Shirley Ho

Shirley Ho is an American cosmologist and astrophysicist, currently at the Center for Computational Astrophysics (Flatiron Institute) in NYC and at the New York University and the Carnegie Mellon University. Ho also has visiting appointment at Princeton University.
A cited expert in cosmology, machine learning applications in astrophysics and data science, her interest are using deep learning accelerated simulations to understand the Universe, and other astrophysical phenomena. 
She significantly contributed to the development of several fields, including: cosmic microwave background, cosmological models, dark energy, dark matter, spatial distribution of galaxies and quasars, Baryon Acoustic Oscillations, cosmological simulations and applications of machine learning to cosmology. More recently, Shirley Ho has led her team on a series of papers on accelerating simulations using modern deep learning techniques.
Education.
After having completed a Bachelor of Arts (with Highest Honors) in Physics and Computer Science at the University of California at Berkeley, Shirley Ho moved to Princeton University to pursue her Ph.D. at the Department of Astrophysical Sciences of Princeton Universitybetween 2004 and 2008. Astrophysicist and cosmologist David Spergel was her advisor. In 2008 she obtained her Doctorate in Astrophysical Sciences, with a Thesis entitled "Baryons, Universe and Everything Else in Between".
Career.
After her Ph.D., she moved to the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory between 2008 and 2012, in a postdoctoral position as a Chamberlain and Seaborg Fellow. Later on, she moved to the Carnegie Mellon University, first as an assistant professor and then as an associate (with indefinite tenure) professor in Physics. Shirley Ho became the Cooper-Siegel Chair Professor in 2015 at Carnegie Mellon University. 
In 2016, Shirley Ho joined Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory as a Senior Scientist while being on leave from Carnegie Mellon University. In 2018, Shirley Ho joined the Simons Foundation as leader of the Cosmology X Data Science group at Center for Computational Astrophysics (CCA) at the Flatiron Institute in NYC. She also currently holds faculty positions at New York University and Carnegie Mellon University. 
Prizes.
Shirley Ho won several prizes for her significant contributions to the fields of cosmology and astrophysics. The list includes: