Assistant Professor Sasha Philippov has received the 2025 Maryland Outstanding Young Scientist (OYS) award. The OYS award program was established in 1959 to recognize and celebrate extraordinary contributions of young Maryland scientists. In 1988 the Outstanding Young Engineer (OYE) award was established to recognize contributions in engineering. Both awards are sponsored by the Maryland Academy of Sciences and conferred by the Maryland Science Center.

Sasha Philippov

Since joining UMD in 2022, Philippov has received a Packard Fellowship and Sloan Research Fellowship.  He was also awarded a 2024 Thomas H. Stix Award for Outstanding Early Career Contributions to Plasma Physics Research for his “seminal contributions to the theory and simulation of collisionless astrophysical plasmas, especially compact objects.”

Dr.Katharina Maisel of the UMD Department of Bioengineering was named the Maryland Outstanding Young Engineer.

Philippov described his work in and interview with the Maryland Science Center.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkujjneRa2Y&list=PLNaSfHBFtxsf9_CPU1w1CdG_IHPfIW2zZ&index=2