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Monday, December 01, 2025
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New and exciting activities in the
McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences
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Recent News From McDonnell Center Fellows
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Tunable clays for enhanced lithium recovery and contaminant sequestration
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Jeffrey Catalano has received a Global Incubator Seed Grant award. His project, "Tunable Clays for Enhanced Lithium Recovery and Contaminant Sequestration" will be conducted in collaboration with École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland, focusing on environmental research.
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The Department of Physics gathered on November 19, 2025, to host the seventh annual Washington University Physics Research Symposium (WUPRS) - a showcase of innovative, high-quality research from across the department. MCSS affiliated grad students Bryce Wedig won first place in the Graduate Division and Aavik Wadivkar won first place in the Undergraduate Division. Both conduct research with Tansu Daylan. Congrats to Bryce and Aavik!
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Recent Publications by McDonnell Center Fellows
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Capecchiacci, S., Gau, E.; Hu, K., Krawczynski, H., Gokus, A., et al. (2025). Unveiling blazar synchrotron emission: A multiwavelength polarimetric study of high-synchrotron and low-synchrotron peaked populations. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 703, A19.
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MCSS Postdoctoral Fellowship Opening
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MCSS is hiring a postdoctoral fellow in the broad field of space sciences. We welcome applicants with interests in Astromaterials, Cosmochemistry, or Meteoritics; Experimental, Theoretical, or Observational Astrophysics; Planetary Science; Particle and Nuclear Physics, Cosmology and Gravitation; and Earth as a Planet. In their application materials, the candidate should describe their research interests and list potential collaborators from among the faculty fellows of the MCSS.
Please share this opportunity with your research contacts and encourage qualified candidates to apply by December 20, 2025.
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PASSPoRT to WashU (Pathways to Advanced Scientific Skills through Postdoctoral Research Training) is a virtual full-day event for prospective postdocs hosted by the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs at WashU. This event is open to advanced PhD students (post-qualifying exams), recent PhD graduates, and early-stage postdocs.
This virtual event will be held on Thursday, December 4, 2025. Registration is now open.
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Dark Matter Scattering in the Earth/Electrons Going Nonlinear
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Edwin Thompson Jaynes Fellowship Symposium
Christopher Cappiello /
Dmitry Chichinadze
WashU
Wednesday, December 3
2:30pm, Crow 204
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| Response of the Basal Hydrologic Network to Spring Melt Onset, Greenland Ice Sheet
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EEPS Colloquium
Grace Barcheck
Cornell University
Thursday, December 4
11:30am, Rudolph 301
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| New Class of Three-Nucleon Forces and Their Implications
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Physics Theory Seminar
Maria Dawid
WashU
Thursday, December 4
3:00pm, Compton 241
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EEPS Brown Bag
Leah Morgen
Friday, December 5
12:00pm, Rudolph 301
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| Astrophysics & Space Sciences Seminar
Jason Dexter
Colorado University
Friday, December 12
9:00am, Compton 241
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Compiled and edited by Alison Verbeck. Please send any contributions to alison@wustl.edu.
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