Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 532, no. 1 (July 1, 2024): 932–44. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae1515.
- Anand, G. S., A. G. Riess, W. Yuan, R. Beaton, S. Casertano, S. Li, D. I. Makarov, et al. “Tip of the Red Giant Branch Distances with JWST: An Absolute Calibration in NGC 4258 and First Applications to Type Ia Supernova Hosts.” Astrophysical Journal 966, no. 1 (May 1, 2024). https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad2e0a.
- Li, S., A. G. Riess, S. Casertano, G. S. Anand, D. M. Scolnic, W. Yuan, L. Breuval, and C. D. Huang. “Reconnaissance with JWST of the J-region Asymptotic Giant Branch in Distance Ladder Galaxies: From Irregular Luminosity Functions to Approximation of the Hubble Constant.” Astrophysical Journal 966, no. 1 (May 1, 2024). https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad2f2b.