A&S Student Wins National Astronomy Award
Earlier this year, Daniel McIntosh (Physics) took three UMKC physics students –Jennifer Nielsen, Andrew Cooper, and Cory Wagner – to present original research at the 217th American Astronomical Society (AAS) Conference in Seattle, Washington.
One of the students, Nielsen (shown in the photograph), received a Chambliss Astronomy Achievement Student Award medal for research on the chemical composition of merging galaxies completed with McIntosh during her senior year at UMKC as part of McIntosh’s Galaxy Evolution Group.
The Chambliss awards recognize exemplary research by undergraduate and graduate students who present posters at the semi-annual meetings of AAS. Students from around the world exhibit their posters at the Conference’s exhibit halls.
Nielsen, a recent physics graduate, became interested in galaxy research while taking McIntosh’s Physics 499 Research, which is open to undergraduates of all disciplines who are interested in serious astronomical research while taking undergraduate classes.
“The education provided by the UMKC physics department and the research opportunities the department provides are truly stellar,” she says. “I could not have won the Chambliss award without the mentorship and guidance of Dr. McIntosh.”
