Student Prizes & Awards

Matthew Alan Ferry

2004

Mike Fogel

2003

Kate Marvel

2002

Shinae Park

2001

Melissa Enoch

2000

Maryam Modjaz

1999

N/A

1997

Raghuveer Parthasarathy

1996

Cindy Hancox

1990

Teresa Rae Ho

Teaching Effectiveness Award

The Teaching Effectiveness Award for GSIs honors a small number of GSIs who devise solutions to teaching or learning problems they have identified in their classes and write them up in a one-page essay. These essays are published on the GSI Center Website for future use and reference. The title of each winner’s essay is listed alongside their name.

2017

Nicholas Kern (...

Outstanding Astronomy GSI

2024

Daniel Brethauer (Astronomy)

Eli Wiston (Astronomy)

Cooper Jacobus (Undergraduate) (Astronomy)

2023

Natasha Abrams (Graduate) (Astronomy)

Raphael Baer-Way (Undergraduate) (Astronomy)

Kenneth Lin (Graduate) (Astronomy)

Sam Paplanus (Undergraduate) (Astronomy)

2022

Maude Gull (Graduate) (Astronomy)

Caleb Harada (...

Undergraduate Commencement Speaker

2024

Vighnesh Nagpal (Undergraduate) (Astronomy & Physics)

2023

James Sunseri (Undergraduate) (Astronomy)

2022

Samantha Rose (Undergraduate) (Astronomy)

2021

Yukei Murakami (Undergraduate) (Astronomy)

2020

Arjun Savel (Undergraduate) (Astronomy)

2019

Nick Choksi (Undergraduate) (Astronomy)

2018...

Department Citation

For outstanding scholarship by a graduating senior with major in Astrophysics or joint major in Physics and Astrophysics. The recipient of this award needs to have maintained a grade point average of 3.5 in the department.

2024

Joshua Bromley (Undergraduate) (Astronomy & Physics)

2023

Ningyuan Xu (Undergraduate) (Astronomy)

2022

Yilun Ma (Undergraduate) (Astronomy)

2021

Erandi Chavez (...

The Robert J. Trumpler Graduate Student Excellence Award

Created by alumni Martha Stahr Carpenter (M.A. 1943;Ph.D. 1945) in honor of her thesis advisor, the late Robert J. Trumpler. The Berkeley Trumpler Award will be given to one or more high-achieving graduate students per year in recognition of academic excellence and outstanding record of involvement in the department or wider astronomical community.

2024

Aliza Beverage (Graduate) (Astronomy)

Nick Choksi (Graduate) (Astronomy)

Sergiy Vasylyev (Graduate) (Astronomy)

2023...

Daniel Edward Wark Award

In memory of Daniel Edward Wark, for undergraduates in Astronomy.

2024

Charlie Tolley (Undergraduate) (Astronomy)

Sophie Willis (Undergraduate) (Astronomy)

2023

Rav Kaur (Undergraduate) (Astronomy)

2022

Angela Cheng (Undergraduate) (Astronomy)

Fira Fatmasiefa (Undergraduate) (Astronomy)

2021

Sam Rose (Undergraduate) (Astronomy)

2020...

Dorothea Klumpke Roberts Prize

For outstanding scholarly achievement by either an upper-level undergraduate student, or an outstanding graduate student early in their research career.

2024

Connor Jennings (Undergraduate) (Astronomy & Physics)
Rav Kaur (Undergraduate) (Astronomy & Music)

2023

Fira Fatmasiefa (Undergraduate) (Astronomy)

2022

Kush Maheshwari (Undergraduate) (Astronomy & Applied Mathematics)

2021

...

Mary Elizabeth Uhl Prize

For outstanding scholarly achievement by a graduate student close to finishing their dissertation in Astronomy or in Physics with preference to Astronomy.

2024

Andrea Antoni (Graduate) (Astronomy)

Chris Moeckel (Graduate) (Earth and Planetary Sciences)

2023

Casey Lam (Graduate) (Astronomy)

Emily Liepold (Graduate) (Physics)

2022

Philip Kempski (Graduate) (Astronomy)

2021...