Shaun Cole | |
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Born | Chipping, Lancashire, England |
Fields | Cosmology, Galactic Astronomy |
Institutions |
University of California Berkeley Durham University |
Alma mater |
Jesus College, Oxford Clare College, University of Cambridge |
Doctoral advisor | George Efstathiou, Nick Kaiser |
Known for | Discovery of Baryon Acoustic Oscillations, Semi-analytical Models in Galaxy Formation |
Influences | Carlos Frenk, John Peacock |
Influenced | Richard Massey |
Notable awards | Shaw Prize in Astronomy (2014) |
Shaun Cole (born November 1963) is a British cosmologist and academic. He has been Professor of Physics at Durham University since 2005. He was joint-winner of the 2014 Shaw Prize.