Priyamvada natarajan biography books

Indian astronomer

Priyamvada (Priya) Natarajan is a theoretical astrophysicist and professor in the departments of astronomy and physics at Yale University.^[2] She is noted for her work in mapping dark matter and dark energy, particularly in gravitational lensing and in models describing the assembly and accretion histories of supermassive black holes.^[3] She authored the book Mapping the Heavens: The Radical Scientific Ideas That Reveal the Cosmos.^[4] She has been featured on shows such as Black Hole Apocalypse on PBS, showcasing her work and background.^[5]

Early life

Priya Natarajan was born in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu in India to academic parents.^[6] She grew up in New Delhi, where she would visit Nehru Planetarium Delhi and had a great interest in celestial and terrestrial maps as a kid.^[5]

Education

Natarajan has undergraduate degrees in physics and mathematics from M.I.T (1986-1991