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Justin Otter, Bastian Pradenas, Isu Ravi, Sanjana Sekhar, and Nicholas Speeney Receive Graduate Teaching Awards

Justin Otter, Bastian Pradenas, Isu Ravi, Sanjana Sekhar, and Nicholas Speeney Receive Graduate Teaching Awards

The Graduate Program Committee is pleased to announce their selection of the most outstanding graduate student Teaching Assistants in the department with their annual graduate teaching awards. Justin Otter is […]

Erwin Tanin Receives International Student Prize Fellowship

Erwin Tanin Receives International Student Prize Fellowship

Second year graduate student Erwin Tanin has been awarded an International Student Prize Fellowship by the department. Tanin is working in Theoretical Particle Physics and Cosmology with David Kaplan and Surjeet […]

Hsiang-Chih Hwang and Nadia Zakamska’s publication unveils discovery of “Dual Supermassive Black Holes” in the Distant Universe

Hsiang-Chih Hwang and Nadia Zakamska’s publication unveils discovery of “Dual Supermassive Black Holes” in the Distant Universe

Graduate student Hsiang-Chih Hwang and Associate Professor Nadia Zakamska are part of the research team that has published an article in Nature Astronomy titled “A hidden population of high-redshift double […]

Brian Camley’s New Research Shows Cells Can Walk on Microscopic Tight Ropes

Brian Camley’s New Research Shows Cells Can Walk on Microscopic Tight Ropes

The findings shed light on the behaviors of cells in certain environments and may have implications for drug research.

Bingjie Wang Receives American Astronomical Society’s Roger Doxsey Travel Prize

Bingjie Wang Receives American Astronomical Society’s Roger Doxsey Travel Prize

Graduate student Bingjie Wang has received the Roger Doxsey Travel Prize from the American Astronomical Society (AAS) in recognition of her presentation of her thesis research at the annual winter […]

Enrico Di Teodoro’s Science Publication Unveils A Galaxy That Ages Like No Other

Enrico Di Teodoro’s Science Publication Unveils A Galaxy That Ages Like No Other

Postdoctoral Fellow Enrico Di Teodoro recently published a paper in Science focusing on a galaxy in the very young Universe that unexpectedly looks like a very old galaxy. A galaxy […]

Danielle Speller’s Nature Publication Applies Novel Quantum Squeezing to Search for Dark Matter

Danielle Speller’s Nature Publication Applies Novel Quantum Squeezing to Search for Dark Matter

The HAYSTAC team, including Assistant Professor Danielle Speller, have published a paper in Nature reporting on the use of novel new technology they have developed to increase our power to search for […]

Sihao Cheng Receives International Astrostatistics Association Award for Outstanding Publication

Sihao Cheng Receives International Astrostatistics Association Award for Outstanding Publication

Sihao Cheng, a graduate student in the department working with Associate Professor Brice Ménard, has won the 2020 International Astrostatistics Association award for the Outstanding Publication in Astrostatistics led by a graduate […]

Space@Hopkins Virtual Symposium – Video Now Available

Space@Hopkins Virtual Symposium – Video Now Available

Space@Hopkins, led by Bloomberg Distinguished Professor Chuck Bennett, connects the array of Johns Hopkins University divisions, departments, and collaborative institutions in their common pursuit of civilian space research. The 2020 […]

Women in Physics & Astronomy Spotlight – Video Now Available

Women in Physics & Astronomy Spotlight – Video Now Available

JHU Physics and Astronomy Advisory Council welcomed three of the department’s cutting-edge scientists to share their research via Zoom. This video allows viewers to learn first-hand about the exciting research […]