2025 |
Cheng-Han Hsieh (PhD 2024): Multi-Scale Star Formation: from Filaments to Protostellar Disk Substructures |
2024 |
Uddipan Bannik (PhD 2023): Pushing the Frontiers of Non-Equilibrium Dynamics of Collisionless and Weakly Collisional Self-Gravitating Systems Lily Zhao (PhD 2021): The Path to Extreme Precision Radial Velocity With EXPRES |
2023 |
Joel Ong (PhD 2022): Stellar Surfaces in the Frequency Domain Lamiya Mowla (PhD 2020): The Structural Evolution of Massive Galaxies |
2022 |
Darryl Seligman (PhD 2020): From The Stars: An Assessment of the Scientific Opportunities Provided by Interstellar Objects |
2021 |
Sarah Millholland (PhD 2020): Data-Driven Dynamics of Planetary Systems |
2020 |
Angelo Ricarte: The Assembly of Supermassive Black Holes: from the Seeding Epoch to the Present Day Johannes Ulf Lange: Probing the Galaxy-Halo Connection and Cosmology in the Non-Linear Regime |
2019 |
Joel Leja (PhD 2016) Tracing Galaxies Through Cosmic Time
John Brewer (PhD 2016) Messages from the Reversing Layer: Clues to Planet Formation in Stellar Abundances |
2018 |
Fangzhou (Arthur) Jiang: Characterizing the Substructure of Dark Matter Halos |
2017 |
Joel Tanner: Simulating Convection in Stellar Envelopes |
2016 |
Rachel Bezanson: Ten Billion Years of Growth: Massive Galaxy Evolution from Structures and Dynamics |
2015 |
Katherine E. Whitaker: A Cosmic Metamorphosis: The Quenching of Star-formation in Massive Galaxies Over the Last Eleven Billion Years |
2014 |
Not Awarded |
2013 |
Anson D’Aloisio: Cosmological Structures and Gravitational Lensing |
2012 |
Charles Baldner: The Magnetic Fields of the Solar Interior |
2011 |
Gabe Brammer: Massive Galaxies Near and Far: The Evolution of an Unbiased Population Over the Last Ten Billion Years Peter Adshead: Cosmological Perturbation Theory and the Early Universe |
2010 |
Eric Murphy: Star Formation, Dust Heating, and Cosmic Ray Electron Cooling: A Far-Infrared and Radio Study of Nearby Galaxies |
2009 |
Bethany Cobb: Long-term Observations of Gamma-ray Bursts: The Complex Connection Between Gamma-ray Bursts and Supernovae |
2008 |
Hugh Crowl: Galaxy Transformation in the Virgo Cluster: Gas Stripping and Stellar Population Evolution Ryan Quadri: Clustering of Massive Galaxies in the Early Universe |
2007 |
Not Awarded |
2006 |
Katherine Rhode: A Wide-field Survey of the Globular Cluster Systems of Elliptical and Spiral Galaxies |
2005 |
Not Awarded |
2004 |
Anna K Vivas: A Survey of RR Lyrae Stars in the Halo of the Milky Way |
2003 |
Thomas Maccarone: Constraints on Black Hole Emission Mechanisms |
2002 |
Not Awarded |
2001 |
Volker Bromm: Star Formation in the Early Universe |
2000 |
Dana Dinescu: Globular Cluster Orbits: Implications for the Formation of the Galaxy |
1999 |
Alison Sills: Probing the Dynamics and Populations of Globular Clusters |
1998 |
Sukyoung Yi: The Origin of the UV Upturn in Elliptical Galaxies |
1997 |
Rene Mendez: A Semi-Empirical Model for the Distribution of Star Counts, and Kinematical Properties of Stars in the Milky Way Jerry Orosz: Optical Observations of Black Hole X-ray Novae |
1996 |
Not Awarded |
1995 |
Brian Charles Chaboyer: Effects of Microscopic Diffusion and Rotational Mixing on Stellar Models |
1994 |
Thomas Joseph Lydon: The Application of Numerical Simulations of Convection to Stellar Interiors |
1993 |
Ata Sarajedini: Globular Cluster Photometry Near the Turnoff |
1992 |
Not Awarded |
1991 |
Constantine P. Deliyannis: Primordial Lithium, Stellar Evolution and Cosmology |
1990 |
Young-Wook Lee: The Evolution of Horizontal Branch Stars and the Calibration of Globular Cluster Ages |
1989 |
Marc H Pinsonneault: Evolutionary Models of the Rotating Sun and Implications for Other Low Mass |
1988 |
Taft Armandroff: An Observational Study of Disk-Population Globular Clusters |
1987 |
Michael West: Systematic Properties of Clusters of Galaxies in Different Cosmological Scenarios |
1986 |
Not Awarded |
1985 |
Michael Gregg: Differential Spectral Synthesis of SO Galaxies |
1984 |
David B Guenther: Resonant Three-wave Interactions and an Application to the 160 Minute Solar Oscillation |
1983 |
Jens Verner Villumsen: Simulations of Galaxy Mergers |
1982 |
Linda L. Stryker: Stellar Populations in the Large Magellanic Cloud |
1981 |
Not Awarded |
1980 |
John Giuliani: On the Hydrodynamic Stability and Wave Interactions of Ionization-shock Fronts Peter Stetson: The Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy in Draco Bruce Twarog: An Observational Study of the Chemical Evolution of the Solar Neighborhood |
1979 |
Not Awarded |
1978 |
James Rose: A Dynamical Study of Compact Groups of Galaxies |
1977 |
Not Awarded |
1976 |
Not Awarded |
1975 |
Robert Zinn: Advanced Evolution of Globular Cluster Stars |
1974 |
Not Awarded |
1973 |
Kenneth A Janes: An Investigation of Stellar Populations Among G and K Giant Stars |
1972 |
Not Awarded |
1971 |
Not Awarded |
1970 |
Kaare Aksnes: A Second-order Solution for the Motion of an Artificial Earth Satellite Based on an Intermediate Orbit |
