Research

Honors

This page lists selected (inter)national and university honors received by the current Rutgers astrophysics faculty.

(Inter)national honors

Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics
American Astronomical Society & American Institute of Physics

Fundamental Physics Breakthrough Prize

  • 2014 Saurabh Jha (as a member of the High-z Supernova Search Team)

Gruber Cosmology Prize

  • 2007 Saurabh Jha (as a member of the High-z Supernova Search Team)

Sloan Research Fellowship

Simons Investigator

Maria Goeppert Mayer Award, American Physical Society

Annie Jump Cannon Award, American Astronomical Society

Fellowship, American Physical Society

Fellowship, American Association for the Advancement of Science

Robert J. Trumpler Award, Astronomical Society of the Pacific

Bart J. Bok Prize

Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers

National Science Foundation CAREER Award

Fulbright Scholarship

University honors

Board of Trustees Award for Excellence in Research

  • 2009 Jack Hughes

Board of Trustees Research Fellowship for Scholarly Excellence

  • 2010 Chuck Keeton
  • 2019 Alyson Brooks

Faculty Scholar-Teacher Award

  • 2019 Chuck Keeton

Warren I. Susman Award for Excellence in Teaching

  • 2019 Andrew Baker

Presidential Fellowship for Teaching Excellence

  • 2010 Chuck Keeton
  • 2012 Andrew Baker
  • 2019 Alyson Brooks

School of Arts and Sciences Award for Distinguished Contributions to Undergraduate Education

  • 2010 Andrew Baker
  • 2012 Eric Gawiser
  • 2017 Alyson Brooks
  • 2018 Saurabh Jha
  • 2019 Matt Buckley

Society of Physics Students Outstanding Teacher Award

  • 2007 Chuck Keeton
  • 2010 Andrew Baker
  • 2011 Saurabh Jha
  • 2012 Eric Gawiser
  • 2016 Alyson Brooks
  • 2017 Matt Buckley

Last edited September 17, 2019.