"Caltech Professor Receives Prestigious Simons Investigator Title"
Phil Hopkins, a professor of theoretical physics at Caltech, has been named a 2023 Simons Investigator, receiving $150,000 in research support per year for five years. Hopkins studies the formation of astronomical objects and uses computer simulations to model their interactions. His research has contributed to understanding the relationships between stars, black holes, and galaxies, and has provided insights into the movement of dust, the missing satellite galaxies in our galaxy, the growth of supermassive black holes, and other phenomena. The Simons Investigator award will support Hopkins' work in developing novel algorithms and expanding our understanding of physics processes on different astrophysical scales.