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Daniel M. Scolnic

Associate Professor of Physics
Physics
120 Science Drive, Durham, NC 27710
120 Science Drive, Box 90305, Durham, NC 27708

Selected Presentations & Appearances


The Hubble Tension - High Energy Physics · November 2023 Invited Talk Fermilab,
Recent Results from SH0ES, Pantheon+, and CATS - Cosmopalooza · October 2023 Invited Talk
Tip of the Red Giant Branch - Cosmoverse · October 2023 Invited Talk
Measuring the Expansion Rate of the Universe · October 2023 Invited Talk University of Cincinnati,
Opening Keynote Lecture: The Expanding Universe and the Lingering Hubble Tension, AAS Fred Kavli Award · June 2023 Keynote/Named Lecture American Astronomical Society,
Tensions at Low-z; New Experiments at High-z · April 2023 Invited Talk IPAC @ Caltech,
Understanding the Accelerating Expansion of the Universe · November 10, 2022 Invited Talk The International Space Science Institute - Bern, Bern
Recent Cosmological Results from Pantheon+ - Tensions in Cosmology · September 8, 2022 International Meeting or Conference Corfu, Greece
New Measurements of the Hubble Constant and Dark Energy from Analyses of the Pantheon+ and SH0ES Teams - Duke Colloquium Series · March 2, 2022 Lecture
New Measurements of the Hubble Constant and Dark Energy from Analyses of the Pantheon+ and SH0ES Teams. · January 26, 2022 Invited Talk KICP at The University of Chicago,
Synergizing Euclid/LSST/Roman Deep Field Observations - Euclid Series · January 18, 2022 Invited Talk IPAC, Remote
New constraints on dark energy and the Hubble constant from SH0ES and SN samples · December 13, 2021 Invited Talk Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
Simulating Images for the Roman High Latitude Time Domain Survey - Roman Lecture Series · October 8, 2021 International Meeting or Conference Remote
New constraints on dark energy and the Hubble constant from SH0ES and SN samples · September 13, 2021 Invited Talk University of California, Berkeley,
Upcoming constraints on H0 from SH0ES and Pantheon+ samples - Sixteenth Marcel Grossmann Meeting · July 10, 2021 Invited Talk
New constraints on w and H0 from SH0ES and SN samples - Cosmological Frontiers in Fundamental Physics Triangular Conference · May 25, 2021 International Meeting or Conference
New constraints on H0 from SH0ES and SN samples after Gaia EDR3 · April 6, 2021 Invited Talk Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Departamento de Física da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa
Measuring the Expansion of the Universe with Type Ia Supernovae, Johns Hopkins University · March 4, 2021 Invited Talk Johns Hopkins University,
A Hubble Tension Headache · March 1, 2021 International Meeting or Conference University of Southampton,
Correlations between Type Ia Supernova Properties and Host Galaxies and Impact on Cosmological Measurements - Colloquium · September 14, 2020 Invited Talk Texas A&M,
Tensions and Controversies in Cosmology - Packard Talks · August 31, 2020 Invited Talk Packard Foundation, Remote
New Excitement from Measurements of The Hubble Constant and Dark Energy - Colloquium · July 21, 2020 Invited Talk Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physsics, Remote - Korea
Recent Updates to Measurements of H0 with Supernovae - ESO Conference: H0 "Assessing Uncertainties in Hubble’s Constant Across the Universe" · June 23, 2020 International Meeting or Conference ESO, Remote
New Excitement from Measurements of The Hubble Constant and Dark Energy - Seminar · June 3, 2020 Invited Talk University of Waterloo, Remote
New Excitement from Measurements of The Hubble Constant and Dark Energy - Seminar · May 26, 2020 Invited Talk Oxford University, Remote
Supernova Siblings - LSST DESC SNIa Seminar · February 28, 2020 Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium LSST DESC, Remote
New Excitement from Measurements of The Hubble Constant and Dark Energy - GRAPPA Colloquium · November 25, 2019 Invited Talk GRAPPA, Amsterdam
The Importance of Self-Consistency in Measurements of the local Hubble Constant - Invited Talk · June 25, 2019 International Meeting or Conference CosmoGold, Paris

Outreach & Engaged Scholarship


Data+ PI 2023 - Quantifying the Carbon Emissions of Duke Dining · June 2023 - August 2023 Projects & Field Work
Data+ Project Leader - Data+ · 2023 Projects & Field Work
Data+ Project Leader - Data+ · 2020 Projects & Field Work Information, Society & Culture

Service to the Profession


Organizer - Giant Branch Research · October 2023 Event/Organization Administration
Dark Energy Survey Collaboration Meeting · May 2022 Event/Organization Administration Duke University,
Organizer - DES x ZTF Supernova · July 2021 Event/Organization Administration
Panelist - Astro2020 Decadal Cosmology Panel · 2019 - 2021 Committee Service

Service to Duke


Sustainable Duke Operations Committee (Program) · October 2023 - October 2025 Committee Service
Duke Science and Technology Faculty Fundraising (Program) · January 2023 - January 2026 Committee Service

Academic & Administrative Activities


Graduate Admissions Committee for Duke Physics.