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Shany Danieli is a NASA Hubble and Carnegie-Princeton Postdoctoral Fellow at Princeton University. They will assume the role of Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Tel Aviv University in September 2024. Their research focuses on observational near-field cosmology, particularly dwarf galaxies, ultra-diffuse galaxies (UDGs), and dark matter dynamics. Key contributions include studies of low surface brightness galaxies in M101, Coma cluster UDGs, and the groundbreaking discovery of dark-matter-deficient galaxies NGC1052-DF2 and DF4.
- Education: Dissertation: Clues to the Nature of Dark Matter from Low-Mass Galaxies Outside the Local Group (Advisor: Pieter van Dokkum)
Research explores novel observational methods to characterize galactic structures and test dark matter models. Ongoing projects include the Dragonfly Nearby Galaxies Survey and the Dragonfly Wide Field Survey, pushing detection limits for faint galaxies. Awards include the 2013 Leigh Page Prize and the 2019 Price Prize in Cosmology and Astrophysics.
Grants & Future Work: Developing photometric catalogs and spectroscopic follow-up for low surface brightness galaxies to constrain dark matter halo substructure. Initiatives aim to map the Local Volume galaxy population and refine models of galaxy evolution.
