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 […]
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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 […]
The Institute for Quantum Matter to Become an Energy Frontier Research Center
The Institute for Quantum Matter is to become an Energy Frontier Research Center. IQM will focus on the realization and understanding of new states of quantum matter: (1) Quantum Spin […]
Natalia Drichko’s Lab Publishes Evidence for a New Property of Quantum Matter
A theorized but never-before detected property of quantum matter has now been spotted in the lab, a team led by Associate Research Professor Natalia Drichko reports. The study findings, published online […]
Tyrel McQueen & Jonah Erlebacher and Team Awarded 2018 JHU Discovery Award
A departmental team led by Tyrel McQueen and Jonah Erlebacher (WSE) has been chosen to receive a 2018 Johns Hopkins Discovery Award for their proposal, “Exotic Superconductors by Design.” The […]