Previously known as the Joint Space-Science Institute (JSI) Prize Postdoctoral Fellowship, the fellowship was renamed in honor of JSI founding member Neil Gehrels (1952–2017).
Popper, who retired in 2014, remains involved in research on hearing and on the effects of man-made sound on marine life.
The faculty members joined nine departments in the college.
Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope celebrates 10 years of observations with a map of 21 constellations connecting known gamma-ray sources.
Simulation reveals particle behaviors that may help explain how neutron stars emit gamma-ray and radio pulses.
New observations suggest that kilonovae—immense cosmic explosions that produce silver, gold and platinum—may be more common than thought.
Space jets accelerate particles and send a high-energy signal to Earth.
UMD-led research team observes frog populations persisting in Panamanian forest, a decade after decimation by chytrid fungus.
Chemistry and Biochemistry’s Jeffery Davis & Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics’ Anne Simon received the honor.
Project could enable new advanced quantum research and technology and could yield new ways to connect electronic circuits and photonic devices.