Eve Vavagiakis
@evevavagiakis.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Physics at Duke. Cosmology and astrophysics with ACT, CCAT, CMB-S4 and the Simons Observatory.
Author of Meet the Universe books, MIT Kids Press: “I’m a Photon” out May 2025!
Cornell alum x3 🐻 Often outside 🏃♀️🚵🏻♀️🥾
Author of Meet the Universe books, MIT Kids Press: “I’m a Photon” out May 2025!
Cornell alum x3 🐻 Often outside 🏃♀️🚵🏻♀️🥾
Congrats to Gavin Ockert, who won 1st place in the SpaceVision Research Symposium competition for tSZ measurements with @act-pol.bsky.social data! Gavin is an outstanding undergrad researcher in our group, and it's wonderful to see him recognized on a national stage!
November 10, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Congrats to Gavin Ockert, who won 1st place in the SpaceVision Research Symposium competition for tSZ measurements with @act-pol.bsky.social data! Gavin is an outstanding undergrad researcher in our group, and it's wonderful to see him recognized on a national stage!
Closing out the Schrödinger Sessions at UMD with a conversation with @seanmcarroll.bsky.social! Such a great workshop on quantum and how to communicate it to the public
August 2, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Closing out the Schrödinger Sessions at UMD with a conversation with @seanmcarroll.bsky.social! Such a great workshop on quantum and how to communicate it to the public
Summer 2025 group ice cream celebration!
July 2, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Summer 2025 group ice cream celebration!
We are fighting for our lives here to keep our eyes open in the sun, but it was a pleasure talking about CCAT at mm Universe ‘25 last week in Chicago!
June 30, 2025 at 4:40 PM
We are fighting for our lives here to keep our eyes open in the sun, but it was a pleasure talking about CCAT at mm Universe ‘25 last week in Chicago!
The third Michigan Cosmology Summer School in Ann Arbor kicks off now with Maya Fishbach discussing gravitational waves and standard sirens!
June 2, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The third Michigan Cosmology Summer School in Ann Arbor kicks off now with Maya Fishbach discussing gravitational waves and standard sirens!
Look at this glorious view of the CCAT site! The Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope structures are now all present on Cerro Chajnantor, over 18,000 ft (5,600 m) above sea level.
📸 Diego Maldonado
📸 Diego Maldonado
May 10, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Look at this glorious view of the CCAT site! The Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope structures are now all present on Cerro Chajnantor, over 18,000 ft (5,600 m) above sea level.
📸 Diego Maldonado
📸 Diego Maldonado
“I’m a Photon” has received a starred review from School Library Journal! @slj.com
“VERDICT This is a surprisingly captivating introduction to particle physics that will serve as a helpful selection to libraries and classrooms.”
www.slj.com/review/im-a-...
“VERDICT This is a surprisingly captivating introduction to particle physics that will serve as a helpful selection to libraries and classrooms.”
www.slj.com/review/im-a-...
April 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
“I’m a Photon” has received a starred review from School Library Journal! @slj.com
“VERDICT This is a surprisingly captivating introduction to particle physics that will serve as a helpful selection to libraries and classrooms.”
www.slj.com/review/im-a-...
“VERDICT This is a surprisingly captivating introduction to particle physics that will serve as a helpful selection to libraries and classrooms.”
www.slj.com/review/im-a-...
