Faculty Profile John P. Hughes Distinguished Professor Department Chair Member of the Graduate Faculty Group: Astrophysics Phone: 848-445-8786 Office: W221B, W307 Email: jph@physics.rutgers.edu Homepage: http://www.physics.rutgers.edu/~jackph/ News Item(s): Rutgers Astronomers on Team Discovering MegamaserHughes elected Fellow of AASFelipe Menanteau and Jack Hughes and their collaborators have discovered the most massive and hottest galaxy cluster ever seen in the distant universeProfessor Jack Hughes and postdoctoral researcher Kristoffer Eriksen have made the discovery of a pattern xraystripes11 of X-ray "stripes"Jack Hughes, Felipe Menanteau and collaborators at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile have discovered new galaxy clusters revealed by cosmic "shadows"Professor Jack Hughes will receive the Rutgers Board of Trustees Award for Excellence in ResearchCongratulations to Jack Hughes who has just become a fellow of the American Physical Society