Niveditha Ramasubramanian graduation photo (IMAGE) DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory Caption Niveditha Ramasubramanian (center), who earned her Ph.D. in physics from Stony Brook University (SBU) in part for her analysis of direct photons in PHENIX's deuteron-gold collision data, with her two SBU thesis advisors, Thomas Hemmick (left) and Gabor David (right). Credit Courtesy of Niveditha Ramasubramanian Usage Restrictions OK for use in stories about this research License Original content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.