MPS Portfolio
Anne L. Kinney Assistant Director
1 2 To understand the Universe, you must understand the language in which it is written. That language is mathematics.
Galileo Galilei
3 Fundamental Connections
Astronomical Chemistry Sciences
Mathematical Sciences
Materials Physics Research
4 Fundamental Connections
5 Credit: Spacetime lattice analogy by Syvid, Creative Commons Fundamental Connections
6 Fundamental Connections
7 MPS Scientific Leadership
Astronomical Chemistry Sciences
Mathematical Sciences
Materials Physics Research
Rainer Weiss, Kip Thorne and Akshay Venkatesh Maryam Mirzakhani Allan Sly Danielle Bassett Barry Barish 2018 2014 2018 2014 2017 8 Our Cyclical Approach
Science
Input
Implementation Dr. Robert Bryant, Duke University Dr. William Zajc, Columbia University Dr. Jennifer Lewis, Harvard University Key MPS Inputs Dr. Catherine Hunt, University of Virginia NSB Dr. Phillip Bucksbaum, Stanford University Dr. David Awschalom, University of Chicago Dr. Melanie Sanford, University of Michigan Dr. Catherine Pilachowski, Indiana University Dr. Susanne Brenner, Louisiana State University Dr. Lynne Hillenbrand, California Institute of Technology National Academies Dr. Andrew Millis, Columbia University/Simons Foundation Dr. Miguel Garcia-Garibay, University of California, Los Angeles
Community Members and Panelists FACA Committees
Independent Science Organizations
Community Members and Panelists
10 Mechanisms for Implementation Workforce & Training, $37 M Centers & Institutes $128 M
Research Infrastructure $454 M
11 Source: FY 2018 Current Plan 12 Research Infrastructure $454 M
13 Centers & Institutes $128 M
14 Workforce & Training, $37 M Centers & Institutes $128 M
Research Infrastructure $454 M
15 Source: FY 2018 Current Plan Workforce & Training
8,954 Senior Researchers 3,562 Other Professionals 2,276 Postdoctoral Associates 9,224 Graduate Students 5,668 Undergraduate Students 29,684 Total Scientists
16 Source: FY 2018 Current Plan Partnerships Public International
Private
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22 MPS & Quantum Leap
23 Next Generation Science
Post-Quantum Cryptography 24 Next Generation Science
Chemical and Material Discovery with Data Mining and Artificial Intelligence 25 Next Generation Science
Exoplanet Atmospheres 26 Next Generation Science
Synthetic Materials Biology 27 Next Generation Science
Quark-Gluon Plasma 28 Sarah Szabo, https://www.sarahszaboart.com NSF-Supported Research Infrastructure
High Luminosity Large Hadron Collider (HL-LHC) Upgrades
29 NSF-Supported Research Infrastructure
Pending Community Prioritization:
U.S. Extremely Large Telescope Cosmic Microwave Background – Stage 4 Next Generation Very Large Array (VLA) 60 Tesla superconducting magnet IceCube upgrade SuperLIGO
30 Astronomical Chemistry Sciences
Mathematical Sciences
Materials Physics Research
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