Welcome

The UC Irvine Center for Cosmology is devoted to unlocking the mysteries of our Universe, with research groups working on the composition, origin, structure and fate of the Universe, the fundamental physics governing it, and the evolution of structure and galaxies comprising it.

Prof. Cooper's research group addresses the global evolution of galaxies over cosmic time, with a particular emphasis on the role of environment in shaping galaxy properties.

Prof. Cooray is actively participating in several NASA and European Space Agency missions to study the early universe with cosmic microwave background radiation, to search for first stars and galaxies with rocket-borne infrared cameras, and working out challenges and techniques to detect relic gravitational waves from the big bang present today. The project SPHEREx is visualized here.

Prof. Kaplinghat's group works on the nature of dark matter as revealed by its potential self-interactions, in galaxy formation, and in high-energy gamma-ray photon emission.

Prof. Bullock's group's research is in galaxy formation, cosmology, and the nature of dark matter, using the highest-resolution simulations of dark matter halo, star, and galaxy formation.

Prof. Abazajian's research group works on cosmological structure formation, cosmological parameter estimates, neutrino cosmology, particle dark matter searches on the sky, and high-energy astrophysics.

Kirby

Prof. Kirkby's group's research areas are the study of the origin and evolution of the Universe with a particular focus is to better understand the cosmic acceleration that drives the universe to expand faster each day.