Four Science Terps Attend 73rd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting
Physics alums and graduate students were selected to join the prestigious Lindau Meeting and interact with prominent scientists.
Four current and former students in the University of Maryland's College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences were selected to join the 73rd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to engage in powerful discussions with dozens of Nobel Prize winners.
In Lindau, Germany, attendees interacted with prominent scientists like Anne L’Huillier and Ferenc Krausz, among other Nobel Laureates, for a week-long discussion on the impact of physics in the future of energy supply, artificial intelligence and quantum research.
"My takeaway from the Lindau Meeting is that there are so many things you can do with a physics education and unlimited ways to impact the world with your research," said physics graduate student Kate Sturge (B.S. '22, astronomy; B.S. '22, physics). "It was wonderful to meet so many young scientists from all over the world and bond for a week over our shared love of physics. This week also brought about much personal reflection on what I want to do in my career and what my next steps should be."
Read more about these Science Terps below.
Yihui Lai
Current position: Ph.D. student, Department of Physics
Advisor: Chris Palmer
Research focus: Lai studies experimental particle physics.
Scott Moroch (B.S. '20, physics)
Current position: Ph.D. student, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Advisor: Tim Koeth (undergraduate research), Ronald Garcia Ruiz (doctoral)
Research focus: Moroch studies precision spectroscopy and ion-trapping of molecules for fundamental physics.
Ariana Shearin (B.S. '22, physics)
Current position: Graduate student, Department of Physics
Advisor: Tim Koeth
Research focus: Shearin is working on developing a penning ion trap to study weak force physics.
Kathryn Sturge (B.S. '22, astronomy; B.S. '22, physics)
Current position: Graduate student, Department of Physics
Advisor: Tim Koeth
Research focus: Sturge studies dielectric breakdown in space-charged polymers.
