Hiranya Peiris

Hiranya Peiris
Hiranya Peiris
	Peiris in 2016
Born	Hiranya Vajramani Peiris; 1974 (age 49–50); Sri Lanka
Nationality	British
Alma mater	University of Cambridge (BA); Princeton University (PhD)
Awards	Eddington Medal (2021); Max Born Medal and Prize (2021); Fred Hoyle Medal and Prize (2018); Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2018); Gruber Prize in Cosmology (2012);
	Scientific career
Fields	Physics
Institutions	University College London; Stockholm University; University of Chicago; University of Cambridge
Thesis	First year Wilkinson microwave anisotropy probe results : cosmological parameters and implications for inflation (2003)
Doctoral advisor	David Spergel
Website	https://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/people/Hiranya.Peiris

Hiranya Vajramani Peiris is a British astrophysicist at the University of Cambridge, where she holds the Professorship of Astrophysics (1909). She is best known for her work on the cosmic microwave background radiation, and interdisciplinary links between cosmology and high-energy physics. She was one of 27 scientists who received the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics in 2018 for their "detailed maps of the early universe."

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