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Patricia Burchat is the Gabilan Professor of Physics at Stanford University, where she has served as a full Professor since 2000. She previously held faculty positions at Stanford as Associate Professor (1995-2000) and at UC Santa Cruz as Associate Professor (1992-1994) and Assistant Professor (1988-1992). Burchat is a Senior Member at KIPAC (Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology) and serves as Technical Coordinator for the LSST Dark Energy Science Collaboration (DESC), having previously served as Deputy Spokesperson.
Burchat's research spans fundamental questions in physics across both the smallest and largest scales of the universe. She has made significant contributions to particle physics through her work on the Mark II, E791, and BABAR experiments, focusing on precision studies of weak interactions, charm meson decays, and CP violation. Her current research centers on cosmology, particularly using astronomical images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory's Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) to investigate dark matter and dark energy. A consistent theme in her work has been understanding physical, instrumental, and statistical effects to ensure precision measurements are both accurate and precise.
Burchat's recent publications reveal a strong focus on weak gravitational lensing techniques, cosmic shear measurements, and addressing systematic errors in large-scale astronomical surveys. Her work bridges particle physics and cosmology, with increasing emphasis on leveraging the LSST to study dark energy evolution through gravitational lensing effects. She has made significant contributions to understanding chromatic effects, atmospheric turbulence impacts, and image analysis challenges in next-generation surveys.
- Fellow of the American Physical Society (2001)
- Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2012)
- Guggenheim Fellowship (2005)
- Walter J. Gores Award for excellence in teaching (2007)
- Dean's Award for Distinguished Teaching (1997)
- Engineering Alumni Hall of Distinction Award (2020)
- Judith Pool Award (2010)
Burchat has advised numerous graduate students including Sidney Mau (Doctoral Dissertation Advisor) and Drew Ames, Sarah Gaiser, Minjie Lei, Rory O'Dwyer, and Theo Schutt (Doctoral Dissertation Readers). Her research has been supported by major collaborations including the BABAR experiment at SLAC and the LSST Dark Energy Science Collaboration. She has held leadership roles in national committees including the High Energy Physics Advisory Panel (HEPAP) and the Particle Physics Prioritization Panel (P5).
Burchat leads a research group within the LSST Dark Energy Science Collaboration focused on optimizing the use of gravitational lensing to study dark energy. Her group addresses challenges ranging from atmospheric turbulence effects on image quality to high galaxy density image analysis in LSST data. She has also worked with colleagues at Stanford to measure masses of giant galaxy clusters using images from the Subaru Telescope in Hawaii.
