{"689484":{"#nid":"689484","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Incoming College of Sciences Faculty to Attend 75th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAfroditi Papadopoulou\u003C\/strong\u003E has been invited to attend the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.lindau-nobel.org\/news-75-nobel-laureates-and-600-young-scientists-gather-in-lindau\/\u0022\u003E75th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting\u003C\/a\u003E in Germany to debate the future of science. Papadopoulou is one of the 600 young scientists selected from around the world to engage directly with 75 Nobel Laureates during this prestigious forum for intergenerational and interdisciplinary scientific exchange. Discussions this year will focus on how science can help societies navigate an increasingly complex world.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E\u201cAttending the 75th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting is both an honor and a responsibility: a chance to represent my academic community which focuses on the study of elusive particles called neutrinos while learning from those who have shaped the field,\u201d says Papadopoulou, who will join Georgia Tech as a\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Physics\u003C\/a\u003E assistant professor in August 2026. \u201cI hope to come away with a deeper understanding of how transformative ideas emerge and how to cultivate the kind of leadership and vision needed to guide future large-scale scientific efforts that will unravel some of the mysteries of the universe.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EPapadopoulou obtained her Ph.D. in experimental physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. As part of her research, she analyzed neutrino data collected by the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/microboone.fnal.gov\/\u0022\u003EMicroBooNE detector\u003C\/a\u003E at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Illinois and electron scattering data from the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.jlab.org\/\u0022\u003EJefferson Lab\u003C\/a\u003E in Virginia.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EIn 2022, she joined Argonne National Laboratory as a Maria Goeppert Mayer Fellow, continuing her research as a member of the MicroBooNE,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sbn-nd.fnal.gov\/\u0022\u003EShort-Baseline Near Detector\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.dunescience.org\/\u0022\u003EDeep Underground Neutrino Experiment\u003C\/a\u003E, and Jefferson Lab\u2019s Electrons-For-Neutrinos collaborations. Her work focuses on testing the performance of simulation predictions against existing and new neutrino and electron data sets.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EPapadopoulou currently serves as a J. Robert Oppenheimer Fellow at Los Alamos National Laboratory where she is working to better understand neutrino interactions.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Afroditi Papadopoulou meets with Nobel Laureates before joining the School of Physics this fall"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EBefore joining the School of Physics as an assistant professor this fall, Afroditi Papadopoulou will engage with Nobel Laureates during a global forum focused on intergenerational and interdisciplinary scientific exchange.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Before joining the School of Physics as an assistant professor this fall, Afroditi Papadopoulou will engage with Nobel Laureates during a global forum focused on intergenerational and interdisciplinary scientific exchange."}],"uid":"36583","created_gmt":"2026-04-06 19:45:14","changed_gmt":"2026-04-07 13:41:24","author":"lvidal7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2026-04-07T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2026-04-07T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"679868":{"id":"679868","type":"image","title":"Afroditi Papadopoulou","body":null,"created":"1775504931","gmt_created":"2026-04-06 19:48:51","changed":"1775504931","gmt_changed":"2026-04-06 19:48:51","alt":"Headshot of Afroditi Papadopoulou wearing pink collared shirt and glasses","file":{"fid":"264079","name":"33933D34_PSE_PORTRAIT_Afroditi-Papadopoulou__web.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/04\/06\/33933D34_PSE_PORTRAIT_Afroditi-Papadopoulou__web.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/04\/06\/33933D34_PSE_PORTRAIT_Afroditi-Papadopoulou__web.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2447456,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2026\/04\/06\/33933D34_PSE_PORTRAIT_Afroditi-Papadopoulou__web.jpg?itok=ybag3L1d"}}},"media_ids":["679868"],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"126011","name":"School of Physics"}],"categories":[{"id":"150","name":"Physics and Physical Sciences"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166937","name":"School of Physics"},{"id":"1646","name":"New Faculty"},{"id":"192249","name":"cos-community"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWriter: Lindsay C. 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