Steven Prohira
Steven Prohira | |
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| Education | Gonzaga University (B.A.) University of Kansas (MS, PhD) |
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| Fields | Physicist |
| Workplaces | Ohio State University, University of Kansas |
Steven Prohira is an American physicist who works as a professor at the University of Kansas. He specializes in studying neutrinos. He was awarded the MacArthur Fellowship in 2022.
Biography
[edit]Prohira attended the Regis Jesuit High School in Colorado.[1] Prohira then attended the Gonzaga University, where he earned a Bachelors of Arts in 2009, specializing in fine arts. He emphasized drawing and woodblock prints. His art became focused on scientific questions, however.[2]
He went on to attend the University of Kansas, where he enrolled in a MFA program but ultimately changed his pathway to a MS in physics.[2] He received an award from the Kansas Biological Survey.[3] He then earned his PhD from the same university, graduating in 2018.[4]
He worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Ohio State University in their Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics department, before becoming an assistant professor at the University of Kansas.[4]
His research began focusing on utilizing large sheets of remote ice to detect neutrinos.[5][6] He has also proposed the use of trees as natural antennas to help detect neutrinos by their radio waves.[7][8]
He was awarded the MacArthur Fellowship in 2022.[9][10]
Personal life
[edit]He resides in Lawrence, Kansas.[11]
References
[edit]- ↑ "STEVEN PROHIRA '05 AWARDED THE MACARTHUR FELLOWSHIP". Regis Jesuit High School. 2022-11-01. Retrieved 2026-07-08.
- 1 2 Becker, Lily O'Shea (2022-10-21). "'Why me?': University of Kansas physicist thought $800,000 MacArthur genius grant was a prank • Kansas Reflector". Kansas Reflector. Retrieved 2026-07-08.
- ↑ "Five students receive KU Field Station Student Research Awards". KU News. Retrieved 2026-07-08.
- 1 2 "Steven Prohira". www.macfound.org. Retrieved 2026-07-08.
- ↑ "Radar and ice could help detect an elusive subatomic particle". Radar and ice could help detect an elusive subatomic particle. Retrieved 2026-07-08.
- ↑ Johnston, Hamish (2023-02-09). "Using radar to detect cosmic neutrinos in ice sheets, why Leo Szilard changed his mind on nuclear weapons". Physics World. Retrieved 2026-07-08.
- ↑ "Forests might serve as enormous neutrino detectors". 2024-03-06. Retrieved 2026-07-08.
- ↑ "Seeing the wood for the trees: could forests be used as neutrino detectors?". Physics World. 2024-02-21. Retrieved 2026-07-08.
- ↑ Lopez, Jeannine (2022-10-13). "KU Assistant Professor wins $800,000 'genius grant'". The University Daily Kansan. Retrieved 2026-07-08.
- ↑ "GU Alum Steven Prohira MacArthur Genius Grant". www.gonzaga.edu. Retrieved 2026-07-08.
- ↑ "Here are this year's 2022 MacArthur Genius Grant recipients". www.pbs.org. Retrieved 2026-07-08.