The Department of Physics and Astronomy honored several students, faculty, and staff for their achievements on April 23 at the 2024 Awards Colloquium.
The Colloquium included recognition of 2023-2024 graduating seniors and advanced degree recipients. See the program for a full listing.
See the image gallery for photos of the award recipients. Departmental Chair and Prof. Hallsie Reno recognized the undergraduate awardees, while Prof. Vince Rodgers recognized the graduate awardees.
Undergraduate Awards
Brian D. Strayer & Richard L. Rairden Scholarship in Physics: Arissa Khan, Andrew Milne (renewal)
James A. Van Allen Award: Aditya Desai, Jeff Leiberton
Myrtle K. Maier Scholarship: Ashley Lindquist, Emerson Peters
Distinguished Service Award: Emma Burzynski
Undergraduate Scholar Award: Brandon Stephanie
Acevedo Family Academic Scholarship: Avi Kaufman, William Parker
Acevedo Family Undergraduate Poster Prize: Jeff Leiberton
Van Allen Research Grant: Aden Hageman, Noah Wessels, Joseph Schopen
Charles A. Wert Scholarship: Aditya Venkatesh, Avi Kaufman, Mary Haag, Will Meiners, Minou Emmad, Grace Paxton, Zeke Young
Acevedo Family Research Scholarship: Aditya Venkatesh, Emily Andrews
Andrew Nelson Undergraduate Poster Prize: Owen Fiedorowicz, Noah Wessels
Student Presentation Prize, Prairie Section APS: Jeff Leiberton
Phi Beta Kappa Members: Eric Biedke, Aditya Desai, Ryan Dunn, Philippe Jay, Jeff Leiberton, Emerson Peters, Brandon Stephanie
Graduate Student Awards
G. William Pfeiffer and Marilyn M. Maltby Scholarship: John Momberg, Cecilia Fasano (renewal)
Goertz/Nicholson Memorial Scholarship: Kevin Hall
Pfeiffer Family Scholarship Renewal: Sanjay Chepuri
John and Stacey Wall Scholarship: Hossein Zandipour, Hassan Bukhari
Acevedo Family Graduate Poster Prize: Sarah Choate
Ballard and Seashore Dissertation Fellowship Recipient: Collin Brown
UI Grad College Post-Comp Research Fellowship: Cecilia Fasano
UI Grad College Summer Fellowship: Kristie Nault
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award: Philip Griffin, Tyler Grover
ISA Community Engagement Graduate Assistantship: Jacob Payne
NASA FINESST Award: Kenny Buffo
Best Use of Auth0 (HackUIowa): Colin Gorgen, Stephon Berry
Staff Awards
Mary Louise Kelley Professional Development Awards: Andrea Shaevitz, Dale Stille
American Physical Society Fellow: Dale Stille
Board of Regents Staff Excellence Award: Heather Mineart
Outstanding Staff Award: Richard Dvorsky
Longevity Awards: 35 Years, Andrea Shaevitz; 40 Years, Larry Granroth; 45 Years, William Kurth
International Travel Award: David Hartley, Ph.D.
Faculty Awards
CLAS Dean’s Scholar Award: Associate Professor David Miles
CLAS Collegiate Teaching Award: Assistant Professor Casey DeRoo
F. Wendell Miller Distinguished Professor: Associate Professor Allison Jaynes
Iowa Mid-Career Faculty Scholar Award: Associate Professor David Miles
APS Katherine E. Weimer Award: Associate Professor Allison Jaynes
Nancy Roman Grace Technology Fellowships: Assistant Professor Casey DeRoo, Assistant Professor Keri Hoadley
NSF Career Grant: Assistant Professor Ravitej Uppu
AGU James B. Macelwane Medal: Associate Professor Allison Jaynes
Faculty Promotion
Casey DeRoo, promotion to Associate Professor with tenure.
Presentation
The program concluded with a student presentation by Avi Kaufman, “Ordered Phases in Rydberg Systems.” His faculty mentor is Professor Yannick Meurice.
