{"665205":{"#nid":"665205","#data":{"type":"news","title":"John Wise Named Director of the Center for Relativistic Astrophysics at Georgia Tech","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Cstrong\u003ECollege of Sciences\u003C\/strong\u003E is pleased to announce the appointment of \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/user\/john-wise\u0022\u003EJohn Wise\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E as the new director of the \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cra.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECenter for Relativistic Astrophysics (CRA)\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E at Georgia Tech.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWise is a professor in the \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Physics\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E and an award-winning creator of supercomputer-driven visualizations that depict the beginnings of galaxies.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;It is with great pleasure that I welcome John Wise as director,\u0026rdquo; said \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/user\/laura-cadonati\u0022\u003ELaura Cadonati\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E, professor in the School of Physics and associate dean for Research in the College of Sciences. \u0026ldquo;Astrophysics is a rapidly advancing field, and the CRA under Wise\u0026#39;s leadership will continue to be at the forefront of discovery. With his extensive experience in funding and collaborations, Wise will bring a new level of innovation and integration to the already robust portfolio of multi-messenger and multi-disciplinary astrophysics research of the CRA. The College of Sciences looks forward to the advancements that will be made under Wise\u0026#39;s direction.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I\u0026rsquo;m very excited to lead the CRA as director in the upcoming years,\u0026rdquo; Wise added. \u0026ldquo;I want to thank Dean \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/lozier-dr-susan\u0022\u003ESusan Lozier\u003C\/a\u003E and Professor Laura Cadonati for entrusting me with this leadership role. Also, my thanks to Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/user\/david-ballantyne\u0022\u003EDavid Ballantyne\u003C\/a\u003E for serving as interim CRA director. Alongside CRA Associate Director\u003Cstrong\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/user\/tamara-bogdanovi%C4%87\u0022\u003ETamara Bogdanovi\u0107,\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E we hope to lead the Center to new heights in machine learning and space sciences.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWise steps into the role following Ballantyne\u0026rsquo;s service as interim director since 2021. Prior to that, Cadonati served as director of the CRA alongside Bogdanovi\u0107, who was appointed associate director \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\/news\/laura-cadonati-and-tamara-bogdanovic-lead-center-relativistic-astrophysics\u0022\u003Ein August 2020\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout the Center for Relativistic Astrophysics\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhether it\u0026rsquo;s concerning the large scale structure of the early universe, or the interactions between its smallest particles, CRA researchers are engaged in the latest developments and transformative research in astrophysics.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EScientists are currently working on research involving black holes millions of light-years from Earth, as well as stars and exoplanets closer to home in the Milky Way. The CRA\u0026rsquo;s strengths are multi-messenger astrophysics \u0026mdash; which combines information from neutrinos, photons and gravitational waves \u0026mdash; and computational astrophysics.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECRA researchers are active participants in major international collaborations, involved in operations and development of existing and future detectors. Those include the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/icecube.wisc.edu\/\u0022\u003EIceCube Neutrino Observatory\u003C\/a\u003E in Antarctica \u0026mdash; where the CRA\u0026rsquo;s\u003Cstrong\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/user\/ignacio-taboada\u0022\u003EIgnacio Taboada\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E, professor in the School of Physics, serves as spokesperson \u0026mdash; and the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ligo.caltech.edu\/\u0022\u003ELaser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO)\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;Several physicists from Georgia Tech and the CRA, including Cadonati and Assistant Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/user\/surabhi-sachdev\u0022\u003ESurabhi Sachdev\u003C\/a\u003E, work alongside researchers worldwide as part of their \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ligo.org\u0022\u003ELIGO Scientific Collaboration\u003C\/a\u003E in the search for gravitational waves resulting from a collision of black holes or neutron stars, including the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/news.gatech.edu\/news\/2017\/10\/03\/gravitational-wave-confirmations-earn-2017-nobel-prize-physics\u0022\u003Ediscovery\u003C\/a\u003E