Student Awards and Prizes
Mary Elizabeth Uhl Prize:
For outstanding scholarly achievement by a graduate student close to finishing his/her dissertation in Astronomy or in Physics with preference to Astronomy.
| 1983: |
Robert Mathieu (A) Jean Turner (A) |
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| 1984: |
Stanislav Djorgovski (A) |
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| 1985: |
Christopher Martin (P) |
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| 1986: |
Mark Hurwitz (A) Susana Lizano (A) |
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| 1987: |
Fred Adams (P) Albert Stebbins III (P) |
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| 1988: |
Michael Strauss (P) Shoba Veeraraghavan (A) |
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| 1989: |
Frank Bertoldi (P) |
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| 1990: |
Bon Chul Koo (A) William Reach (A) |
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| 1991: |
David Mitchell (A) Joseph Shields (A) |
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| 1992: | Michael Richmond (G) | |
| 1993: |
Yves Gallant (P) |
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| 1994: |
Michael Brown (A) Luis Ho (A) |
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| 1995: |
Wayne Hu (P) |
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| 1996: |
Rosa Gonzalez (A) |
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| 1997: |
Geoffery Copeland Bower (A) Craig Anthony Sosin (P) |
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| 1998: |
Nancy Levinson (A) |
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| 1999: |
Douglas Paul Finkbeiner (P) Michael C. Liu (P) |
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| 2000: |
Douglas Leonard (A) Jeffery Newman (A) Tony Wong (A) |
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| 2001: |
Evan Scannapieco (P) Jonathan Tan (A) |
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| 2002: |
Anatoly Spitkovsky (P) Henry Roe (A) |
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| 2003: |
Chao-Lin Kuo (P) |
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| 2004: |
Alison Coil (A) |
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| 2005: | Mark
Krumholtz (A) Josh Simon (A) |
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| 2006: | Marshall
D. Perrin (A) |
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| 2007: | John
Johnson
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Dorothea Klumpke Roberts Prize:
For outstanding scholarly achievement by either an upper-level undergraduate student, or an outstanding graduate student early in his/her research career. Reference: 1937 PASP 49 114; 19xx PASP xx 172.
Past Klumpke-Roberts Prizes went to
| 1978: |
Leslie Hunt |
| 1979: |
Nuria Calvet-Cuni Gustavo Ramon Bruzual-Alfonzo |
| 1980: |
Alexander Markevich |
| 1981: |
John Stauffer |
| 1983: |
Michael Strauss (U) |
| 1984: |
Joshua Roth (U) |
| 1985: |
Richard Rand (U) |
| 1986: |
Gary Fuller (G) |
| 1987: |
John Carlstrom (G) Patrick McCarthy (G) |
| 1988: |
David Edlsohn (U) |
| 1989: |
Julian Cummings (U) |
| 1990: |
Teressa Ho (U) |
| 1991: |
Eve Ostriker (G) David Wilner (G) |
| 1992: |
Sean Bohaty Peter Louch |
| 1993: |
Margaret Meixner (G) |
| 1994: |
Keivan Stassun (U) |
| 1995: |
Robyn Millan (U) Amber Miller (U) Chien Peng(U) |
| 1996: |
Aaron Barth (G) |
| 1997: |
Nathan Eric Lundblad (U) |
| 1998: |
Eli Sokolov (U) Tim Robishaw (U) |
| 1999: |
Grigoriy Ushomirsky (G) |
| 2000: |
Kevin Bundy (U) Megan Eckart (U) Maryam Modjaz (U) |
| 2001: |
Lindley Winslow (U) |
| 2002: |
Shinae Park (U) |
| 2003: |
Amy Jordan (U) Eric Nielson (U) Lindsey Pollack (U) |
| 2004: |
Dana Weinstein (U) |
| 2005: |
Charlie Conroy (U) Mohan Ganeshalingam (U) |
| 2006: | Matthew
Alan Ferry (U) |
| 2007: | Sarah
Ballard
(U) |
Department Citation:
For outstanding scholarship by a graduating senior with major in Astrophysics or joint major in Physics and Astrophysics.
Past
Departmental Citations went to
1967:
Robert Campbell Gilman
1968:
Jean Anne Eilek
1970:
David Wayne Wingert
1975:
Sten Felix Odenwald, Jr.
1977:
Richard Glenn Spencer
1978:
Alan David Minsk
1983:
Michael Abram Strauss
1988:
Julian Clark Cummings
1996:
Cindy Hancox
1997:
Francesca Sacha Krattinger
1998:
Nathan Lundblad
1999:
no award
2000:
Ki Won Yoon
2001:
Melissa Enoch
2002:
Erik Shirokoff
2003:
Kate Marvel
2004:
Michael Fogel
2005:
Maureen Teyssier
2006:
Richard Adam Kirian
2007:
Jeff Yen
Undergraduate Commencement Speaker:
| 1990: | Teresa Rae Ho |
| 1996: | Cindy Hancox |
| 1997: | Raghuveer Parthasarathy |
| 1999: | NA |
| 2000: | Maryam Modjaz |
| 2001: | Melissa Enoch |
| 2002: | Shinae Park |
| 2003: | Kate Marvel |
| 2004: | Mike Fogel |
| 2006: | David
Joseph Yeaton Massey Matthew Alan Ferry |
| 2007: | Matthew Rocklin |
Outstanding Astronomy GSI:
| 1988: |
Julian Cummings |
| 1989: |
NA |
| 1990: |
Frank Summers |
| 1991: |
Mario Tafella Douglas Johnstone |
| 1992: |
Joshua Zucker |
| 1993: |
Young Paik |
| 1994: |
Luis Ho Thomas Matheson |
| 1995: |
Douglas Leonard |
| 1996: |
no award |
| 1997: |
Frances Patrick Wilken Tony Hao Wong |
| 1998: |
Joseph Andrew Barranco |
| 1999: |
Henry Garfitt Roe Andrea Lommen Somer |
| 2000: |
Steven Dawson Jonathan Swift |
| 2001: |
Nate McCrady Jason Wright Erik Rosolowsky |
| 2002: |
John Johnson Bryan Mendez |
| 2003: |
Julia Kregenow Adam Leroy |
| 2004: |
Ryan Foley Louis Desroches |
| 2005: | Joseph
Mitchell Converse Julia Marie Comerford Kathryn Mary Peek |
| 2006: |
Onsi Joe Fakhouri Daniel Alan Perley |
Teaching Effectiveness Award:
| 2006: |
Daniel Alan Perley Julia Marie Comerford |