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 Rajendran, and has published two papers during his time at JHU. Currently, Tanin is focusing on theoretical ideas for dark energy. Furthermore, Tanin has also been one of the top-ranked teaching assistants and a head TA.