1. Jo Dunkley was educated at North London Collegiate School and the University of Cambridge, where she graduated in 2001 with a Master of Science degree in Natural Sciences.
14 Facts About Jo Dunkley
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Jo Dunkley was an undergraduate student of Trinity Hall, Cambridge.
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Jo Dunkley moved to Oxford for postgraduate study where she was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Oxford in 2005 for research supervised by astrophysicist Pedro G Ferreira.
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Jo Dunkley was a postgraduate student of Magdalen College, Oxford.
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Jo Dunkley's research is in cosmology, studying the chronology of the universe using the Atacama Cosmology Telescope, the Simons Observatory, and the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope.
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Jo Dunkley moved to Oxford in 2007 and was promoted to Professor of Astrophysics in 2014.
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Jo Dunkley led analysis for the Atacama Cosmology Telescope in Chile, using gravitational lensing to identify dark matter.
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Jo Dunkley's research combines theoretical physics with statistical analysis and uses her models to understand the universe from cosmological observations.
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Alongside estimating how much the universe weighs, Jo Dunkley can identify the proportions of dark energy and dark matter.
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Jo Dunkley used gravitational lensing within the CMB as evidence for dark energy within the universe, selected by Physics Today as a highlight of 2011.
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Jo Dunkley has made appearances on BBC Stargazing Live and Dara O Briain's Science Club.
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Jo Dunkley is mentioned in Pippa Goldschmidt's I Am Because You Are: An anthology of stories celebrating the centenary of the General Theory of Relativity.
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Jo Dunkley will deliver a series of workshops and talks for students to raise awareness of women's contributions to astronomy as part of a book tour.
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Jo Dunkley has two children with her partner, the historian Faramerz Dabhoiwala.