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Newton Lacy Pierce Prize in Astronomy


The Newton Lacy Pierce Prize in Astronomy is awarded annually by the American Astronomical Society to a young (less than age 36) astronomer for outstanding achievement in observational astronomical research. The prize is named after Newton Lacy Pierce, an American astronomer.

Pierce Prize winners

Source: AAS

  • 1974 Edwin M. Kellogg
  • 1975 Eric Becklin
  • 1976 James Roger Angel
  • 1977 Donald N.B. Hall
  • 1978 James M. Moran, Jr.
  • 1979 D. Harper
  • 1980 Jack Baldwin
  • 1981 Bruce Margon
  • 1982 Marc Davis
  • 1983 Alan Dressler
  • 1984 Marc Aaronson, Jeremy Mould
  • 1985 Richard G. Kron
  • 1986 Reinhard Genzel
  • 1987 Donald E. Winget
  • 1988 Sallie L. Baliunas
  • 1989 Harriet Dinerstein
  • 1990 Kristen Sellgren
  • 1991 Kenneth G. Libbrecht
  • 1992 Alexei Filippenko
  • 1993 Arlin P.S. Crotts
  • 1994 No award
  • 1995 Andrew McWilliam
  • 1996 Michael Strauss
  • 1997 Alyssa A. Goodman
  • 1998 Andrea Ghez
  • 1999 Dennis F. Zaritsky
  • 2000 Kirpal Nandra
  • 2001 Kenneth R. Sembach
  • 2002 Amy Barger
  • 2003 Xiaohui Fan
  • 2004 Niel Brandt
  • 2005 Andrew Blain
  • 2006 Bryan Gaensler
  • 2007 No award
  • 2008 Lisa Kewley
  • 2009 Joshua Bloom
  • 2010 Tommaso Treu
  • 2011 Gaspar Bakos
  • 2012 John A. Johnson
  • 2013 Jason Kalirai
  • 2014 Nadia L. Zakamska
  • 2015 Heather A. Knutson
  • 2016 Karin Öberg
  • 2017 Evan Kirby
  • 2018 Caitlin Casey
  • 2019 Daniel R. Weisz
  • 2020 Emily Levesque
  • 2021 Courtney Dressing
  • 2022 Erin Kara
  • 2023 Renee Ludlam

References

References

  1. link. "Newton Lacy Pierce Prize in Astronomy". American Astronomical Society
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