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Remembering Brian R. Judd, Professor Emeritus

Remembering Brian R. Judd, Professor Emeritus

Professor Chia-Ling Chien prepared the following remembrance of Brian R. Judd, Gerhard H. Dieke Professor Emeritus, who passed away on April 8, 2023.

I was saddened to hear that Brian Judd had passed away.

Long before I met Brian Judd, he was already famous during my thesis research in the 1970’s. I studied his theoretical papers on angular momentum and hyperfine interactions. To many physicists Brian Judd has been known as the “Angular Momentum Judd” in part because of his book Angular Momentum Theory for Diatomic Molecules.

After I came to Hopkins, I made an appointment to see him in Rowland Hall, now Krieger Hall. I had no idea how intimating the revered physicist might be. To my relieve, Brian was mild manner, tall and handsome, soft-spoken, in jacket and tie, a true English Gentleman.

Peter Armitage Receives 2023 Brown Investigator Award

Peter Armitage Receives 2023 Brown Investigator Award

Professor Peter Armitage has received the 2023 Brown Investigator Award from the Brown Science Foundation. The elite award recognizes curiosity-driven research in chemistry and physics and supports research with up to $2 million over five years. Armitage is one of only seven recipients this year. The Brown Science Foundation, a Science Philanthropy Alliance member, is dedicated to the belief that scientific discovery is a driving force in the improvement of the human condition.

Could this copycat black hole be a new type of star?

Could this copycat black hole be a new type of star?

Postdoctoral Fellow Pierre Heidmann led research co-authored with Professor Emanuele Berti and Assistant Professor Ibrahima Bah that employs simulations to suggest a hypothetical “topological soliton” that distorts space exactly as a black hole does—but behaves unlike a black hole as it scrambles and releases weak light rays that would not escape a true black hole.

Five Undergraduates Receive Summer Provost’s Undergraduate Research Awards

Five Undergraduates Receive Summer Provost’s Undergraduate Research Awards

The Summer Provost’s Undergraduate Research Awards (PURA) have been awarded to five undergraduates in the department who will have opportunity to work closely with JHU research advisors over the summer. […]

Nicole Crumpler Receives National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship

Nicole Crumpler Receives National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship

Graduate student Nicole Crumpler has received a Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation. The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students who demonstrate the potential to make significant contributions in STEM. The program also seeks to broaden participation in science and engineering of underrepresented groups, including women, minorities, persons with disabilities, and veterans. The three-year fellowship provides three years of financial support inclusive of an annual stipend of $37,000. Crumpler was recognized for her research in theoretical astrophysics.

Yahui Zhang Receives National Science Foundation CAREER Award

Yahui Zhang Receives National Science Foundation CAREER Award

Assistant Professor Yahui Zhang has received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award for his proposal titled “Superconductivity, fractionalization and quantum criticality in multilayer quantum simulator.” The NSF CAREER Awards are given in support of junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through research and education, and the integration of these endeavors in the context of their organizations’ missions. The awards, presented once each year, include a federal grant for research and education activities for five consecutive years. 

Mark Ho-Yeuk Cheung and Collaborators Publish Simulations That Show Aftermath of Black Hole Collisions

Mark Ho-Yeuk Cheung and Collaborators Publish Simulations That Show Aftermath of Black Hole Collisions

Graduate student Mark Ho-Yeuk Cheung is the lead author and Postdoctoral Fellow Thomas Helfer, Professor Emanuele Berti, Postdoctoral Fellow Roberto Cotesta and two former Hopkins Ph.D. Students (Kaze Wong and Vishal Baibhav) are co-authors of a Physical Review Letters publication.

Nadia Zakamska Named President’s Frontier Award Finalist

Nadia Zakamska Named President’s Frontier Award Finalist

The President’s Frontier Award Program, created to support and celebrate mid-career faculty at JHU, will award Zakamska with $80,000 to support her ongoing research efforts. Zakamska is among only three other awardees this year.

Ethan Vishniac Named Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Ethan Vishniac Named Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

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.

Space@Hopkins 2023: Call for Seed Grant proposals

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.