Jo Dunkley is the Joseph Henry Professor of Physics and Astrophysical Sciences at Princeton University. She was previously Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Oxford. Her research is in cosmology, studying the origins and evolution of the universe. She plays leading roles in the international Atacama Cosmology Telescope and Simons Observatory projects, which measure the earliest accessible image of the universe. She was previously a member of NASA's WMAP (Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe) science team and a scientist on the European Space Agency’s Planck satellite project. She has been awarded the Maxwell Medal, the Rosalind Franklin award and the New Horizons prize for her work, and shared the Gruber Prize and the Breakthrough Prize with the WMAP team.
Dunkley’s book for the general public, Our Universe: An Astronomer's Guide, was published in 2019, and she speaks regularly to public audiences. In 2019 she received an OBE for services to science.
Professional position
- Professor of Physics and Astrophysical Sciences, Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University
- Professor of Physics and Astrophysical Sciences, Department of Physics, Princeton University
Subject groups
- Astronomy and physics
Astronomy, Astrophysics, Cosmic radiation, Cosmology
