Sukanya Chakrabarti
Associate Professor
Sukanya Chakrabarti
Associate Professor
Education
B.Sc., North Carolina State University; MS, Georgia Institute of Technology; Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley
Currently Teaching
In the News
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January 12, 2021
Scientists are getting closer in race to find gravitational wave background and dark matter
Space.com features work by Sukanya Chakrabarti, associate professor in the School of Physics and Astronomy.
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January 11, 2021
Measurements of pulsar acceleration reveal Milky Way’s dark matter density
Researchers have used pulsar measurements to help uncover new information about the density of dark matter in our home galaxy. In a new study led by RIT Associate Professor Sukanya Chakrabarti, researchers have now obtained the first direct measurement of the average acceleration taking place within the Milky Way.
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June 19, 2019
The Milky Way Has Battle Scars from Colliding With a Ghostly Galaxy
Discover magazine features Sukanya Chakrabarti, associate professor in the School of Physics and Astronomy, and her research on the recently-discovered dwarf galaxy Antlia 2.
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October 10, 2019
Assistant professor to extend map of the universe