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KU Department of Physics & Astronomy professor receives prestigious NSF award for black hole research
Elisabeth Mills, Assistant Professor of physics and astronomy, has received a prestigious CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation to continue her groundbreaking research on supermassive black holes.
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KU PHYSICIST APPOINTED TO HELP PREPARE NEXT LONG RANGE PLAN ON NUCLEAR SCIENCE
Daniel Tapia Takaki, University of Kansas associate professor of physics & astronomy, was appointed to serve on the Nuclear Science Advisory Committee (NSAC) earlier this year.
A Fresh Map of Mars, From a Spacecraft Called Hope
Dimitra Atri, KU Physics & Astronomy PhD, featured in story on a new Mars map. Can also be found here: https://www.space.com/uae-mars-hope-orbiter-new-map.
Professor Dmitry Ovchinnikov Receives KU Research GO Award
Dmitry Ovchinnikov, Assistant Professor, Physics & Astronomy receives KU Research Go Award for: Electric Field Control of Magnetism in Two-Dimensional Quantum Materials.
Kate Wienke Awarded Goldwater Scholarship
Kate Wienke, Physics & Astronomy student, receives 2023 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship.
Students Nominated For The 2023 Goldwater Scholarship
Thresa Kelly, a junior in engineering physics – digital electronic systems with a minor in astronomy and Kate Wienke, a junior in physics nominated for Goldwater Scholarship.
Cristian Xavier Baldenegro Barrera - 2023 Mitsuyoshi Tanaka Dissertation Award in Experimental Particle Physics Recipient
Cristian Xavier Baldenegro Barrera Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, École Polytechnique receives 2023 Mitsuyoshi Tanaka Dissertation Award in Experimental Particle Physics.
Undergraduate Research Awards - Spring 2023
Morgan Cassidy, Richard Moser, Wesley Sportsman receive awards.
RESEARCHERS GLIMPSE FIRST EVIDENCE OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY ON EXOPLANET
Findings from an international team of astrophysicists using NASA’s recently deployed James Webb Space Telescope give new detail to exoplanet WASP-39b, a “hot Saturn” orbiting a star roughly 700 light years from Earth.
How dangerous are nearby supernovae to life on Earth?
From a distance, supernovae explosions are fascinating. A star more massive than our sun runs out of hydrogen and becomes unstable.
KU PHYSICIST NAMED TO CLASS OF 2022 MACARTHUR FELLOWS
The MacArthur Foundation announced that Steven Prohira as a Class of 2022 MacArthur Fellow.