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Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

Research Faculty

Areas of research: Cosmology

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Teaching Affiliations
If you are interested in pursuing a MSc degree, please apply to the Perimeter Scholars International (PSI) masters program. If you are interested in working with me as a PhD student, please send me an email at [email protected]. Perimeter Institute is committed to diversity within its community and I welcome applications from underrepresented groups.
Research Interests
My research interests are primarily in the area of cosmology, including large-scale structure, dark matter, dark energy, and gravitational lensing.
Positions Held
  • Professor, Department of Astronomy, University of Illinois Professor, 2011-2017
  • Senior research associate, Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, 2005-2011
  • Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute for Advanced Study, 2002-2005
Recent Publications
  • Dalal, N., & Percival, W. J. (2025). Estimating non-gaussian bias using counts of tracers. https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.21024v1
  • Dalal, N., Galanis, M., Gammie, C., Gralla, S. E., & Murray, N. (2024). Probing H0 and resolving AGN disks with ultrafast photon counters. Physical Review D, 109(12), 123029. doi:10.1103/physrevd.109.123029
Seminars
  • Lecture - Cosmology, PHYS 621, Cosmology (Elective), PHYS 621, March 31 - May 2, 2025, 2025/04/29, PIRSA:25040024
  • Lecture - Cosmology, PHYS 621, Cosmology (Elective), PHYS 621, March 31 - May 2, 2025, 2025/04/28, PIRSA:25040023
  • Lecture - Cosmology, PHYS 621, Cosmology (Elective), PHYS 621, March 31 - May 2, 2025, 2025/04/24, PIRSA:25040022
  • Lecture - Cosmology, PHYS 621, Cosmology (Elective), PHYS 621, March 31 - May 2, 2025, 2025/04/22, PIRSA:25040021
  • Lecture - Cosmology, PHYS 621, Cosmology (Elective), PHYS 621, March 31 - May 2, 2025, 2025/04/17, PIRSA:25040020
  • Lecture - Cosmology, PHYS 621, Cosmology (Elective), PHYS 621, March 31 - May 2, 2025, 2025/04/15, PIRSA:25040019
  • Lecture - Cosmology, PHYS 621, Cosmology (Elective), PHYS 621, March 31 - May 2, 2025, 2025/04/14, PIRSA:25040018
  • Lecture - Cosmology, PHYS 621, Cosmology (Elective), PHYS 621, March 31 - May 2, 2025, 2025/04/10, PIRSA:25040017
  • Lecture - Cosmology, PHYS 621, Cosmology (Elective), PHYS 621, March 31 - May 2, 2025, 2025/04/08, PIRSA:25040016
  • Lecture - Cosmology, PHYS 621, Cosmology (Elective), PHYS 621, March 31 - May 2, 2025, 2025/04/07, PIRSA:25040015
  • Lecture - Cosmology, PHYS 621, Cosmology (Elective), PHYS 621, March 31 - May 2, 2025, 2025/04/03, PIRSA:25040014
  • Lecture - Cosmology, PHYS 621, Cosmology (Elective), PHYS 621, March 31 - May 2, 2025, 2025/04/01, PIRSA:25040013
  • Lecture - Cosmology, PHYS 621, Cosmology (Elective), PHYS 621, March 31 - May 2, 2025, 2025/03/31, PIRSA:25030001
  • AGN HBT OMG, University of Chicago, Enrico Fermi Institute, Chicago, United States, 2025/03/03
  • AGN HBT OMG, University of Pennsylvania, Physics, Philadelphia, United States, 2025/02/05
  • AGN HBT OMG, Carnegie Observatories, Pasadena, United States, 2025/01/21
  • AGN HBT OMG, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, United States, 2024/10/03
  • AGN HBT OMG, McGill University, Physics, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 2024/09/24
  • AGN HBT OMG, University of California, Santa Barbara, Physics, Santa Barbara, California, United States, 2024/09/18
  • AGN HBT OMG, Jet Propulsion Lab, La Cañada Flintridge, California, United States, 2024/09/16
  • AGN HBT OMG, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Menlo Park, California, United States, 2024/05/10
  • AGN HBT OMG, Cosmological Frontiers in Fundamental Physics https://indico.ph.ed.ac.uk/event/277/, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 2024/04/20
  • AGN HBT OMG, TAP Lectureship, University of Arizona, Astronomy, Tucson, AZ, United States, 2024/02/19
  • AGN HBT OMG, Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2023/09/27
  • AGN HBT OMG, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Physics, Urbana, Illinois, United States, 2023/09/13
  • Cosmology Lecture (230505), Cosmology (2022/2023), 2023/05/05, PIRSA:23050014
  • Cosmology Lecture (230502), Cosmology (2022/2023), 2023/05/02, PIRSA:23050013
  • Cosmology Lecture (230501), Cosmology (2022/2023), 2023/05/01, PIRSA:23050015
  • Cosmology Lecture (230428), Cosmology (2022/2023), 2023/04/28, PIRSA:23040061
  • Cosmology Lecture (230425), Cosmology (2022/2023), 2023/04/25, PIRSA:23040060
  • Cosmology Lecture (230424), Cosmology (2022/2023), 2023/04/24, PIRSA:23040065
  • Cosmology Lecture (230421), Cosmology (2022/2023), 2023/04/21, PIRSA:23040059
  • Cosmology Lecture (230418), Cosmology (2022/2023), 2023/04/18, PIRSA:23040058
  • Cosmology Lecture (230417), Cosmology (2022/2023), 2023/04/17, PIRSA:23040064
  • Cosmology Lecture (230414), Cosmology (2022/2023), 2023/04/14, PIRSA:23040057
  • Cosmology Lecture (230411), Cosmology (2022/2023), 2023/04/11, PIRSA:23040056
  • Cosmology Lecture (230404), Cosmology (2022/2023), 2023/04/04, PIRSA:23040054
  • Cosmology Lecture (230403), Cosmology (2022/2023), 2023/04/03, PIRSA:23040062
  • Galaxies in the Axiverse, What is dark matter? - Comprehensive study of the huge discovery space in dark matter, Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe, Kashiwa, Japan, 2023/03/08
  • Galaxies in the Axiverse, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 2023/02/24