SHORT TAKES
—KATHLEEN MEININGER ’23
In a paper published in Science, Assistant Professor of Physics Jia (Leo) Li and colleagues demonstrated for the first time that in magic-angle graphene—a superconductor material that can conduct electricity with zero resistance—weakening electron-electron Coulomb interactions strengthens superconductivity. Visiting Professor of Economics Jesse Shapiro
The national debate on
was named one of 25 MacArthur Fellows nationwide,
school reopening during
receiving a $625,000 “genius grant” from the foundation
the pandemic was informed
to advance his research using novel methods of economic theory and data analysis to address political polarization, media bias, and other complex social issues.
by Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence and Professor of Economics
DR. JOHN GOLDSMITH/ CELESTIAL VISIONS (2012)
Emily Oster, an expert
For her research into chemical computing,
in health economics and
an innovative technology that uses collections
statistical methods who
of small molecules for more efficient data storage,
built the COVID-19 School
Popular Science named Brenda Rubenstein,
Response Dashboard to
associate professor of chemistry, as one of 2021’s
collect data on case rates
Brilliant 10, its annual roster of 10 innovators “taking
from schools in 49 states
on society’s biggest challenges across the world.”
and the District of Columbia.
The National Science Foundation awarded $1.2 million to an international group of scientists led by Assistant Professor of Physics Jonathan Pober to use the highly-sensitive Murchison Widefield Array radio telescope in search of a 12-billion-year-old molecular signal marking the birth of the first stars lighting up our universe. IMPACT 2022 17
