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
- Gerard P. Kuiper Prize, DPS-AAS, 2008
- Alberto Bolatto
- NSF Early Career Award, 2010
- Research Corporation Cottrell Scholar, 2010
- Grace Deming
- Education Prize, AAS, 2011
- L. Drake Deming
- Beatrice Tinsley Prize, AAS, 2010
- William E. Erickson (emeritus)
- Grote Reber Medal (inaugural winner) for innovative lifetime contributions to radio astronomy, 2005
- Douglas P. Hamilton
- Dean's Award for Excellence in Teaching, UMD/CMPS, 1997 and 2008
- Harold C. Urey Prize, DPS-AAS, 1999
- NSF Early Career Award, 1999
- Board of Regents' Faculty Award for Scholarship, University of Maryland, 2010
- Marvin Leventhal (emeritus)
- Fellow, American Physical Society
- M. Coleman Miller
- Compton Fellow, NASA, 1994
- Dean's Award for Excellence in Teaching, UMD/CMPS, 2004
- Lee Mundy
- Dean's Award for Excellence in Teaching, UMD/CMPS, 2000(?)
- 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, AAS, 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)
- (3742) Sunshine (Jessica Sunshine, faculty)
- (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)
- (13723) Kolokolova (Ludmilla Kolokolova, faculty)
- (15522) Trueblood (Mark Trueblood, MS 1983)
- (16946) Farnham (Tony L. Farnham, faculty)
- (16986) Archivestef (Stephanie McLaughlin, research staff)
- (21495) Feaga (Lori Feaga, faculty)
- (21496) Lijianyang (Jianyang Li, faculty)
- (22783) Teng (Stacy Teng, Ph.D. 2010)
