| RefNo | EC/2024/19 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Dunkley, Joanna: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Date | 21 April 2024 |
| Description | Certificate endorsing election of Joanna Dunkley as a Fellow of the Royal Society. Includes personal details of the elected Fellow, citation giving the reasons for election, and names of proposers. Signed by the Executive Director of the Royal Society, Julie Maxton. |
| Citation | Jo Dunkley is a cosmologist who has made influential contributions to the study of the origin and evolution of the Universe. As a PhD student, she contribute novel analysis techniques to the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe which established the standard model of cosmology. She has been a leading member of the Atacama Cosmology Telescope which has produced the most accurate measurements of the polarisation of the cosmic microwave background anisotropies and produced a wealth of new information on clusters and galaxies at high redshift. She has applied novel statistical techniques that are widely used in many other fields of astronomy. |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Computer printout |
| PhysicalDescription | A4 papers |
| AccessStatus | Closed |
| AccessConditions | Election certificates are subject to 50 year closure period from date of election. Details of proposers and date certificate was first submitted for candidacy are kept confidential until the 50 year closure period has elapsed. |