Come to Astronomy on Tap tomorrow night at the Durty Bull in Durham to find out what our telescopes really look like! I’ll chat about the most ancient light in the cosmos and what we’re building to study it
April 8, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Come to Astronomy on Tap tomorrow night at the Durty Bull in Durham to find out what our telescopes really look like! I’ll chat about the most ancient light in the cosmos and what we’re building to study it
Very happy to be back on the hill this week! 🐻
April 1, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Very happy to be back on the hill this week! 🐻
Footprints in the pollen this morning 💛
March 31, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Footprints in the pollen this morning 💛
@drjmo.bsky.social cross stitched this incredible sign for the lab, and today our amazing undergrad researcher Haley sent me this photo of a new plant next to it 🥲 I can’t handle how nice this is
March 27, 2025 at 11:02 PM
@drjmo.bsky.social cross stitched this incredible sign for the lab, and today our amazing undergrad researcher Haley sent me this photo of a new plant next to it 🥲 I can’t handle how nice this is
Enjoying a very important CMB-S4 meeting at Berkeley this week: discussing the future of CMB observations from the ground
March 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Enjoying a very important CMB-S4 meeting at Berkeley this week: discussing the future of CMB observations from the ground
We enjoyed the cherry blossoms yesterday at Duke Gardens! A lovely end to Phil Mauskopf’s visit. @drjmo.bsky.social
March 22, 2025 at 11:48 AM
We enjoyed the cherry blossoms yesterday at Duke Gardens! A lovely end to Phil Mauskopf’s visit. @drjmo.bsky.social
Good morning from Duke
March 21, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Good morning from Duke
Today in spam: I am Duke, and I’m getting a free knife and a human-written, 5x AI-validated article. What a day!
March 20, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Today in spam: I am Duke, and I’m getting a free knife and a human-written, 5x AI-validated article. What a day!
From slack today
March 20, 2025 at 5:59 PM
From slack today
I hosted cosmology group faculty at my house for the first time tonight to welcome Phil Mauskopf who is visiting from ASU!
March 20, 2025 at 12:36 AM
I hosted cosmology group faculty at my house for the first time tonight to welcome Phil Mauskopf who is visiting from ASU!
UIUC Astrophysics/Relativity/Cosmology Seminar speakers get unparalleled quantities of swag
March 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM
UIUC Astrophysics/Relativity/Cosmology Seminar speakers get unparalleled quantities of swag
I had such a wonderful time at dinner with these amazing UIUC postdocs!! So fun that Ayan Mitra was just at Duke last week
March 12, 2025 at 12:52 AM
I had such a wonderful time at dinner with these amazing UIUC postdocs!! So fun that Ayan Mitra was just at Duke last week
It is a gorgeous week to be visiting UIUC! ☀️
March 11, 2025 at 10:39 PM
It is a gorgeous week to be visiting UIUC! ☀️
The odds of your starting a conversation about dilution refrigerators in the airport because of your Bluefors hoodie are low, but never zero
March 11, 2025 at 10:26 AM
The odds of your starting a conversation about dilution refrigerators in the airport because of your Bluefors hoodie are low, but never zero
We had the most amazing cosmology group meeting last Friday: gifts and cards in celebration of International Women’s Day from the generous @nikosarcevic.com, and an incredible gluten free chocolate cake from the masterful Lauren Aldoroty 😍
March 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
We had the most amazing cosmology group meeting last Friday: gifts and cards in celebration of International Women’s Day from the generous @nikosarcevic.com, and an incredible gluten free chocolate cake from the masterful Lauren Aldoroty 😍
Enjoyed my first ever NC BBQ guided by the wisdom of lifelong North Carolinians! Well worth the wait!!
March 1, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Enjoyed my first ever NC BBQ guided by the wisdom of lifelong North Carolinians! Well worth the wait!!
About to talk about mm/submm surveys at the TriStar Astronomy Festival at Guilford Technical Community College in Greensboro, NC!
March 1, 2025 at 2:17 PM
About to talk about mm/submm surveys at the TriStar Astronomy Festival at Guilford Technical Community College in Greensboro, NC!
The CCAT Observatory’s Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope has passed through the Panama Canal and is now in the Pacific! It should arrive in Chile in about 2 weeks! 🥳
February 28, 2025 at 7:17 PM
The CCAT Observatory’s Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope has passed through the Panama Canal and is now in the Pacific! It should arrive in Chile in about 2 weeks! 🥳