My research interests are primarily in the area of cosmology, including large-scale structure, dark matter, dark energy, and gravitational lensing.
Positions Held
2011-2017 Department of Astronomy, University of Illinois
Professor
2005 - 2011 Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics
Senior research associate
2002 - 2005 Institute for Advanced Study
Postdoctoral researcher
Recent Publications
Chun Yin Ricky Chue, Neal Dalal, Martin White,
"Some assembly required: assembly bias in massive dark matter halos",
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, in press,
arXiv: 1804.04055
Lucas F. Secco, Amanda Farah, Bhuvnesh Jain, Susmita Adhikari, Arka Banerjee, Neal Dalal,
"Probing Self-interacting Dark Matter with Disk Galaxies in Cluster Environments",
Astrophysical Journal, 860, 32
arXiv: 1712.04841
"Kinematics of cluster galaxies and their relation to galaxy evolution",
Susmita Adhikari, Neal Dalal, Surhud More, Andrew Wetzel,
arXiv: 1806.09672
"Splashback in galaxy clusters as a probe of cosmic expansion and gravity",
Susmita Adhikari, Jeremy Sakstein, Bhuvnesh Jain, Neal Dalal, Baojiu Li,
arXiv: 1806.04302
"Fundamental Physics with the Hubble Space Telescope",
Neal Dalal, Cora Dvorkin, Jeremy Heyl, Bhuvnesh Jain, Marc Kamionkowski, Phil Marshall, David Weinberg,
arXiv: 1712.04928
Seminars
"Dark matter with ALMA", PACIFIC conference, Moorea
"Caustics in clusters", Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics
"Dark matter with ALMA", Simons Foundation Symposium on Dark Matter, Germany.
"kSZ probes of neutrinos and dark energy", Technion Institute
"Constraints on dark matter substructure using strongly lensed dusty galaxies", Queens University
"Constraints on dark matter substructure using strongly lensed dusty galaxies", Harvard University