Jonathan Riess named 2024 Goldwater Scholar

Jonathan Riess (C’25) is one of four students in the Georgetown University College of Arts and Sciences to receive a 2024 Goldwater Scholarship. A prestigious award for undergraduates in science, technology, engineering and math, the Goldwater Scholarship is given to support and cultivate the next generation of scientists, researchers, and engineers.

Jonathan is excited to continue exploring the fascinating world of mathematics and theoretical physics as a Goldwater Scholar. 

“My research interests are holographic duality and string theory, using setups with extra dimensions to study physics beyond the Standard Model of particle physics, including quantum gravity and the string landscape, or nonperturbative phenomena in QCD,” said Riess. “I find these topics interesting because they are personally fulfilling and provide deep philosophical answers to questions about the origins and the fundamental constituents of the universe.”

For more information, see the College News story Four CAS Students Receive Prestigious Goldwater Scholarship (April 15, 2024)