Prof. Tracy Robyn Slatyer

Tracy Slatyer is a theoretical physicist who works on particle physics, cosmology, and astrophysics. Her research interests are motivated by key particle physics questions, such as the search for new particles and forces and a microscopic description of dark matter. Slatyer has been a leader in studying models of dark matter with new interactions, the potential impact of dark matter annihilation or decay on the early history of the cosmos, and separating potential dark matter signals from novel astrophysics using gamma-ray data. She won the 2014 Rossi Prize of the American Astronomical Society for her discovery of the giant Galactic gamma-ray structures known as Fermi Bubbles.