Prescod-Weinstein was born in Los Angeles, California, where she grew up in the eastside neighborhood of El Sereno and attended schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District.
Prescod-Weinstein lahir di Los Angeles, California, ini merupakan tempat ia dibesarkan di lingkungan sisi timur El Sereno dan bersekolah di Los Angeles Unified School District.
She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in physics and astronomy at Harvard College in 2003.
Ia memperoleh gelar Bachelor of Arts dalam bidang fisika dan astronomi di Harvard College pada tahun 2003.
Her thesis, "A study of winds in active galactic nuclei", was completed under the supervision of Martin Elvis.
Tesisnya, "A study of winds in active galactic nucleus", diselesaikan di bawah bimbingan Martin Elvis.
She then earned a master's degree in astronomy in 2005 at the University of California, Santa Cruz, working with Anthony Aguirre.
Ia kemudian memperoleh gelar master dalam bidang astronomi pada tahun 2005 di University of California, Santa Cruz, bekerja sama dengan Anthony Aguirre.
In 2006, Prescod-Weinstein changed research directions and ultimately moved to the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics to work with Lee Smolin.
Pada tahun 2006, Prescod-Weinstein mengubah arah penelitiannya dan akhirnya pindah ke Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics untuk bekerja sama dengan Lee Smolin.
In 2010, Prescod-Weinstein completed her doctoral dissertation, titled "Cosmic acceleration as Quantum Gravity Phenomenology", under the supervision of Lee Smolin and Niayesh Afshordi at the University of Waterloo, while conducting her research at the Perimeter Institute.
Pada tahun 2010, Prescod-Weinstein menyelesaikan disertasi doktoralnya yang berjudul "Akselerasi Kosmik sebagai Fenomenologi Gravitasi Kuantum", di bawah bimbingan Lee Smolin dan Niayesh Afshordi di Universitas Waterloo, sambil melakukan penelitian di Perimeter Institute.
Prescod-Weinstein's research has focused on various topics in cosmology and theoretical physics, including the axion as a dark matter candidate, inflation, and classical and quantum fields in the early universe.
Penelitian Prescod-Weinstein berfokus pada berbagai topik dalam kosmologi dan fisika teoretis, termasuk aksiom sebagai kandidat materi gelap, inflasi, dan medan kuantum dan klasik di alam semesta awal.
From 2004 to 2007, she was a named National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow.
Dari tahun 2004 hingga 2007, ia diangkat sebagai National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow.
After earning her Ph.D., she became a NASA Postdoctoral Fellow in the Observational Cosmology Lab at Goddard Space Flight Center.
Setelah meraih gelar Ph.D., ia menjadi NASA Postdoctoral Fellow di Observational Cosmology Lab di Goddard Space Flight Center.
In 2011, she won a Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she was jointly appointed to the Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research and the department of physics.
Pada tahun 2011, ia memenangkan Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Postdoctoral Fellowship di Massachusetts Institute of Technology, tempat ia ditunjuk bersama di Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research dan departemen fisika.
At MIT, Prescod-Weinstein worked in Alan Guth's group in the Center for Theoretical Physics.
Di MIT, Prescod-Weinstein bekerja di kelompok Alan Guth di Center for Theoretical Physics.
Since 2019, she has been a faculty member in physics and astronomy, as well as in women's and gender studies at the University of New Hampshire.
Ia sedang mengerjakan eksperimen NASA STROBE-X. Sejak tahun 2019, ia telah menjadi anggota fakultas dalam bidang fisika dan astronomi, serta dalam studi perempuan dan gender di Universitas New Hampshire.
She was recognized by Essence Magazine as one of 15 Black Women Who are Paving the Way in STEM and Breaking Barriers.
Essence Magazine memasukkannya ke dalam daftar "15 Black Women Who are Paving the Way in STEM and Breaking Barriers".
" She received the 2021 Edward A. Bouchet Award from the American Physical Society, in recognition "For contributions to theoretical cosmology and particle physics, ranging from axion physics to models of inflation to alternative models of dark energy, for tireless efforts in increasing inclusivity in physics, and for co-creating the Particles for Justice movement.
Pada tahun 2021, ia menerima Edward A. Bouchet Award dari American Physical Society atas kontribusinya dalam kosmologi teoretis dan fisika partikel, serta upayanya dalam meningkatkan inklusivitas dalam fisika.
The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred (hardcover 1st ed.).
Tahun yang sama, bukunya berjudul The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred (ISBN 978-1541724709) memenangkan