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 […]
News & Announcements Archive
Alex Szalay Named a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery
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.”
JHU Society of Physics Students Named Distinguished Chapter
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.
Emanuele Berti and Adam Riess Included in the Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers List for 2023
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.
Euclid Space Telescope Reveals First Full-Color Images
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.
Ryan Freund and Shrutina Shrestha Receive Provost’s Undergraduate Research Award
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 Appointed as Director of the Space Telescope Science Institute
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.
Adam Riess Receives 2023 H0 Award From The Chalonge – de Vega International School of Astrophysics
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor Adam Riess has received the H0 Award from The Chalonge – de Vega International School of Astrophysics in Paris. Riess received the award for “his relentless clever work and deep discoveries regarding the expansion rate of the Universe.”
Marc Kamionkowski Q&A with Knowable Magazine: Early Dark Energy Could Solve a Cosmological Conundrum
William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor Marc Kamionkowski participated in a Q&A article about one of his recent publications with Knowable Magazine from Annual Reviews. Kamionkowski answered questions from science journalist Dan Falk about his publication titled “The Hubble Tension and Early Dark Energy.”
Announcement of Opportunity: Postdoctoral Brinson Prize Fellowship Program
Johns Hopkins has been named one of the 11 participating institutions for a new postdoctoral prize fellowship in observational cosmology sponsored by The Brinson Foundation.