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Two Vanderbilt nuclear physicists win early-career grants from U.S. Department of Energy

Sep. 25, 2023—Raghav Kunnawalkam Elayavalli and Jean-François Paquet, both assistant professors in the department of physics and astronomy, are among 93 scientists selected from across the nation to receive significant funding for research as part of the U.S. Department of Energy Early Career Research Program. The awards aim to bolster the nation’s scientific workforce by supporting exceptional researchers at the...

Alex Lupsasca wins New Horizons in Physics Prize from the Breakthrough Prize Foundation

Sep. 25, 2023—Assistant Professor of Physics and Mathematics Alex Lupsasca has won a 2024 New Horizons in Physics Prize for his theoretical work on the interpretation of black hole images and his proposal of a new method for using super-powered telescopes to look closely at black holes and their invisible fingerprints called photon rings. The New Horizons...