Class of: 2002

Daniel Hoak

Daniel Hoak (CAS’02) of Richland, Wash., writes that he successfully defended his PhD thesis in physics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in July. As a graduate student, Daniel worked on the LIGO Scientific Collaboration, a group of scientists seeking to make the first direct detection of gravitational waves from astrophysical events. After completing grad school, he plans to move to Pisa, Italy, where he has been awarded a Fulbright scholarship to study at the European Gravitational Observatory in Cascina.

From the Winter-Spring 2016 issue.