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Maybe he just won a race, which he did six times in 2025 alone as a record-breaking senior on the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee swim team. Maybe he finished presenting at 51ÁÔÆæ\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/undergraduate-research\/symposium\/\">annual undergraduate research symposium<\/a>, with his teammates in the audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI was like, \u2018Hey guys, if any of you are eggheaded enough, feel free to come out and watch,\u2019\u201d he remembers telling them. \u201cIt was great to be able to share the small piece of science that I\u2019m working on.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lorenz, a physics major with an astronomy emphasis and a computer science minor, earned a Senior Excellence in Research Award in 2024-2025, one of just eight students selected across the university. He won the award for his research on the detection of gravitational waves, ripples in space caused by violent cosmic events like exploding stars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lorenz\u2019s work focuses on pulsars, the dense cores of stars that remain after they\u2019ve exploded. These pulsars emit radio waves at precise intervals. Studying these intervals can help reveal the origins of gravitational waves \u2014 shedding light on deep space features like black holes and extreme gravity, as well as the early universe itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading size-h4\" id=\"a0\">Studying the stars at 51ÁÔÆæ<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Coming out of Homestead High School in suburban Milwaukee, Lorenz got a perfect 36 on his ACT. He was all-state in swimming. He had already started astronomy research with the Ice Cube Particle Astrophysics lab in Madison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At 51ÁÔÆæ, he found a school where he could thrive in all his pursuits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI looked around for places that were close to home, affordable and had fantastic programs in astronomy and astrophysics,\u201d he said. \u201c51ÁÔÆæ satisfies all those, with the added benefit that I was able to swim and get an athletic scholarship.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some with Lorenz\u2019s broad ambitions may have scaled back once realities of college hit. But he didn\u2019t: His entire college career, he swam for hours a day with teammates at practice and meets. He volunteered at a shelter. He immersed himself as a student researcher under the mentorship of physics professor David Kaplan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his undergraduate career, Lorenz\u2019s research focus shifted somewhat, from searching for evidence of new pulsars to closely studying the behavior of existing pulsars within the Milky Way galaxy. His hectic schedule invigorates him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen you\u2019re balancing research and school and athletics, you\u2019re kind of constantly doing something, but it\u2019s never the same thing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading size-h4\" id=\"a1\">Telescoping from 414 to deep space<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Lorenz found his academic home at the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cgca.uwm.edu\/\">Leonard E. Parker Center for Gravitation, Cosmology and Astrophysics<\/a>. The sprawling research operation allows researchers to collect data provided by partner telescopes housed in rural West Virginia and Australia. Studying that data has yielded important breakthroughs in understanding gravitational waves and the mysteries of deep space, as well as its effects on our world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLarge international collaborations are being done here,\u201d Lorenz said. \u201cI was pleasantly surprised by all the vibrant research work in Milwaukee.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Patrick Brady, a physics professor and director of the Parker Center, credits 51ÁÔÆæ leaders with early investments in studying gravitational waves. The discovery of gravitational waves \u2014 a collaboration between hundreds of scientists across the globe, including Brady and three other 51ÁÔÆæ scientists \u2014 was awarded a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/uwm-scientists-played-key-roles-in-ligo-nobel-prize-victory\/\">Nobel Prize in physics<\/a>&nbsp;in 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That discovery paved the way for even more breakthroughs. Brady points to Lorenz\u2019s efforts involving pulsars as ripe for new discoveries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe field is brand new,\u201d Brady said. \u201cThe promise that we were opening a new window into the universe by seeing it through gravitational waves is now being realized.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lorenz hopes to continue his study of gravitational waves in a doctoral program, and eventually as a tenured professor. For now, he\u2019s working as an informal STEM tutor to his swimming teammates and has presented his research findings in public forums.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI find it really rewarding getting to participate in another person understanding a difficult concept,\u201d he said. \u201cI really love doing research, and there\u2019s few jobs that effectively marry those two interests other than a professorship.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>By Dan Simmons, Marketing &amp; Communications<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s power in every idea. Like a drop hitting the water\u2019s surface, an idea creates ripples of change that can grow into waves of incredible impact. 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