Rachel Bean : Bio

I studied Natural Sciences at Christ's College, Cambridge University . My Master's, which included a dissertation on "Departures from CMB Gaussianity using inflationary models", and PhD thesis, "Dark energy theories and their observational implications" with Professor Joao Magueijo , were undertaken in the Theory Group at Imperial College , London.

My postdoctoral research was at the Department of Astrophysical Sciences at Princeton University working for Professor David Spergel. I was a member of the NASA WMAP satellite science team from 2003-2006, coinciding with the 3 year release of WMAP data.

I've been an Assistant Professor in the Department of Astronomy at Cornell University since 2005.