Press
The cosmos continually inspires wonder in us, and the subject of much of my group's work -- exploding stars -- perhaps sparks among the most interest of all astronomical sights. Here is a sampling of the coverage of our research in both traditional news outlets and new media across the web.
An Elegy to Supernova Remnant 3C 397: Simulating Stellar Death
Group Research in Caltech Alumni Techer Magazine (2023)
Group Member Mckenzie Ferrari Highlighted by UMass Dartmouth and Sally Ride Science Foundation
Mckenzie Ferrari ('23) Reaching for the Exploding Stars
UMass Dartmouth's Mckenzie Ferrari Named 2023 ITA Sally Ride STEM Award Winner
What Lights the Universe's Standard Candles (2023)
Scientists Observe Year-Long Plateaus in the Decline of Type Ia Light Curves (2019)
Prof. Fisher Writes for The Conversation on the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics (2019)
Gabriel Casabona Receives Department of Energy (DOE) Computational Science Graduate Fellowship (CSGF) (2019)
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Coverage
Prof. Fisher Interviewed by NBC10 for Great American Eclipse (2017)
Rahul Kashyap Featured by UMass Dartmouth (2017)
Rahul Kashyap, PhD, '17 Pursues the Rhythms of the Universe
Prof. Fisher's talk at the Interstellar event at UMass Dartmouth with Kip Thorne (2016)
Could the Giant Black Hole Gargantua Exist?
Prof. Fisher's ARNIE Talk at UMass Dartmouth (2016)
The Once and Future Universe: Understanding our Place in the Cosmos with Exploding Stars
Prof. Fisher Featured on NPR WCAI's Living Lab Broadcast (2016)
Living Lab Blog and Broadcast Recording
Spiral Instability Double Degenerate Type Ia Supernovae (2015)
Single-Degenerate Supernovae are Preferentially Overluminous (2015)
UMass Dartmouth Graduate Program Named a Top Producer by the American Physical Society (2014)
Fisher Research Group Featured by UMass Dartmouth (2014)
Fisher Research Group Work Featured by Massachusetts Green High-Performance Computing Center (2014)
Modeling Supernovae : Stars that Go Out with a Bang
Double-Degenerate Simulations Featured on yt Project Gallery (2013)
UMass Dartmouth Graduating Student Spotlights (2013)
Subluminous Type Ia Supernovae (2012)
University of Chicago Press Release
Fisher Group Member Peter Jumper Named APS Apker Prize Finalist (2012)
Gravitational Waves from Type Ia Supernovae (2011)
NSF MRI Grant Award (2010)
Pulsationally-Assisted Gravitationally-Confined Detonation of Type Ia Supernovae (2009)
DOE Incite Award (2008)
Argonne National Laboratory Press Release
Classical Gravitationally-Confined Detonation of Type Ia Supernovae (2007)
University of Chicago Press Release
DOE INCITE Award (2007)