Congratulations to Physics Galileo Circle Scholars

Nine students from physics are awarded College of Science Galileo Circle Scholars this year.

Briana Billingsley
Pranav Chiploonkar
Keenan Fiedler
Brandon Friend
Megan Harrison
Colton Quirk
Tristen Shields
M Smith
Amritaansh Srivastava

There are also other physics major students that are nominated by other departments as Galileo Circle Scholars, including Isabella Olin and Suhani Surana.  

At the 2024 Galileo Circle Scholars Celebration event on November 6, 2024, several of them also had a poster presentation of their research work.

Pranav Chiploonkar, “Optimizing Cosmological Analysis using PCA”
Brandon Friend, “Quantum computing of a Nuclear Lattice Model”
Megan Harrison, “Gas Kinemarics in the Taurus Molecular Cloud”
Isabella Olin, “cosmic Web Reconstructed by Slime Mold: Impact on Galaxy Evolution”
Tristen Shields, “Illuminating Low Surface Brightness Objects with JWST”
Amritaansh Srivastava, “The Evolution of Mid-Infrared Morphologygies of Luminous Infrared Galaxies from Redshift 1 to Redshift 0”
Suhani Surana, “Finding a Focus of a Radio Telescope (Offset Fed Parabolic Dish Antennas)"

The Galileo Circle scholarships are awarded to undergraduate and graduate students who demonstrate exceptional potential in the physical, mathematical, environmental, cognitive, and life sciences.

Cheers, our future scholars!