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Christopher Hirata

American cosmologist
Person human Q44717877

Facts

13 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[12]
Date of birth
November 6, 1982
Place of birth
Ypsilanti
Country of citizenship
United States[4]
Occupation
astrophysicist
Employer
Ohio State University, California Institute of Technology[5][6]
Educated at
California Institute of Technology, Princeton University, Deerfield High School[7]
Award received
New Horizons in Physics Prize, Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering, Helen B. Warner Prize for Astronomy[9][10][11]
Doctoral advisor
Uroš Seljak[8]
Doctoral student
Yacine Ali-Haïmoud[13]
Family name
Hirata[14]
Given name
Christopher, Michael[15][16]
🏷️ Also known as
en Chris Hirata en Christopher Hirata en Christopher M. Hirata en Christopher Michael Hirata ja クリストファー・ヒラタ ja クリス・ヒラタ uk Кріс Гірата zh 克里斯·平田
🔖 Identifiers · 14
ISNI
0000000044382072
ORCID iD
0000-0002-2951-4932
VIAF cluster ID
58820611
Library of Congress authority ID
no2005091610
OpenAlex ID
A5061470538, A5040836293, A5126241375as of 2026-09-23
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Source
OpenAlex
Edition
20260923 · as of 2026-09-23
Bronze
not in the catalog
Transform
4ort-mint · openalex:20260923 · version not recorded
Academic Tree ID
176545
AstroGen ID
17440
Facebook username
christopher.m.hirata
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/11gdrtf3n4
INSPIRE-HEP author ID
Christopher.M.Hirata.1
Instagram username
christopher.hirata
MR Author ID
1036892
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Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
138209
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJr3w8RfBbTRRF4dJWWMT3

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Source: OpenAlex (openalex.org), snapshot of 2026-09-23. CC0 1.0 Universal. CC0 1.0 Universal · OpenAlex
🔗 Connections
Author of 3
A synthetic <i>Roman Space Telescope</i> High-Latitude Imaging Survey: simulation suite and the impact of wavefront errors on weak gravitational lensing, Near-IR Weak-lensing (NIRWL) Measurements in the CANDELS Fields. I. Point-spread Function Modeling and Systematics, Simulating image coaddition with the <i>Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope –</i> I. Simulation methodology and general results
← Authored by 3
A synthetic <i>Roman Space Telescope</i> High-Latitude Imaging Survey: simulation suite and the impact of wavefront errors on weak gravitational lensing, Near-IR Weak-lensing (NIRWL) Measurements in the CANDELS Fields. I. Point-spread Function Modeling and Systematics, Simulating image coaddition with the <i>Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope –</i> I. Simulation methodology and general results
Award received 2
Helen B. Warner Prize for Astronomy, New Horizons in Physics Prize
Educated at 2
Princeton University, California Institute of Technology
Employer 2
California Institute of Technology, Ohio State University
Given name 2
Christopher, Michael
Affiliated with 1
Ohio State University
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Doctoral advisor 1
Uroš Seljak
Doctoral advisors 1
Uroš Seljak
Instance of 1
human
Occupation 1
astrophysicist
Place of birth 1
Ypsilanti
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Christopher Hirata was born on November 6, 1982[1], in Ypsilanti[2]. He has worked as an astrophysicist[3].

FAQs

Where was Christopher Hirata born?

Christopher Hirata's place of birth was Ypsilanti[2].

What did Christopher Hirata do for work?

Christopher Hirata worked as an astrophysicist[3].

Where did Christopher Hirata go to school?

Christopher Hirata was educated at Deerfield High School[7].

What awards did Christopher Hirata receive?

Honors received include New Horizons in Physics Prize[9], Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering[10], and Helen B. Warner Prize for Astronomy[11].

Related Entities

California Institute of Technology United States

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  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . physics.osu.edu. physics.osu.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Breakthrough Prize – “The Oscars Of Science” – Celebrates Top Achievements In Physics, Life Sciences & Mathematics, Awards $22 Million In Prizes At Gala Televised Ceremony In Silicon Valley. breakthroughprize.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . packard.org. packard.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . aas.org. aas.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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