Simone Ferraro

I am a data-driven cosmologist. My work is a mix of theory, data analysis, and computation to enhance our understanding of the Universe using astrophysical observations. Much of my recent work has focused on developing new techniques to exploit the large amount of data from current and future cosmological surveys. 

I am a Senior Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab and a senior member of the Berkeley Center for Cosmological Physics (BCCP) at the University of California, Berkeley. I am the Deputy Group Lead of the Cosmology group and active in the Machine Learning for Fundamental Physics group. I serve as the Principal Investigator of the AI Universe project (part of the American Science Cloud), and as one of the Principal Investigators of the Simons Collaboration on Learning the Universe.

Previously, I was a Miller Fellow at UC Berkeley. I earned my Ph.D. in Astrophysical Sciences from Princeton University, where I was advised by David Spergel. I also hold a Master’s degree in Physics from the University of Chicago, where I worked with Wayne Hu, and a degree in Physics and Mathematics from the University of Cambridge.