Professor Charles Meneveau has been awarded the G K Batchelor Prize for 2024. This prestigious prize of $25,000 is sponsored by the Journal of Fluid Mechanics and is awarded every 4 years to recognise the achievements of an active scientist who has made significant research contributions to fluid mechanics over the previous decade.
Principal Research Scientist David Thilker and the team comprising the PHANGS program have released new images of 19 nearby disk galaxies that show stars, gas, and dust on small scales. The near- and mid-infrared images to uncover the origins of intricate structures in hopes of advancing our understanding of the star formation process.
Associate Research Scientist Gregory Quiroz has started a partnership with Xanadu to identify cooperative research projects that advance quantum computing. Quiroz will integrate Pennylane, a software framework for quantum computing, into his curriculum at APL. In particular, he and Dr. Paraj Titum will supplement quantum theory coursework with numerical, Pennylane examples provided by Xanadu, to bridge the gap between theory and modern quantum computing applications. In the long term, the partnership will seek to enhance quantum computing awareness and research within the department.
In a recent work published in Physical Review Letters, Postdoctoral Fellow Xiaoying Xu, former Postdoctoral Fellow in the department, Yufan Li, and Jacob L. Hain Professor C.L. Chien have demonstrated […]
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor Alex Azalay has been named a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). Fellows of the ACM are recognized for their transformative contributions to computing science and technology. Alex specifically is recognized for his “contributions in systems, big data, open data, and for service to the community.”
The Society of Physics Students (SPS), an organization of the American Institute of Physics, has named the Johns Hopkins University SPS Chapter as a 2022-23 Distinguished Chapter. The recognition applauded the JHU SPS Chapter’s outstanding participation from the department to help build professional skills for students as well as the Chapter’s great social events.
Clarivate, a leading global information services provider, has included Professor Emanuele Berti and Bloomberg Distinguished Professor Adam Riess in their 2023 Highly Cited Researchers List. Each researcher selected has authored multiple papers which rank in the top 1% by citations for their fields and publication year in the Web of Science over the past decade.
These five new images released today by the European Space Agency illustrate Euclid’s full potential; they show that the telescope is ready to create the most extensive 3D map of the Universe yet. Bloomberg Distinguished Professor Chuck Bennett, Professor Brice Ménard, and Associate Research Scientist Graeme Addison are part of Euclid’s science team.
Physics majors Ryan Freund and Shrutina Shrestha have each received the Provost’s Undergraduate Research Award from The Hopkins Office for Undergraduate Research. The award is designed to support and encourage Hopkins undergraduate students to engage in independent research, scholarly and creative projects, it was created in 1993 with a generous endowment by the Hodson Trust.
Jennifer Lotz, who earned her PhD in astrophysics from the department in 2003, has been appointed as the next Director of the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI). Dr. Lotz will begin her five-year appointment as STScI Director starting February 12, 2024. Previously, Dr. Lotz was the Director of the International Gemini Observatory.