The department’s chapter of the Society of Physics Students has been named an Outstanding Chapter for 2024 by the American Institute of Physics. Criteria for Outstanding SPS Chapter recognition includes participation in SPS programs and meetings, outreach efforts, and contributions to student recruitment.
In a new paper published by The Astrophysical Journal today, a team led by PhD candidate Nicole Crumpler has detected a long-theorized but very subtle effect in the White Dwarf “mass-radius relation.”
Assistant Professor Danielle Speller received the 2024 Joseph A. Johnson Award for Excellence from the American Institute of Physics and the National Society of Black Physicists. Speller is recognized for neutrinoless double beta decay and dark matter research and for mentoring the next generation of aspiring physicists. “Dr. Speller not only explores the secrets of the universe but also shares them through science outreach and mentorship,” said Michael Moloney , CEO of AIP.
Interaction Day at Goddard Space Flight Center, organized by Space@Hopkins, offered a chance for over 50 department members to learn first-hand about the wide rage of current research being conducted at NASA GSFC. Welcomed by Deputy Operations Project Scientist Andrew Ptak, JHU students and researchers had the opportunity to share their research and learn about ongoing GSFC projects that are recruiting new scientists. In addition, the JHU visitors had the chance to tour the construction of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.
Professor and Department Chair Bob Leheny became a 2024 recipient of the American Physical Society Division of Soft Matter Fellowship. His citation reads “for elucidating dynamics of colloidal glasses, nanoparticles in polymer matrices, liquid crystals, and interfacial layers, employing XPCS and active microrheology.”
The Off-Axis Far-Ultraviolet Off Rowland-circle Telescope for Imaging and Spectroscopy (OAxFORTIS) sounding rocket mission successfully launched and collected data late Sunday night (22:00 hours MDT 25 August 2024) over White Sand […]
Professor Brice Ménard has been appointed as one of seven new external professors at the Santa Fe Institute in 2024. Santa Fe Institute is the world’s leading research center for complex systems science. As an external professor, Ménard will help to enrich their networks of interactions, push the boundaries of complex systems science, and connect over 70 institutions around the globe.
William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor, Marc Kamionkowski has been invited to present the Heinrich Hertz Lecture on Physics at the Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron on September 26. The title of Kamionkowski’s lecture is “Consensus and confusion in cosmology.”
The Division for Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society has posthumously awarded Paul Feldman with the 2024 Kuiper prize for outstanding contributions to planetary science. The Division also awarded David Sing with the 2024 Alexander Prize for a mid-career scientist who has made outstanding contributions to our knowledge of planetary systems.
Assistant Professor Kevin Schlaufman has received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award for his research focused on Population III stars titled “The Most Ancient Stars in the Milky Way.” The NSF CAREER Awards are given in support of junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through research and education, and the integration of these endeavors in the context of their organizations’ missions. The awards, presented once each year, include a federal grant for research and education activities for five consecutive years.