Biography:Steven Prohira
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| Alma mater | Gonzaga University (B.A.) University of Kansas (MS, PhD) |
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| Fields | Physicist |
| Institutions | Ohio State University, University of Kansas |
Steven Prohira is an American physicist who works as a professor at the University of Kansas. He specializes in studying neutrinos. He was awarded the MacArthur Fellowship in 2022.
Biography
Prohira attended the Regis Jesuit High School in Colorado.[1] Prohira then attended the Gonzaga University, where he earned a Bachelors of Arts in 2009, specializing in fine arts. He emphasized drawing and woodblock prints. His art became focused on scientific questions, however.[2]
He went on to attend the University of Kansas, where he enrolled in a MFA program but ultimately changed his pathway to a MS in physics.[2] He received an award from the Kansas Biological Survey.[3] He then earned his PhD from the same university, graduating in 2018.[4]
He worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Ohio State University in their Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics department, before becoming an assistant professor at the University of Kansas.[4]
His research began focusing on utilizing large sheets of remote ice to detect neutrinos.[5][6] He has also proposed the use of trees as natural antennas to help detect neutrinos by their radio waves.[7][8]
He was awarded the MacArthur Fellowship in 2022.[9][10]
Personal life
He resides in Lawrence, Kansas.[11]
References
- ↑ "STEVEN PROHIRA '05 AWARDED THE MACARTHUR FELLOWSHIP" (in en). 2022-11-01. https://www.regisjesuit.com/news-detail?pk=1253611.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Becker, Lily O'Shea (2022-10-21). "'Why me?': University of Kansas physicist thought $800,000 MacArthur genius grant was a prank • Kansas Reflector" (in en-US). https://kansasreflector.com/2022/10/21/why-me-university-of-kansas-physicist-thought-800000-macarthur-genius-grant-was-a-prank/.
- ↑ "Five students receive KU Field Station Student Research Awards" (in en). https://news.ku.edu/news/article/five-students-receive-ku-field-station-student-research-awards-2017.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Steven Prohira" (in en). https://www.macfound.org/fellows/class-of-2022/steven-prohira.
- ↑ "Radar and ice could help detect an elusive subatomic particle" (in en-us). https://news.osu.edu/radar-and-ice-could-help-detect-an-elusive-subatomic-particle/.
- ↑ Johnston, Hamish (2023-02-09). "Using radar to detect cosmic neutrinos in ice sheets, why Leo Szilard changed his mind on nuclear weapons" (in en-GB). https://physicsworld.com/using-radar-to-detect-cosmic-neutrinos-in-ice-sheets-why-leo-szilard-changed-his-mind-on-nuclear-weapons/.
- ↑ "Forests might serve as enormous neutrino detectors" (in en-US). 2024-03-06. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/forests-neutrino-detectors-physics.
- ↑ "Seeing the wood for the trees: could forests be used as neutrino detectors?" (in en-GB). 2024-02-21. https://physicsworld.com/seeing-the-wood-for-the-trees-could-forests-be-used-as-neutrino-detectors/.
- ↑ Lopez, Jeannine (2022-10-13). "KU Assistant Professor wins $800,000 'genius grant'" (in en). https://www.kansan.com/news/ku-assistant-professor-wins-800-000-genius-grant/article_8ee88edc-4b5b-11ed-a764-97b11823f7ac.html.
- ↑ "GU Alum Steven Prohira MacArthur Genius Grant" (in en). https://www.gonzaga.edu/news-events/stories/gu-alum-steven-prohira-macarthur-genius-grant.
- ↑ "Here are this year's 2022 MacArthur Genius Grant recipients". https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/here-are-this-years-2022-macarthur-genius-grant-recipients.
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