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Originally from East L.
A., she divides her time between the New Hampshire Seacoast and Cambridge, Massachusetts..
Bouchet Award for her contributions to particle cosmology.
A cofounder of Particles for Justice, she received the 2017 LGBT+ Physicists Acknowledgement of Excellence Award for her contributions to improving conditions for marginalized people in physics and the 2021 American Physical Society Edward A.
Nature recognized her as one of 10 people who shaped science in 2020, and Essence has recognized her as one of 15 Black Women Who Are Paving the Way in STEM and Breaking Barriers.
She also does research in Black feminist science, technology, and society studies.
Her research in theoretical physics focuses on cosmology, neutron stars, and Dark matter.
She is also a columnist for New Scientist and Physics World .
Chanda Prescod-weinstein is an assistant professor of physics and astronomy and core faculty in women\'s and gender studies at the University of New Hampshire.
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