{"id":1560,"date":"2025-10-23T10:32:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T14:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mit-physics.lndo.site\/?post_type=faculty&#038;p=1560"},"modified":"2025-10-23T10:32:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T14:32:12","slug":"scott-hughes","status":"publish","type":"faculty","link":"https:\/\/physics.mit.edu\/faculty\/scott-hughes\/","title":{"rendered":"Scott A. Hughes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research Interests<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Astrophysical general relativity<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gravitational wave physics and astrophysics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Black holes and strong-field gravity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Biographical Sketch<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Professor Hughes attended Cornell University as an undergraduate, earning a B.A. in Physics in 1993. 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