The American Institute of Physics announced today that particle physicist and movie producer David Kaplan has won the 2018 Andrew Gemant Award, an annual prize recognizing contributions to the cultural, […]
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Julian Krolik Honored With Simons Fellowship
Professor Julian Krolik has been awarded a Simons Fellowship in Physics, which provides scholars with the opportunity to spend a year away from classroom and administrative duties in order to […]
Evidence Points to Cooling Property of Dark Matter as JHU Researchers Predicted
A new measurement reported in Nature provides evidence for a new cooling property of dark matter posited by a collection of professors, postdoctoral fellows, and students from our department. The […]
Yi Li Selected for an Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship
Assistant Professor Yi Li has been selected for an Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship for her outstanding research in condensed matter physics theory. Alfred P. Sloan Fellowships are awarded to “early-career […]
Collin Broholm Participates in “Subatomic Smackdown”
Prof. Collin Broholm has entered the ring as part of a fun competition that pits four subatomic particles – neutron, proton, photon and electron – against one another, each one putting forward […]
David Kaplan’s Work on the Idea of a “Bouncing Universe” Featured in Quanta
Prof. David Kaplan’s work surrounding the idea of a “bouncing universe” is featured in a new article that appears in Quanta Magazine titled “How the Universe Got Its Bounce Back.”
Kevin Schlaufman Proposes New Limit on the Definition of a Planet
In his paper, published online by the Astrophysical Journal, Assistant Professor Kevin Schlaufman set the upper boundary of planet mass between four and 10 times Jupiter’s mass. Narrowing down the […]
Tamás Budavári Works to Solve Baltimore’s Urban Blight
Associate Research Professor Tamás Budavári was worked for the last year to develop an algorithmic tool that can predict a Baltimore’s vacancies. Read more about his work in a recent […]
Two From Hopkins Honored by the American Astronomical Society
Joseph Silk, the Homewood Professor of Physics and Astronomy, is the recipient of the 2018 Henry Norris Russell Lectureship, which is intended to recognize a lifetime of eminence in astronomical research. Yacine Ali-Haimoud, who was a postdoc at JHU from 2014–2017 (and joined the faculty of NYU in Fall 2017) is the recipient of the Helen B. Warner Prize, which recognizes outstanding early-career contributions to theoretical or observational astronomy.
Prof. Joseph Silk’s Colleagues Gather in Paris to Celebrate His 75th Birthday
In December 2017 the Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris hosted an international conference to celebrate Joe Silk’s 75th birthday, providing a unique occasion to bring together the world’s top experts in […]