News: Faculty

2020

Chemist Sarah King honored with Beckman Foundation’s Young Investigator Award

June 18, 2020

Sarah King

Chemist Sarah King honored with Beckman Foundation’s Young Investigator Award


XENON1T dark matter detector picks up unexplained new signal

June 18, 2020

XENON1T dark matter detector

XENON1T dark matter detector picks up unexplained new signal


University of Chicago STAGE lab docuseries takes viewers into the lives and labs of scientists

June 16, 2020

Nathan Earnest-Noble filming Curiosity with film crew in the foreground

Curiosity: The Making of a Scientist offers an online sneak peek of its pilot episode online June 25 at noon and 8 p.m.


Peter Eng interviewed about decontaminating N95 masks on Fox 32 Chicago

June 16, 2020

News broadcast still of physicist Peter Eng and his N95 mask decontamination invention

Physicist Peter Eng interviewed about decontaminating N95 masks on Fox 32 Chicago


Asst. Prof. Brian Nord and Prof. Daniel Holz discuss Wednesday’s #ShutDownSTEM strike

June 11, 2020

Brian Nord speaks at a panel

Asst. Prof. Brian Nord and Prof. Daniel Holz discuss Wednesday's #ShutDownSTEM strike


PSD members honored with 2020 Quantrell and Graduate Teaching Awards

June 9, 2020

2020 Quantrell Award Winners David Archer, Professor of Geophysical Sciences and the College

Fred Chong, the Seymour Goodman Professor in Computer Science and the College

Paolo Privitera, Professor of Astronomy & Astrophysics, Physics, Enrico Fermi Inst

PSD members honored with 2020 Quantrell and Graduate Teaching Awards


No parallel universe? Asst. Prof. Abigail Vieregg discusses neutrinos and new findings about the universe

May 29, 2020

Neutrino experiment balloon in Antarctica

No parallel universe? Asst. Prof. Abigail Vieregg discusses neutrinos and new findings about the universe


PSD in the News - May 2020

May 28, 2020

PSD in white against a maroon background

This month PSD researchers have been featured for their efforts to uncover the secret behind the molecule that blocks HIV infection, why ocean circulation may hold the key to finding life on exoplanets, and what 'groupie' galaxies orbiting the Milky Way tell us about dark matter.


NASA names telescope after pioneering astronomer Nancy Grace Roman

May 28, 2020

NASA telescope named after pioneering astronomer Nancy Grace Roman

NASA names telescope after pioneering astronomer Nancy Grace Roman


How to balance privacy while using contact tracing for COVID-19

May 28, 2020

Social distancing and contact tracing

How to balance privacy while using contact tracing for COVID-19. UChicago computer scientist Blase Ur examines smartphone tracking during pandemic


Prof. Simion Filip has been awarded a European Mathematical Society Prize

May 27, 2020

Simion Filip

Prof. Simion Filip has been awarded a European Mathematical Society Prize in recognition of excellence among researchers under 35


Startup QDIR uses quantum dots for infrared detectors

May 26, 2020

New startup QDIR, based on technology developed at UChicago, is working to commercialize a new, low-cost way to create infrared detectors: with quantum dots


2020 Arthur L. Kelly Faculty Prizes for Exceptional Service in the PSD awarded to Bryan Dickinson, Margaret Gardel, and Chuan He for contributions to COVID-19 research and relief efforts

May 26, 2020

Bryan Dickinson, Margaret Gardel, and Chuan He

2020 Arthur L. Kelly Faculty Prizes for Exceptional Service in the PSD awarded to Bryan Dickinson, Margaret Gardel, and Chuan He for contributions to COVID-19 research and relief efforts


Telescope to be named for Nancy Grace Roman who earned her doctorate at UChicago

May 21, 2020

Nancy Grace Roman

NASA telescope to be named for Nancy Grace Roman, a pioneering woman astronomer who earned her doctorate at UChicago


Prof. Diana Franklin co-lead writer of NSF report on key concepts for quantum education

May 20, 2020

Headshot Diana Franklin

Prof. Diana Franklin co-lead writer of NSF report on key concepts for quantum education