The Allan Markowitz Graduate Award in Observational Astronomy is made possible by a generous gift from Ohio State doctoral alumnus Dr. Allan H. Markowitz (MS 1966, PhD 1969). The Markowitz Endowment was established April 7, 2006 by the Board of Trustees of the Ohio State University.
The Markowitz Award is given to a graduate student who is conducting or developing a research program in areas of observational astronomy, including the analysis of data obtained with space-based observatories, or facilities that are queue-scheduled or provide service observing. During the Spring Quarter, the Graduate Studies Committee will solicit nominations from the faculty, examine the cases, and make a recommendation to the Department Chair. The Graduate Committee may decline to make a recommendation if they judge that none of the nominees are truly exceptional. The Department Chair may elect not to make an award based on fiscal constraints.
A student may win the Markowitz Award only once.
The award citation reads:
The Allan Markowitz Graduate Award presented by The Ohio State University Department of Astronomy to (name) on the recommendation of the Graduate Committee for excellence in observational astronomy.
Past Recipients
2024 - Dominick Rowan
2023 - Jack Neustadt
2022 - Romy Rodriguez Martinez & Zhefu Yu
2021 - Patrick Vallely
2020 - Sanskriti Das & Tharindu Jayasinghe
2019 - Jiayi Sun
2018 - Suk-Sien Tie
2017 - Jonathan Brown
2016 - Tom Holoien & Michael Fausnaugh
2015 - Scott Adams
2014 - Jill Gerke
2013 - Ben Shappee
2012 - Catherine Grier
2011 - Linda C. Watson
2010 - Jason Eastman
2009 - Kelly Denney
2008 - Jose Luis Prieto
2007 - Deokkeun An
2006 - Misty C. Bentz