Assistant Professor Kevin Schlaufman was recently featured on The Hub for his recently published paper, “An Ultra Metal-poor Star Near the Hydrogen-burning Limit” in The Astrophysical Journal. Schlaufman and co-authors have […]
News & Announcements Archive
Nhan Tran awarded 2019 Henry Primakoff Award
Former PhD student Nhan Tran has been awarded the 2019 Henry Primakoff Award for Early-Career Particle Physics by the American Physical Society. He is being recognized “for wide-ranging contributions to […]
Yichen Shen, Class of ’11, Named Forbes’ “30 Under 30” for Energy Technology
Yichen Shen, former JHU Physics major (class of 2011), has been named one of Forbes’ “30 under 30” for his contributions to energy technology. Yichen is the founder and CEO […]
NASA Features Prof Julian Krolik’s Work on Spiraling Supermassive Black Holes
NASA featured science by Prof. Julian Krolik and co-authors on their homepage today. The science focuses on a computer simulation of two supermassive black holes spiraling toward collision. It fully […]
Shu Zhang Earns Graduate Fellowship at Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics
Graduate student Shu “Suzy” Zhang has earned a graduate fellowship at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics. The purpose of the Graduate Fellowship Program is to offer a unique opportunity […]
Rosemary Wyse Awarded Honorary Doctor of Science from Queen Mary, U. of London
Professor Rosemary F. G. Wyse has been awarded an honorary Doctor of Science from her undergraduate alma mater, Queen Mary College, University of London. Dr. Wyse is pictured here in […]
Former Graduate Student Jennifer Lotz Becomes Director of Gemini Observatory
Dr. Jennifer Lotz, who earned her Ph. D. in our department, has been appointed by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) as the next Director of the […]
Tim Heckman Receives the 2018 Catherine Wolfe Bruce Gold Medal
Tim Heckman, our Department Chair and Dr. A. Herman Pfund Professor, has received the Catherine Wolfe Bruce Gold Medal from the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. The Catherine Wolfe Bruce […]
David Sing Named Bloomberg Distinguished Professor
“Dr. Sing has established himself as a leader of the vanguard in exoplanet research,” says Beverly Wendland, dean of the Krieger School. “We expect the new directions his discoveries will take at Johns Hopkins will add a great deal to the local and global community of scholars.”
Chia-Ling Chien Elected Academician of Academia Sinica
Chia-Ling Chien, the department’s Jacob K. Hain Professor of Physics, has been elected Academician of Academia Sinica, one of only five new members in the Division of Mathematics and Physical […]