Daniel M. Scolnic, Associate Professor  

Daniel M. Scolnic

Office Location: 120 Science Drive, Box 90305, Durham, NC 27708
Email Address: daniel.scolnic@duke.edu

Education:
Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 2013
B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

  1. Dixon, M; Mould, J; Lidman, C; Taylor, EN; Flynn, C; Duffy, AR; Galbany, L; Scolnic, D; Davis, TM; Möller, A; Kelsey, L; Lee, J; Wiseman, P; Vincenzi, M; Shah, P; Aguena, M; Allam, SS; Alves, O; Bacon, D; Bocquet, S; Brooks, D; Burke, DL; Rosell, AC; Carollo, D; Carretero, J; Conselice, C; Da Costa, LN; Pereira, MES; Diehl, HT; Doel, P; Everett, S; Ferrero, I; Flaugher, B; Frieman, J; García-Bellido, J; Gatti, M; Gaztanaga, E; Giannini, G; Gruen, D; Gruendl, RA; Gutierrez, G; Herner, K; Hinton, SR; Hollowood, DL; Honscheid, K; James, DJ; Kuehn, K; Lima, M; Marshall, JL; Mena-Fernández, J; Menanteau, F; Miquel, R; Myles, J; Nichol, RC; Ogando, RLC; Palmese, A; Pieres, A; Malagón, AAP; Samuroff, S; Sanchez, E; Cid, DS; Sevilla-Noarbe, I; Smith, M; Sobreira, F; Suchyta, E; Swanson, MEC; Tarle, G; To, C; Tucker, BE; Tucker, DL; Vikram, V; Walker, AR; Weaverdyck, N, Calibrating the absolute magnitude of type Ia supernovae in nearby galaxies using [O ii] and implications for H0, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 538 no. 2 (April, 2025), pp. 782-796, Oxford University Press (OUP) [doi]  [abs].
  2. Toy, M; Wiseman, P; Sullivan, M; Scolnic, D; Vincenzi, M; Brout, D; Davis, TM; Frohmaier, C; Galbany, L; Lidman, C; Lee, J; Kelsey, L; Kessler, R; Möller, A; Popovic, B; Sánchez, BO; Shah, P; Smith, M; Aguena, M; Allam, S; Alves, O; Bacon, D; Brooks, D; Burke, DL; Rosell, AC; Carretero, J; da Costa, LN; Pereira, MES; Desai, S; Diehl, HT; Doel, P; Drlica-Wagner, A; Everett, S; Ferrero, I; Flaugher, B; Frieman, J; García-Bellido, J; Gatti, M; Gaztanaga, E; Giannini, G; Gruendl, RA; Gutierrez, G; Hinton, SR; Hollowood, DL; Honscheid, K; James, DJ; Kuehn, K; Lahav, O; Lee, S; Marshall, JL; Mena-Fernández, J; Miquel, R; Palmese, A; Pieres, A; Malagón, AAP; Romer, AK; Samuroff, S; Sanchez, E; Cid, DS; Schubnell, M; Suchyta, E; Swanson, MEC; Tarle, G; Tucker, DL; Vikram, V; Walker, AR; Weaverdyck, N, Reduction of the type Ia supernova host galaxy step in the outer regions of galaxies, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 538 no. 1 (March, 2025), pp. 181-197, Oxford University Press (OUP) [doi]  [abs].
  3. Fernandes, MB; Scolnic, D; Peterson, E; Zhai, C; Linder, T; Acevedo, M; Reichart, D, Measuring the Distances to Asteroids from One Observatory in One Night with Upcoming All-Sky Telescopes, in Qeios Ltd (February, Preprint, 2025) [doi] .
  4. Peterson, ER; Carreres, B; Carr, A; Scolnic, D; Bailey, A; Davis, TM; Brout, D; Howlett, C; Jones, DO; Riess, AG; Said, K; Taylor, G, Improving the Determination of Supernova Cosmological Redshifts by Using Galaxy Groups, Astrophysical Journal, vol. 980 no. 1 (February, 2025), pp. 21-21, American Astronomical Society [doi]  [abs].
  5. Camilleri, R; Davis, TM; Hinton, SR; Armstrong, P; Brout, D; Galbany, L; Glazebrook, K; Lee, J; Lidman, C; Möller, A; Nichol, RC; Sako, M; Scolnic, D; Shah, P; Smith, M; Sullivan, M; Sánchez, BO; Vincenzi, M; Wiseman, P; Allam, S; Abbott, TMC; Aguena, M; Andrade-Oliveira, F; Asorey, J; Avila, S; Bacon, D; Bechtol, K; Bocquet, S; Brooks, D; Buckley-Geer, E; Burke, DL; Rosell, AC; Carollo, D; Carretero, J; Castander, FJ; Conselice, C; da Costa, LN; Pereira, MES; Desai, S; Diehl, HT; Everett, S; Ferrero, I; Flaugher, B; Frieman, J; García-Bellido, J; Gaztanaga, E; Giannini, G; Gruendl, RA; Herner, K; Hollowood, DL; Honscheid, K; Huterer, D; James, DJ; Kent, S; Kuehn, K; Lahav, O; Lee, S; Lewis, GF; Lima, M; Marshall, JL; Mena-Fernández, J; Miquel, R; Myles, J; Ogando, RLC; Palmese, A; Pieres, A; Malagón, AAP; Romer, AK; Roodman, A; Samuroff, S; Sanchez, E; Cid, DS; Schubnell, M; Sevilla-Noarbe, I; Suchyta, E; Suntzeff, N; Swanson, MEC; Tarle, G; Tucker, BE; Walker, AR; Weaverdyck, N, The Dark Energy Survey Supernova Program: an updated measurement of the Hubble constant using the inverse distance ladder, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 537 no. 2 (February, 2025), pp. 1818-1825 [doi]  [abs].

Highlight:
Use observational tools to measure the expansion history of the universe.  Trying to answer big questions like 'what is dark energy?'.