Dr. Pliny A. and Margaret H. Price Prize in Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics

The Dr. Pliny A. and Margaret H. Price Prize was established in 2009 by a generous gift of $127,000 from Steve Price and Jill Levy to support the Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics in the Department of Physics. The endowment is named after Steve's parents. Steve and Jill reside in Westerville and are admirers of the study of this science.

The Price Prize will be awarded annually to graduate students in recognition of research excellence in areas closely related to CCAPP science initiatives. Award recipients will be selected based on a review of their research in the areas of cosmology and astroparticle physics.

Price Prize winners will spend an extended period visiting CCAPP, give the Price Prize seminar on their research, and receive a $1500 honorarium. The continued generosity of the donors made it possible to offer two prizes this year.

The Price Prize is open to graduate students in cosmology and astroparticle physics within one year of their PhD.

To be considered, please have send a nomination letter to Ms. Lisa Krehnovi, CCAPP, that references the research to be considered and gives the names of at least one reference familiar with the student's work.

CCAPP announces the Third Annual Price Prize recipients:
Sayan Chakraborti of Tata Institute and Michele Fumagalli of Santa Cruz.

Chakraborti works on the mechanisms and consequences of supernovae and gamma-ray bursts. Fumagalli works on how galaxies and their stars form across cosmic time. An unusual aspect of their work is that each has worked on both theory and observation.

Each will visit CCAPP in 2012 for about a week and will give a special seminar. The continued generosity of the donors made it possible to offer two prizes this year.

CCAPP announces the Second Annual Price Prize recipient: Jo Bovy of New York University.

As a current physics PH.D. student at NYU, Mr. Bovy is doing research at the Center for Cosmology and Particle Physics (CCPP). He received his Masters in Physics and Mathematics from Katholieke University Leuven, Belgium in 2005. His research focuses on the MIlky Way as well as topics related to the transparency of the Universe and non-gravitational interactions in the dark sector.

CCAPP announces the inaugural Price Prize recipient: Charlie Conroy of Princeton University.

Mr. Conroy received his B.A. in Physics and Astrophysics from UC-Berkeley (2005) and is currently finishing his graduate degree at Princeton. His award recognizes his remarkable research accomplishments in the areas of galaxy formation, large scale structure, and, more recently, the use of the colors and spectra of galaxies as a tool to infer the properties of their stellar populations. He will be visiting CCAPP during May.