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Figure 1 Simulation of the merger of two neutron stars detected by LIGO using the Einstein Toolkit. Left are the gravitational waves emitted and right the disrupted material. Credit: Karan Jani, Georgia Tech
, Pablo Laguna, Professor and Chair of the School of Physics
, Deirdre Shoemaker, Director of the Center for Relativistic Astrophysics and professor in the School of Physics.

Two Georgia Tech physicists, Pablo Laguna and Deirdre Shoemaker, are part of a new National Science Foundation award to continue development of the Einstein Toolkit, a collection of scientist-shared computational resources for advancing studies of relativistic astrophysics and gravitational wave physics.



How Jennifer Leavey’s videos use research articles to build personal contact and educate online communities about COVID-19 research.


Student Awards news story
, Shaun Eisner
, Steven Creech
, Amitej Venapally
, Sara Brockmeier

Undergraduates in Georgia Tech's College of Sciences are recognized for taking part in research studies that might be offered only to graduate students at other institutions. The students studies complex problems in math, biochemistry, psychology, and physics. 


Congratulation to our O'Hara Fellows.
, Hyeonsoo (Harris) Jeong, 2020 O'Hara Graduate Fellowship Winner
, Deborah Ferguson, 2020 O'Hara Graduate Fellowship Winner
, Suttipong (Jay) Suttapitugsakul, 2020 O'Hara Graduate Fellowship Winner
, Yuchen He, 2020 O'Hara Graduate Fellowship Winner

Four College of Sciences graduate students are the recipients of the 2020 Larry O'Hara Graduate Student Fellowship, presented to top doctoral students in their third or fourth years of study.


Coping with COVID
, COVID-19 face mask art

If coughing in your sleeve is effective, face masks must be, too, and successes in Asia and Europe corroborate this, physicist says.


Peter Addison, fourth-year undergraduate and May 2020 candidate for graduation from the School of Physics, and Lucy, the family goldendoodle.
, From Addison's research: energetic neutral atom (ENA) images of the planetary plasma environment around Saturn's moon Titan.

School of Physics senior Peter Addison is already working on a graduate school level, according to his research group director. He'll return to Georgia Tech after graduation to continue studies that could help NASA choose landing sites for its Europa Clipper mission. 


Nature Astronomy, March 2020
, March 2020 cover of Nature Astronomy.
, Deirdre Shoemaker, Director of the Center for Relativistic Astrophysics and professor in the School of Physics.
, Karan Jani (Ph.D. Georgia Tech ‘17), professor at Vanderbilt University and member of the Center for Relativistic Astrophysics. Photo: Vanderbilt University
, Black Holes Collide
, Simulation of Binary Black Holes
, LIGO in Hanford, Washington

Study on intermediate-mass black holes, multiband gravitational waves takes the spotlight in this month's Nature Astronomy.


An artist’s depiction of Trappist exoplanets in comparison to Earth. The Trappist planets are those in their star’s habitable zone. (Photo: NASA)
, Georgia Tech Astrobiology
, School of Physics Assistant Professor Gongjie Li
, MIT Professor of Planetary Science Sara Seager
, Sara Seager Bold Ideas Lecture

It's only been around for four years, but the Georgia Tech Astrobiology community is scoring wins in exoplanet research, outside funding, and attracting top astrobiologists for conferences and lectures on campus.


SWIP President Ryn Mykyten
, SWIP Members at an Ice Cream Social
, SWIP Members

At Georgia Tech, the Society of Women in Physics embodies the empowering characteristics of International Women’s Day.


Elisabetta Matsumoto, assistant professor in the School of Physics and 2020 Cottrell Scholar
, Elisabetta Matsumoto (center) knits with two of her Matsumoto Group lab students at Georgia Tech. (Photo Jonathan Kelso, The New York Times.)
, Matsumoto uses virtual reality technology in her physics research.

Elisabetta Matsumoto, an assistant professor in the School of Physics, is a 2020 Cotrell Scholar thanks to her research on the mathematics and physics hidden in the knots and weaves of knitting.


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