<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[seec]]></title><description><![CDATA[SCEECS]]></description><link>https://www.simonsceecs.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:25:38 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.simonsceecs.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[SCEECS Summer School in Mexico]]></title><description><![CDATA[From July 27 to August 7, 2026, the Institute of Astronomy of UNAM in Ensenada, Baja California, became a gathering place for graduate students and scientists brought together by a shared curiosity about the extreme plasmas surrounding black holes and neutron stars. The cohort consisted of 34 master’s and PhD students from 15 countries, including Mexico. Local students from the Institute of Astronomy in Ensenada were also invited to attend the lectures. Over two weeks, early-career...]]></description><link>https://www.simonsceecs.com/post/sceecs-summer-school-in-mexico</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a7e01dd1edc2c80bd34ae58</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 17:53:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/245e5c_de7702c482524c8b866dddad30ce6c9f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Noémie Globus</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[SCEECS renewed for three years!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Great news! Our proposal for a three year renewal from 2027 to 2030 for our SCEECS collaboration has been approved. Thanks to all who put so much effort into preparing this proposal and to the Simons Foundation for their generous support and trust in our scientific program.]]></description><link>https://www.simonsceecs.com/post/sceecs-renewed-for-three-years</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a7dfd8724b7499942a6e8eb</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 17:28:05 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Noémie Globus</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[SCEECS annual meeting in NYC in February 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[SCEECS held a highly successful annual meeting at the Simons Foundation in NYC. There were 121 in person participants from around the world including all 10 PIs, 7 out of 9 co-Is and 6 out of 11 members of the Advisory Board. Researchers from astrophysics, condensed matter physics, cosmology, light sources, nuclear physics, particle physics, plasma physics, relativity and space physics communities were also heavily engaged and we all learned a lot. This meeting was followed by a 1.5 day...]]></description><link>https://www.simonsceecs.com/post/sceecs-annual-meeting-in-nyc-in-february-2026</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a7dffbc9eafd9eb8e5a35c0</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 17:40:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Noémie Globus</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Third annual SCEECS collaboration meeting at Stanford]]></title><description><![CDATA[Congratulations to all who made this meeting, from Nov 5-8, such a collegial and productive event. The main scientific activity was a set of interactive discussions led by Yajie , Sam, Noemie, Matt, Lorenzo and Ani. As well as reviewing recent and upcoming progress we assembled material for our upcoming proposal. In addition, we had a very enjoyable dinner. Thanks due to Maridee, Martha and David for making this go so smoothly!]]></description><link>https://www.simonsceecs.com/post/third-annual-sceecs-collaboration-meeting-at-stanford</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69251157fbcc173f6ef13d0c</guid><pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2025 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ff9209_1e45af36c4684072ae4b9c688e0744e5~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_640,h_480,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>sashasche</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Congratulations to Hayley West!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hayley West has successfully defended her master's thesis  at UTSA!]]></description><link>https://www.simonsceecs.com/post/congratulations-to-hayley-west</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6927897005a24a4ad958ef9d</guid><pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2025 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ff9209_88772f235939419593e85117becedc30~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_741,h_465,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>sashasche</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Simons Summer School on Extreme Electrodynamics and Plasma Physics]]></title><description><![CDATA[In June 2025, UTSA became a lively gathering place for students and scientists drawn together by a shared curiosity about electrodynamics and plasma physics. For two weeks, twenty-one students from campuses stretching from Berkeley to Aix-Marseille learned side-by-side with nineteen lecturers from institutions like Stanford, Princeton, and Maryland. Conversations flowed, ideas mixed, and a sense of community formed as they explored phenomena found in the most extreme corners of the universe....]]></description><link>https://www.simonsceecs.com/post/simons-summer-school-on-extreme-electrodynamics-and-plasma-physics-sseepp-and-sceecsresearch-schol</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6925369afbcc173f6ef17fa1</guid><pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2025 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ff9209_4167590d19b745bc821a599ff6083386~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>sashasche</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sasha Philippov wins the Maryland Academy of Sciences, Outstanding Young Scientist Award for 2025.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Congratulations to Sasha on this prestigious and well-deserved award!]]></description><link>https://www.simonsceecs.com/post/sasha-philippov-wins-the-maryland-academy-of-sciences-outstanding-young-scientist-award-for-2025</link><guid isPermaLink="false">692e5079745789e635cf017a</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2025 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ff9209_eb3012a9320348b387fa95ffee2aff26~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>sashasche</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Second Annual Meeting]]></title><description><![CDATA[Congratulations to all who contributed to making our second annual meeting at UW, Madison a resounding success. The prepared and lightening talks were all excellent and stimulated much debate and discussion.  It was striking how many new observational developments were presented to challenge and inspire us! Thanks, especially, to Ellen, Ke, Sasha and Alexandra for the smooth organization.]]></description><link>https://www.simonsceecs.com/post/second-annual-meeting</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6744ed9b6789ceb759375032</guid><pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2024 21:41:55 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ff9209_2d23fbea3a4c42e4bb2f81dbbafea205~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_640,h_480,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>rdb308</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Congratulations, Sasha!]]></title><description><![CDATA[It has just been announced that Sasha Philippov has been awarded a prestigious 2024 Packard Fellowship. So well-deserved.]]