Greg Watry

Greg Watry - Editorial director, Department Editor

Greg Watry writes about people, research and initiatives in the math and physical sciences, and is a member of the College’s communications and marketing team. He also edits the monthly Research Newsletter. Watry's career includes experience in journalism, higher education and the private sector. His work has earned awards from the New Jersey Press Association, the Association for Communication Excellence and the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education. He holds bachelor's degrees in English literature and communication (media production specialization) from Villanova University and a master's degree in science, environment and medicine writing from Columbia University.  

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Polarization Signals from Universe’s First Light Emphasize Hubble Tension

  • by Greg Watry
In a new study, UC Davis researchers and their colleagues in the South Pole Telescope (SPT) collaboration used observational data of this first light — collected from the SPT located at the National Science Foundation’s Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in Antarctica — to explore the theoretical underpinnings of the Lambda-cold dark matter model, the standard cosmological model of the Big Bang.
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Molecular Paleontology

  • by Greg Watry
David Gold specializes in molecular paleontology, an area of study that combines geological, genetic and developmental tools to study the early evolution of animal life. A biologist by training, he’s fascinated by the development of life systems over long time scales.
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Making Physics Come to Life

  • by Greg Watry
For close to 20 years, Matthew Smith has worked as the Department of Physics and Astronomy’s lecture demonstration support technician. Take a peak inside his physics demonstration workshop in this staff profile.
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In the Seagrass Meadows

  • by Greg Watry
Join Elisabeth Sellinger and Mazie Lewis for a day of seagrass meadow monitoring research in Elkhorn Slough. A nursery habitat for many marine animals, including mammals, shellfish and fish, seagrass meadows are vital ecosystems. But their benefits don’t just touch the ocean-dwellers of our planet.