Jennifer Nielsen and Daniel McIntosh

Daniel McIntosh, an astronomy professor in the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Physics, recently 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.  One of these students, Jennifer Nielsen, returned home with a Chambliss Astronomy Achievement Student Award medal for research on the chemical composition of merging galaxies.The research was completed with Prof. McIntosh over the past year as part of the Galaxy Evolution Group. The Chambliss awards recognize exemplary research by undergraduate and graduate students who present posters at the semi-annual meetings of AAS. Literally hundreds of posters from students around the world filled the exhibit halls.

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