Research professor Ethan Vishniac is among the newest class of fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, or AAAS, the world’s largest general scientific society. He is recognized by the AAAS for advancing our understanding of magnetic fields that shape the cosmos on multiple scales, and for his distinguished service to the scientific community as a journal editor.
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Space@Hopkins 2023: Call for Seed Grant proposals
The 2023 Space@Hopkins Seed Grant program, with grants of up to $25,000 for one year, is now open for proposals for space-related projects. Topics of the proposed projects may include, but are not limited to, robotics, astronaut health, planetary sciences, solar physics, Earth science, spacecraft engineering, sensors, and astrophysics. Civilian space-related proposals are welcome from all Johns Hopkins divisions.
Joe Silk Authors ‘Back to the Moon: The Next Giant Leap for Humankind’
Homewood Professor and Research Professor Joe Silk has written a scientist’s inspiring vision of our return to the Moon as humanity’s next thrilling step in space exploration in his new book, ‘Back to the Moon: The Next Giant Leap for Humankind.’
Chia-Ling Chien Honored with Special Issue of The Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
The Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials has published a special issue in honor of Prof. Chia-Ling Chien. The issue includes 32 research articles and a foreword by Samuel Bader and Nobel laureate Albert Fert. Congratulations, Chia-Ling!
David Sing’s Group Uses JWST to Reveal an Exoplanet Atmosphere as Never Seen Before
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope just scored another first: a molecular and chemical profile of a distant world’s skies. While Webb and other space telescopes, including NASA’s Hubble and Spitzer, […]
Johns Hopkins’s Other Engineering Lab: The Voodoo Drop at Six Flags
The Washington Post shadowed Reid Mumford and his physics lab as they gathered data on amusement-park rides.
Andrey Vayner, Nadia Zakamska, and Yuzo Ishikawa Discover Swarm of Galaxies Using James Webb Space Telescope
Postdoctoral fellow Andrey Vayner, Professor Nadia Zakamska and graduate student Yuzo Ishikawa are part of an international team who just published the first results from an Early Release Science program […]
Maryam Haytham Esmat Featured in the Forbes Middle East 30 Under 30 List
Graduate student Maryam Haytham Esmat has been chosen to be part of the Forbes Magazine Middle East “30 Under 30” list. Esmat has interned at the Space Telescope Science Institute, […]
Danielle Speller Receives 2022 Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering
Assistant Professor Danielle Speller has received a 2022 Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. Speller is one of a small group of innovative […]
Emanuele Berti Receives 2023 Richard A. Isaacson Award in Gravitational-Wave Science
Emanuele Berti has received the 2023 Richard A. Isaacson Award in Gravitational-Wave Science from the American Physical Society. Dr. Berti is being recognized “for contributions to gravitational-wave science through groundbreaking […]