{"id":35,"date":"2025-04-17T15:35:12","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T15:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/srodriguez.sites.grinnell.edu\/?page_id=35"},"modified":"2026-07-13T19:02:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T19:02:55","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/srodriguez.sites.grinnell.edu\/?page_id=35","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>July, 2026 &#8211; Visit to CfA and Rodriguez research group reunion<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"137\" class=\"wp-image-180\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/srodriguez.sites.grinnell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_1764.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/srodriguez.sites.grinnell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_1764.jpg 2179w, https:\/\/srodriguez.sites.grinnell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_1764-300x274.jpg 300w, https:\/\/srodriguez.sites.grinnell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_1764-1024x935.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/srodriguez.sites.grinnell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_1764-768x701.jpg 768w, https:\/\/srodriguez.sites.grinnell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_1764-1536x1403.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/srodriguez.sites.grinnell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_1764-2048x1870.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/srodriguez.sites.grinnell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_1764-1200x1096.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/srodriguez.sites.grinnell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_1764-1980x1808.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"113\" class=\"wp-image-179\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/srodriguez.sites.grinnell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_1791.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/srodriguez.sites.grinnell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_1791.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/srodriguez.sites.grinnell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_1791-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/srodriguez.sites.grinnell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_1791-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/srodriguez.sites.grinnell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_1791-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/srodriguez.sites.grinnell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_1791-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/srodriguez.sites.grinnell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_1791-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>June 24, 2026 &#8211; Our paper, &#8220;Plasma effects on gravitational lensing and shadow observables of a Kerr-like black hole in a dark matter halo&#8221;, is accepted for publication by Physical Review D. Congratulations to my MAP student first author, <strong>Connor McMillin<\/strong>, and co-authors,<strong> Zhichen Guan, Owen Gartlan, Lotus Liu<\/strong>!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>APS Global Summit, March 2026 and Grinnell Alumni Reunion <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"113\" class=\"wp-image-176\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/srodriguez.sites.grinnell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_1466.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/srodriguez.sites.grinnell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_1466.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/srodriguez.sites.grinnell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_1466-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/srodriguez.sites.grinnell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_1466-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/srodriguez.sites.grinnell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_1466-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/srodriguez.sites.grinnell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_1466-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/srodriguez.sites.grinnell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_1466-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"84\" class=\"wp-image-175\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/srodriguez.sites.grinnell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_1482.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/srodriguez.sites.grinnell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_1482.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/srodriguez.sites.grinnell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_1482-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/srodriguez.sites.grinnell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_1482-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/srodriguez.sites.grinnell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_1482-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/srodriguez.sites.grinnell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_1482-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/srodriguez.sites.grinnell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_1482-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>May 27, 2025 &#8211; Our paper, &#8220;Energy extraction through magnetic reconnection from a Kerr-Newman black hole in perfect fluid dark matter&#8221;, is now published in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.dark.2025.101961\">Physics of the Dark Univers<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/iopscience.iop.org\/article\/10.1088\/1402-4896\/adc858\">e<\/a><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/iopscience.iop.org\/article\/10.1088\/1402-4896\/adc858\">.<\/a> Congratulations to my MAP student co-author,<strong> Alex Sidler<\/strong>!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>April 14, 2025 &#8211; Our paper, &#8220;Geometrodynamics of a 2D curved surface due to a constrained quantum particle via its gravitational dual:&nbsp;S^2 analytical model calculations&#8221;, is published in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/iopscience.iop.org\/article\/10.1088\/1402-4896\/adc858\">Physica Scripta<\/a><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/iopscience.iop.org\/article\/10.1088\/1402-4896\/adc858\">.<\/a> Congratulations to our former MAP student co-authors,<strong> Jack Xing<\/strong> and <strong>Connor McMillin<\/strong>!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>March 17, 2025 &#8211; Shanshan presented her recent work at APS Global Summit, 2025, on &#8220;Energy extraction via magnetic reconnection from a Kerr-Newman BH in Perfect Fluid Dark Matter&#8221;, featuring MAP student-coauthor, Alex Sidler.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"113\" class=\"wp-image-52\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/srodriguez.sites.grinnell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_6014-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/srodriguez.sites.grinnell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_6014-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/srodriguez.sites.grinnell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_6014-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/srodriguez.sites.grinnell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_6014-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/srodriguez.sites.grinnell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_6014-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/srodriguez.sites.grinnell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_6014-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/srodriguez.sites.grinnell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_6014-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/srodriguez.sites.grinnell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_6014-1200x900.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/srodriguez.sites.grinnell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_6014-1980x1485.jpeg 1980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dec 16-18, 2024 &#8211; Shanshan attended the <a href=\"https:\/\/publish.illinois.edu\/efts-gravity-fluid-dynamics\">EFTs, Gravity, and Fluid Dynamics<\/a> workshop held at UIUC.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sep 18, 2024 &#8211; Shanshan gave an invited colloquium at WPI.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>July 29 &#8211; Aug 1, 2024 &#8211; Shanshan attended the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plasmapy.org\/meetings\/summer-school-2024\/\">PlasmaPy Summer School<\/a> at Bryn Mawr College.<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-41\" style=\"width: NaNpx;\" src=\"https:\/\/srodriguez.sites.grinnell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/summer-school-group-picture.heic\" alt=\"\"><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>May 30-31, 2024 &#8211; Shanshan gave an invited talk at the <a href=\"https:\/\/escip.io\/workshops\/workshop2024.html\">ESCIP2024 Workshop: \u201cTeaching scientific computing at the dawn of AI\u201d<\/a> held at Iowa State University.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Apr 3-6, 2024 &#8211; Shanshan, her MAP students Alex and Connor, presented their work at the April APS conference.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"113\" class=\"wp-image-49\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/srodriguez.sites.grinnell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_7993-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/srodriguez.sites.grinnell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_7993-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/srodriguez.sites.grinnell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_7993-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/srodriguez.sites.grinnell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_7993-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/srodriguez.sites.grinnell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_7993-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/srodriguez.sites.grinnell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_7993-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/srodriguez.sites.grinnell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_7993-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/srodriguez.sites.grinnell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_7993-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/srodriguez.sites.grinnell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_7993-1980x1485.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"113\" class=\"wp-image-48\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/srodriguez.sites.grinnell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_7990-2-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/srodriguez.sites.grinnell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_7990-2-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/srodriguez.sites.grinnell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_7990-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/srodriguez.sites.grinnell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_7990-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/srodriguez.sites.grinnell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_7990-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/srodriguez.sites.grinnell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_7990-2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/srodriguez.sites.grinnell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_7990-2-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/srodriguez.sites.grinnell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_7990-2-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/srodriguez.sites.grinnell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_7990-2-1980x1485.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dec 19, 2023 &#8211; Shanshan was awarded the Harris Faculty Fellowship, a competitive funding for pre-tenured faculty at Grinnell. She will be on leave during the 24-25 academic year, supported by this Fellowship.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-35","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/srodriguez.sites.grinnell.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/srodriguez.sites.grinnell.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/srodriguez.sites.grinnell.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/srodriguez.sites.grinnell.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/srodriguez.sites.grinnell.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/srodriguez.sites.grinnell.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":181,"href":"https:\/\/srodriguez.sites.grinnell.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35\/revisions\/181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/srodriguez.sites.grinnell.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}