{"683024":{"#nid":"683024","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Physics Ph.D. Alumna Snigdaa Sethuram Receives Margaret Butler Fellowship in Computational Science","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003ESnigdaa Sethuram (Ph.D. PHYS 2025) has been named the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.alcf.anl.gov\/margaret-butler-fellowship-computational-science\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMargaret Butler Fellow in Computational Science\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E at the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.alcf.anl.gov\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EArgonne Leadership Computing Facility\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E (ALCF). The fellowship supports early-career scientists and honors Margaret Butler, a pioneer in computational science and nuclear energy.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E\u201cThis fellowship feels like the perfect launchpad: a place to grow my technical toolkit, collaborate across fields, and turn research into real-world impact \u2014 all while honoring Margaret Butler\u2019s legacy of innovation and mentorship,\u0022 Sethuram says.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EA computational astrophysicist, Sethuram specializes in the development of machine learning models to accelerate simulations of cosmic phenomena. She completed her graduate studies as a\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/nspires.nasaprs.com\/external\/solicitations\/summary!init.do?solId=%7b2CA37D02-F6A7-9746-68C1-8B681D7532EA%7d\u0026amp;path=open\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENASA FINESST Fellow\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E in Physics Professor\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.physics.gatech.edu\/user\/john-wise\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJohn Wise\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u2019s computational cosmology group.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EIn a recent interview published by ALCF, Sethuram discusses how she uses machine learning to study the early universe, the mentors who inspired her journey, and her goal of developing scalable tools that benefit the wider scientific community.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERead the article: \u0022\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.alcf.anl.gov\/news\/accelerating-astrophysics-ai-qa-snigdaa-sethuram-argonne-s-margaret-butler-fellow\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAccelerating Astrophysics with AI: A Q\u0026amp;A with Snigdaa Sethuram\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESnigdaa Sethuram (Ph.D. PHYS 2025) recently joined the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility as a Margaret Butler Fellow in Computational Science.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Snigdaa Sethuram (Ph.D. PHYS 2025) recently joined the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility as a Margaret Butler Fellow in Computational Science."}],"uid":"36583","created_gmt":"2025-07-07 17:06:24","changed_gmt":"2025-08-06 17:26:47","author":"lvidal7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2025-07-08T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2025-07-08T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"677345":{"id":"677345","type":"image","title":"Snigdaa Sethuram (Credit: Argonne Leadership Computing Facility)","body":null,"created":"1751908009","gmt_created":"2025-07-07 17:06:49","changed":"1751908009","gmt_changed":"2025-07-07 17:06:49","alt":"Snigdaa Sethuram (Credit: Argonne Leadership Computing Facility)","file":{"fid":"261238","name":"ALCF_Snigdaa_16x9.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/07\/07\/ALCF_Snigdaa_16x9.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/07\/07\/ALCF_Snigdaa_16x9.png","mime":"image\/png","size":836395,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2025\/07\/07\/ALCF_Snigdaa_16x9.png?itok=RsWZaD-6"}}},"media_ids":["677345"],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"126011","name":"School of Physics"}],"categories":[{"id":"130","name":"Alumni"},{"id":"194606","name":"Artificial Intelligence"},{"id":"150","name":"Physics and Physical Sciences"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"192249","name":"cos-community"},{"id":"192252","name":"cos-planetary"},{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166937","name":"School of Physics"},{"id":"175947","name":"Argonne National Laboratory"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}