Tracy Robyn Slatyer is a professor of particle physics with a concentration in theoretical astrophysics[2][3] with tenure at MIT.
[4] She was a 2014 recipient of the Rossi Prize for gamma ray detection of Fermi bubbles, which are unexpected large structure in our galaxy.
[5][6][7] Her research also involves seeking explanations for dark matter and the gamma ray haze at the center of the Milky Way.
[8] In 2021, she was awarded a New Horizons in Physics Prize for "major contributions to particle astrophysics, from models of dark matter to the discovery of the "Fermi Bubbles.
"[1][9] Slatyer was born in the Solomon Islands and grew up in Australia and Fiji.