Alyson Brooks

Alyson Brooks
Born	Minnesota
Nationality
Alma mater	Macalester College University of Washington
Known for	Dwarf galaxy formation lambda-cold-dark-matter simulations
Awards	Maria Goeppert Mayer Award
Scientific career
Fields	Theoretical astrophysics
Institutions	Caltech University of Wisconsin–Madison Rutgers University
Thesis	The role of gas in the evolution of disk galaxies (2008)
Doctoral advisor	Fabio Governato
Website	http://www.physics.rutgers.edu/~abrooks/

Alyson Brooks is an American theoretical astrophysicist and professor at Rutgers University. She uses large-scale simulations to determine how galaxies form.