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Astronomy graduates, students earn top honors

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Illustration of the COCONUTS-2 planetary system
IfA alumnus ZJ Zhang led team¡¯s discovery of exoplanet COCONUTS-2b. Credit: B. Bays (SOEST/UH)

A plethora of graduate students and alumni from the University of Â鶹´«Ã½ at ²Ñ¨¡²Ô´Ç²¹ are being recognized for their outstanding contributions to astronomy and have earned an array of awards and fellowships.

Postdoctoral fellowships

  • Ashley Chontos (Exoplanets, Henry Norris Russell Fellow, Princeton University, UH Student Excellence in Research Award at the doctoral level)
  • Michael Tucker (Department of Energy Fellowship, , Ohio State University)
  • Ryan Dungee (Astronomical Instrumentation, , University of Toronto)
  • Zach Claytor (postdoctoral researcher, University of Florida)

Graduate student awards

  • Suchitra Narayanan (Sulfur chemistry in planet-forming regions, award)
  • Rena Lee ( award)
  • Jason Hinkle ()
  • Miles Lucas ()

Alumni Fellowships

  • Z. J. Zhang (Extrasolar planets, Sagan Fellow through NASA¡¯s , University of California Santa Cruz)
  • Joel Ong (Asteroseismology, 2022 NASA Hubble Fellow, UH)

This work is an example of UH ²Ñ¨¡²Ô´Ç²¹¡¯s goal of (PDF) and (PDF), two of four goals identified in the (PDF), updated in December 2020.

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