Congratulations to Jared Kaplan, assistant professor of particle physics, and Tyrel McQueen, assistant professor of chemistry with a joint appointment in the physics department, recipients of the Sloan Research Fellowship, given annually to young scientists showing promise in their research areas.
News & Announcements Archive
Nadia Zakamska Wins 2014 Pierce Prize for Astronomical Excellence
Nadia L. Zakamska has been awarded the 2014 Newton Lacy Pierce Prize for outstanding achievement in observational astronomical research.
Stephen Murray Elected to AAAS
Four Johns Hopkins University researchers are among the 388 new fellows elected to the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The School of Arts and Sciences honoree is Stephen Murray, who conducts research in high-energy astrophysics and X-ray astronomy.
FORTIS Takes Flight on Mission to Analyze Comet ISON
The adage “if at first you don’t succeed, try, try again” is apt advice in a host of life’s challenges but none more timely than the launch of FORTIS, a […]
Dr. Jason Kalirai Selected as One of Baltimore’s Future Visionaries
Astronomer Dr. Jason Kalirai of the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) has been cited by Baltimore Magazine as one of the “top 40 under 40” up-and-comers in the Baltimore metropolitan […]
Andrei Gritsan Discusses Nobel-Winning Find
The department’s Andrei Gritsan is a member of a large team of researchers at the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland and France that, in 2012, announced the discovery of a new subatomic […]
Johns Hopkins Astrophysicist Charles Bennett Receives 2013 Jansky Prize
Johns Hopkins University astrophysicist Charles L. Bennett has been selected to receive the 2013 Jansky Prize for his leadership in the establishment of precision cosmology through studies of the Cosmic […]
Hopkins Astronomer Holland Ford Receives NASA Award for Hubble Contributions
Holland Ford is an astronomer and professor in the Henry A. Rowland Department of Physics and Astronomy at the Johns Hopkins University. He has received NASA’s Distinguished Public Service Medal […]
Two Physics Professors Named AAAS Fellows
Tim Heckman and Marc Kamionkowski are among the 198 new members elected to the 2013 class of American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a group that includes past winners of the Nobel Prize; the National Medal of Science; the Lasker Award; Pulitzer and Shaw prizes; MacArthur and Guggenheim fellowships; Kennedy Center Honors; and Grammy, Emmy, Academy, and Tony awards.
Johns Hopkins Astrophysicists Join Space Mission Aimed at Solving Dark Mysteries of the Universe
Johns Hopkins astrophysicists Brice Ménard and Charles L. Bennett have been appointed to the Euclid Consortium, the international team of scientists overseeing an ambitious space telescope project designed to probe the mysteries of dark energy […]