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Michael A. Troxel

Associate Professor of Physics
Physics
Box 90305, Durham, NC 27708
Phy 265, Durham, NC 27712

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Associate Professor of Physics · 2023 - Present Physics, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

In the News


Published July 8, 2024
Building a Prototype of the Cosmos
Published June 20, 2024
Duke Cosmic Explorers Are Mapping Space’s Invisible Secrets
Published October 17, 2023
Taking a Larger View of the Universe

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Recent Publications


SPT clusters with des and HST weak lensing. I. Cluster lensing and Bayesian population modeling of multiwavelength cluster datasets

Journal Article Physical Review D · October 15, 2024 We present a Bayesian population modeling method to analyze the abundance of galaxy clusters identified by the South Pole Telescope (SPT) with a simultaneous mass calibration using weak gravitational lensing data from the Dark Energy Survey (DES) and the H ... Full text Cite
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Recent Grants


Update GalSim Image Simulation Configuration Handling

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Jet Propulsion Lab · 2020 - 2027

Maximizing Cosmological Science with the Roman High Latitude Imaging Survey

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Jet Propulsion Lab · 2024 - 2026

Maximizing Cosmological Science with the Roman High Latitude Imaging Survey

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Jet Propulsion Lab · 2025 - 2025

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Education, Training & Certifications


University of Texas, Dallas · 2014 Ph.D.
University of Texas, Dallas · 2011 M.S.
University of Oklahoma · 2008 B.A.
University of Oklahoma · 2008 B.S.