Archive: Faculty Research
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Physic Professor and Graduate Student Publish Paper on New Imaging Method for Early Cancer Detection
One of the most important steps in the fight against cancer is the early detection of tumors in the body. Department of Physics professor and McDevitt chair Kai Liu and graduate鈥�
June 10, 2020
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Georgetown Professor Helps Create Workshop That Makes Quantum Education More Accessible
Jim Freericks, professor in the Department of Physics and McDevitt Chair, collaborated with the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the White House Office of Science and鈥�
May 19, 2020
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Professor Dagomar Degroot and Ph.D. Student Emma Moesswilde Podcast Their Way Through Climate History
Environmental historian Dagomar Degroot and Ph.D. student Emma Moesswilde have revamped Climate History, a podcast created by the Department of History professor that explores鈥�
April 21, 2020
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Georgetown Professor Coauthors New Study That Finds EPA Mercury Analysis Is 鈥淪eriously Flawed鈥�
Department of Economics professor Arik Levinson, in a new study with experts across prominent academic institutions, found that the Environmental Protection Agency鈥檚 (EPA)鈥�
April 13, 2020
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Georgetown Physicist Helps Create New N95 Mask Decontamination Guidelines
A team of 60 scientists, engineers, students and clinicians that includes a Georgetown physicist yesterday unveiled N95decon.org, a website that synthesizes the scientific鈥�
April 2, 2020
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History and Science: Georgetown Professor Shows Why Collaboration Across Disciplines Important
Professor Kathryn de Luna is one of four faculty members in the Department of History to participate in the new HyperHistory Hub as part of the Georgetown Humanities Initiative.鈥�
March 16, 2020
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Observatory Named for Georgetown Physicist Who Encourages Next Generation of Women in Science
Sarah Jiang (C鈥�21) says she鈥檚 thrilled that the National Science Foundation chose to name a telescope designed to conduct 鈥渁 vast astronomical survey鈥� after Vera Rubin 鈥鈥�
January 31, 2020
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Department Highlight 鈥� Mathematics & Statistics Professor Kimberly Sellers Creates Varied Research Opportunities for Students
If the movie Hidden Figures taught us anything, it is that there are often forces in the background working to make anything possible. Though the study of math and statistics is鈥�
January 27, 2020
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Georgetown Professor Discovers Key Findings to Stop Malarial Drug Resistance
The malarial disease infects millions of people every year. Until recently, drugs like chloroquine (CQ) and piperaquine (PPQ) have been effective against the parasite that causes鈥�
December 4, 2019
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Justinianic Plague Not a Landmark Pandemic?
Until recently, the Justinianic Plague was thought to have killed up to half of the population of the Mediterranean between 541 and 750 CE. Departments of Biology and History鈥�
December 2, 2019