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Sophia Nasr
Ph.D. Student, UC Irvine
Sophia Nasr is a cosmologist working on her PhD in physics at UC Irvine, with a focus on astroparticle theory. She works on dark matter, a mysterious substance that permeates the Universe and comprises 25% of the Universe's content. Sophia is passionate about scientific outreach and is an active science communicator. You can find Sophia communicating science on her blog Astropartigirl.com, on Twitter @Astropartigirl, on Instagram @astropartigirl, and on her Facebook page.