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Rennan Barkana
Israeli theoretical astrophysicist and cosmologist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rennan Barkana (Hebrew: רנן ברקנא; born October 9, 1973) is an Israeli theoretical astrophysicist and cosmologist who is a full professor at Tel Aviv University, and was formerly the head of the astrophysics department at the School of Physics and Astronomy. He is an expert in the study of the first stars and dark matter.
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Born | (1973-10-09) October 9, 1973 (age 50) Haifa, Israel |
Nationality | Israeli |
Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Known for | Research on the first stars and dark matter |
Awards | Guggenheim Fellowship (2007) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Astrophysics, Cosmology |
Institutions | Tel Aviv University |
Doctoral advisor | Edmund Bertschinger |
Doctoral students | Smadar Naoz, Anastasia Fialkov |
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