Awards Won by UM Astronomers

This page lists people currently in the Department of Astronomy and Graduates of the Department of Astronomy who have won any of the awards, medals, or honors described on the associated web pages.

Current Faculty (including emeriti)

  • Michael F. A'Hearn
    • Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1990
    • Distinguished University Professor, University of Maryland, 2000
    • Kuiper Prize, DPS-AAS, 2008
  • Roger A. Bell (emeritus)
    • Phil.Doct. et Artium Liberal.Mag., University of Uppsala, 1982
  • William E. Erickson (emeritus)
    • Grote Reber Medal (inaugural winner) for innovative lifetime contributions to radio astronomy, 2005
  • Douglas P. Hamilton
    • Urey Prize, DPS-AAS, 1999
    • NSF Early Career Award, 1999
  • Mukul Kundu (emeritus)
    • Fellow, American Physical Society
    • George Ellery Hale Prize, 2007
  • Marvin Leventhal (emeritus)
    • Fellow, American Physical Society
  • M. Coleman Miller
    • Compton Fellow, NASA, 1994
  • Eve Ostriker
    • Guggenheim Fellow, 2009
  • K. (Dennis) Papadopoulos
    • E. O. Hulburt Award for Science, Naval Research Laboratory, 1977
    • Award for Achievement in the Physical Sciences, Washington Academy of Sciences, 1978
    • Fellow, American Physical Society
  • Christopher S. Reynolds
    • Helen B. Warner Prize for Astronomy, 2005
  • Sylvain Veilleux
    • Hubble Fellow, 1992
    • Research Corporation Cottrell Scholar, 1998
    • NSF Early Career Award, 1999
    • Humboldt Prize, Humboldt Foundation, 2008
  • Stuart Vogel
    • NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award, 1987
  • Donat G. Wentzel (emeritus)
    • Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
    • Van Biesbroeck Prize, awarded by the AAS for long-term extraordinary or unselfish service to astronomy, 2003

UM Astronomers in the Sky

The following asteroids have been named by the International Astronomical Union for faculty members and graduates of the department.

  • (2956) Yeomans (Donald K. Yeomans, Ph.D. 1970)
  • (3066) McFadden (Lucy Ann McFadden, faculty)
  • (3192) A'Hearn (Michael F. A'Hearn, faculty)
  • (3536) Schleicher (David G. Schleicher, Ph.D. 1983)
  • (4201) Orosz (Elizabeth Orosz Warner, research staff)
  • (4958) Wellnitz (Dennis D. Wellnitz, faculty)
  • (12225) Yanfernández (Yanga R. Fernández, Ph.D. 1999)
  • (12226) Caseylisse (Carey M. Lisse, Ph.D. 1992)
  • (12494) Doughamilton (Douglas P. Hamilton, faculty)
  • (12517) Grayzeck (Edwin J. Grayzeck, Ph.D. 1974)
  • (12527) Anneraugh (Anne C. Raugh, research staff)
  • (12566) Derichardson (Derek C. Richardson, faculty)
  • (12859) Marlamoore (Marla H. Moore, Ph.D. 1981)
  • (12871) Samarasinha (Nalin H. Samarasinha, Ph.D. 1992)
  • (13001) Woodney (Laura P. Woodney, Ph. D. 2000)
  • (16946) Farnham (Tony L. Farnham, faculty)
  • (16986) Archivestef (Stephanie McLaughlin, research staff)