that won three key LIGO scientists the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe CRA also works with the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/lisa.nasa.gov\/\u0022\u003ELaser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA)\u003C\/a\u003E gravitational wave observatory, X-ray observatories \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nustar.caltech.edu\/\u0022\u003ENuSTAR\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.the-athena-x-ray-observatory.eu\/en\u0022\u003EAthena\u003C\/a\u003E, gamma-ray detectors \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/veritas.sao.arizona.edu\/\u0022\u003EVERITAS\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cta-observatory.org\/\u0022\u003ECTA\u003C\/a\u003E, and the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/eventhorizontelescope.org\/\u0022\u003EEvent Horizon Telescope\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(EHT), a planet-scale array of eight ground-based radio telescopes which in 2022 captured the first image of a supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy. School of Physics Professor and Chair \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/user\/feryal-%C3%B6zel\u0022\u003EFeryal \u0026Ouml;zel\u003C\/a\u003E,\u003C\/strong\u003E along with Professor \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/user\/dmitrios-psaltis\u0022\u003EDimitrios Psaltis\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E, are EHT founding members. \u0026Ouml;zel served on the EHT\u0026rsquo;s Science Council and Psaltis is the collaboration\u0026rsquo;s initial project scientist.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWise said he and Bogdanovi\u0107 hope to establish new connections for the CRA, and to invigorate existing connections to other schools and colleges at Georgia Tech. \u0026ldquo;I look forward to strengthening our efforts in multi-messenger astrophysics by seeking out new funding opportunities,\u0026rdquo; Wise said. \u0026ldquo;This will enable us to push the boundary of our knowledge in the cosmos, all while training the next generation of astrophysicists in a welcoming and inclusive environment.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMeet John Wise\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWise\u0026rsquo;s experience includes working with supercomputer-powered simulations of astrophysical phenomena such as the creation of black holes and stars. In 2017, he won the Best Scientific Visualization Award at the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/supercomputing.org\/\u0022\u003ESupercomputing Conference\u003C\/a\u003E, one of the largest international conferences for high-performance computing. Wise\u0026rsquo;s effort depicted the creation of the first galaxies in the universe. Wise has also \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/news\/school-physics-john-wise-roots-more-supercomputing\u0022\u003Etestified before Congress\u003C\/a\u003E on the role supercomputing plays in research.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWise received his B.S. in Physics from Georgia Tech. He received his Ph.D. in Physics from Stanford University. Wise joined Georgia Tech in 2011 after serving as a postdoctoral fellow at NASA\u0026rsquo;s Goddard Space Flight Center and Princeton University. He is the recipient of the Hesburgh Award Teaching Fellowship, the Eric R. Immel Award for Excellence in Teaching in the College of Sciences, and the Dunn Family Professorship at Georgia Tech.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ELearn more about Wise\u0026rsquo;s research:\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\/science-matters\/season-1-episode-5-visualizing-birth-galaxies\u0022\u003EScienceMatters Podcast Season 1, Episode 5: Visualizing the Birth of Galaxie\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\/news\/cosmology-and-exoplanets-rise-nobel-heights\u0022\u003ECosmology and Exoplanets Rise to Nobel Heights\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\/news\/searching-black-holes-born-galaxies\u0022\u003ESearching for Black Holes Born with Galaxies\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\/news\/birth-massive-black-holes-early-universe-revealed\u0022\u003EBirth of Massive Black Holes in the Early Universe Revealed\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout Georgia Tech\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology, or Georgia Tech, is a top 10 public research university developing leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute offers business, computing, design, engineering, liberal arts, and sciences degrees. Its nearly 44,000 students representing 50 states and 149 countries, study at the main campus in Atlanta, at campuses in France and China, and through distance and online learning. As a leading technological university, Georgia Tech is an engine of economic development for Georgia, the Southeast, and the nation, conducting more than $1 billion in research annually for government, industry, and society.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"The College of Sciences is pleased to announce the appointment of John Wise as the new director of the Center for Relativistic Astrophysics (CRA) at Georgia Tech. 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