></description><link>https://www.simonsceecs.com/post/congratulations-sasha</link><guid isPermaLink="false">670f254c5ff13258a9476bab</guid><pubDate>Wed, 16 Oct 2024 02:33:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d1371b_24914e2a6d2e4da2830b2babfa5346e7~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_610,h_608,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>rdb308</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sasha wins Stix Award!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Warmest congratulations to Sasha Philippov on his well-deserved selection  for the 2024 APS Thomas H. Stix award for Outstanding Early...]]></description><link>https://www.simonsceecs.com/post/sasha-wins-stix-award</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66eb3ba9823251ee80761c63</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Sep 2024 20:51:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d1371b_0a185d6a0f8547318f543d18764b3a37~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_592,h_800,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>rdb308</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[SCEECS meets LIGO]]></title><description><![CDATA[Congratulations to Yuri Levin and Amir Levinson and their colleagues on their recent discovery  of an instability that may be detectable...]]></description><link>https://www.simonsceecs.com/post/sceecs-meets-ligo</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66e20ca2b1b9f7366b829479</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2024 21:39:47 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d1371b_edc17ffe45a4401fbe77ecb3ce89156a~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>rdb308</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Welcome to new SCEECS family members]]></title><description><![CDATA[Warmest congratulations to Ke and Zihui on the birth of their son, Aaron. and warmest congratulations to Navin and Shreya on the birth of...]]></description><link>https://www.simonsceecs.com/post/welcome-to-new-sceecs-family-members</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66b926e6034f72a1db6420cd</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 Aug 2024 21:08:47 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d1371b_c515bc76609f42e2afb603480735004f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>rdb308</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[SCEECS Summer School in St Louis]]></title><description><![CDATA[Congratulations to the participants of the inaugural SCEECS graduate summer school on relativistic plasma physics! We were privileged to...]]></description><link>https://www.simonsceecs.com/post/sceecs-summer-school-in-st-louis</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6674942ffa4c89c713b43531</guid><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2024 21:25:43 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d1371b_2de33c61756f47b8af38dc8f402a29e8~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_720,h_301,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>rdb308</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Congratulations to Noemie!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Noemie Globus will start as an Assistant Professor at UNAM, Ensenada in the Fall.]]></description><link>https://www.simonsceecs.com/post/congratulations-to-noe-mie</link><guid isPermaLink="false">665269820334a337fd456d4f</guid><pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2024 22:45:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d1371b_e87d41d73d834109bef6afb27ecb0571~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>rdb308</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Congratulations to Emanuele!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Emanuele Sobacchi has just begun an assistant professor position at GSSI, l'Aquila.]]></description><link>https://www.simonsceecs.com/post/congratulations-to-emanuele</link><guid isPermaLink="false">665267226707f04fd447d245</guid><pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2024 22:42:05 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d1371b_7ee571425fc5409887a150fe487f4dc7~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_226,h_238,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>rdb308</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Richard Anantua awarded a University Excellence Award]]></title><description><![CDATA[Warmest congratulations to Richard on being recognized by UTSA with a 2024 Faculty Achievement award.]]></description><link>https://www.simonsceecs.com/post/richard-anantua-awarded-a-university-excellence-award</link><guid isPermaLink="false">664254b3b49487f03d354261</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2024 18:05:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d1371b_53cfdcd92e2e4de8acf81a0fc8669e8f~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>rdb308</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ke Fang and Sasha Philippov awarded 2024 Sloan Fellowships]]></title><description><![CDATA[Warmest congratulations to Ke and Sasha on this highly prestigious and competitive award in February.]]></description><link>https://www.simonsceecs.com/post/ke-fang-and-sasha-philippov-awarded-2024-sloan-fellowships</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6642531e8ca4cf5fdc875bda</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2024 17:56:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/245e5c_31fd9448e1284b80b0286a390affe768~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_367,h_465,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>rdb308</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anatoly presents Rossi Prize Lecture]]></title><description><![CDATA[Congratulations to Anatoly on presenting a stimulating Rossi Prize lecture on pulsars at the High Energy Astrophysics Division of the ...]]></description><link>https://www.simonsceecs.com/post/anatoly-presents-rossi-prize-lecture</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65a2f1f1defd366c69d4d0e7</guid><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jan 2024 20:32:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d1371b_e21f1250808c41d2ba0c1a1d8a3654be~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>rdb308</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[“Amaterasu”, a new extreme energy cosmic ray]]></title><description><![CDATA[In a paper published today in Science, we report the detection of an "extreme energy cosmic ray" of energy 2.44×10 to the power of 20th...]]></description><link>https://www.simonsceecs.com/post/amaterasu-a-new-extreme-energy-cosmic-ray</link><guid isPermaLink="false">655f97ddaff0f32e2f5aa9ff</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 Nov 2023 19:05:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/245e5c_78815c1b194448dcb4e7e7b8c82a33ea~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Noémie Globus</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chryssa, Roger and Vicky at the (much-postponed due to Covid) Shaw Prize celebration in Hong Kong.]]></title><link>https://www.simonsceecs.com/post/chryssa-roger-and-vicky-at-the-much-postponed-due-to-covid-shaw-prize-celebration-in-hong-kong</link><guid isPermaLink="false">655054e6caebe63f5218ec3b</guid><pubDate>Sun, 12 Nov 2023 04:30:38 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/245e5c_699b8caf90e9446081de443d4bca79e7~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Noémie Globus</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>