Prof. Victoria Kaspi

ACADEMIC HOST
Prof. Ehud Nakar
Head, Department of Astrophysics

Lowy Distinguished Guest Professor
2.12.25-31.12.25

Education

• B.Sc. in Physics, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, 1989, with honors
• M.A. in Physics, Princeton University, New Jersey, USA, 1991
• Ph.D. in Physics, Princeton University, New Jersey, USA, 1993

Experience

• Director, McGill Space Institute, 2015–present
• Professor of Physics, McGill University, 2006–present
• Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Education, Faculty of Science, McGill University, 2013–2015
• Joined Physics Department, McGill University, 1999–present
• Hubble Postdoctoral Fellow, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (IPAC) & MIT Center for Space Research, 1997–2002
• Visiting Associate, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA, 1994–1996

Fellowships and memberships

• Fellow, American Astronomical Society
• Fellow, American Physical Society
• Elected Fellow, US Academy of Arts and Sciences
• Elected Fellow, US National Academy of Sciences
• Elected Fellow, Royal Society of London
• Elected Fellow, Royal Society of Canada
• Member, Canadian Astronomical Society

Awards

• Marcel Grossman Award (CHIME/FRB team), 2024
• Albert Einstein World Award of Science, 2022
• Shaw Prize for Astronomy, 2021
• Royal Society Bakerian Medal, 2020
• NSERC Gerhard Herzberg Gold Medal for Science and Engineering, 2016

Research interest

• Magnetars and neutron stars
• Pulsars and fast radio bursts (FRBs)
• Radio astronomy instrumentation and surveys (CHIME/FRB)
• Mapping cosmic matter distribution
• High-energy astrophysics and astrophysical transients