News Archive Page 16 | Physics & Astronomy

Colin Norman Becomes American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow

December 10, 2019

Prof. Colin Norman has been elected as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. This is lifetime distinction in honor of his invaluable contributions to science […]

Alex Szalay’s Big Data Cancer Research Featured on CBS News

December 3, 2019

On November 26, CBS aired an interview with IDIES member, Dr. Elizabeth Jaffee, and Director, Dr. Alex Szalay that discussed their research collaboration on pancreatic cancer and patients who had […]

Physicist Richard Zdanis, a Former Vice Provost at JHU, Dies at 83

November 6, 2019

Richard A. Zdanis, an alum went on to serve in the Johns Hopkins University administration and as professor in the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Physics and […]

Three Undergraduates Receive Provost’s Undergraduate Research Awards

November 6, 2019

The Provost’s Undergraduate Research Award (PURA) is an award program offering a $3000 stipend to help offset expenses related to working on an independent research, creative, or scholarly project during […]

Professors Armitage and Chien on the Anniversary of the Hall Effect

November 4, 2019

Edwin Hall’s discovery at JHU in autumn of 1879, which came to be called the “Hall Effect,” may be one of the most underappreciated achievements in the history of Hopkins. […]

Sounding Rocket Mission to Observe Star-Forming Galaxy M33 a Success

October 29, 2019

JHU experimenters Brian Welch, Anna Carter, Russ Pelton, and Stephan McCandliss are pictured here before their launch of NASA/JHU sounding rocket 36.352 UG from White Sands Missile Range on October […]

C.L. Chien’s Team Report New Superconducting Material

October 11, 2019

Prof. C.L. Chien’s team of researchers have found a superconducting material that could someday power quantum computers. The material naturally exists between two states, a finding that could pave the […]

Tarini Konchady Named Media Fellow of the American Astronomical Society

October 11, 2019

Tarini Konchady (B.S. 2017) has been named the new Media Fellow of the American Astronomical Society. She is currently studying Mira variables to help calibrate the extragalactic distance scale. Tarini […]

APS Physics Elects Andrei Gritsan, Michael Falk & Oleg Tchernyshyov as Fellows

September 20, 2019

Professors Andrei Gritsan, Michael Falk (joint with Materials Science And Engineering), and Oleg Tchernyshyov have been elected as Fellows of the American Physical Society. No more than ½% of APS […]

Nhan Tran Receives Department of Energy Early Career Research Award

September 17, 2019

Nhan Tran, who earned his Ph. D. in the department in 2011 (supervised by Prof. Andrei Gritsan), received the U.S. Department of Energy Early Career Research Award for deep-learning acceleration […]

William H. Miller III Department of Physics & Astronomy

Explore JHU

Inside the Krieger School

Student & Faculty Resources

Across Campus