Biography
Kerstin Perez is an astrophysicist studying dark matter interactions using cosmic particles. Her work focuses on unexplored cosmic signatures, with impact at the intersection of particle physics, astrophysics, and advanced instrumental techniques. Perez is the Lavine Family Associate Professor of the Natural Sciences in the Department of Physics at Columbia University. She has won numerous awards, including a Sloan Research Fellowship, Cottrell Scholar Award, APS DPF Early Career Instrumentation Award, and MIT School of Science Teaching Prize for Undergraduate Education. She earned her B.A. in physics from Columbia University and her Ph.D. from Caltech.