Texas A&M University astronomer Robert C. Kennicutt Jr. has been selected to receive the 2019 National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Award for Scientific Reviewing, presented this year in astronomy. Kennicutt, executive director of Texas A&M’s George P. and Cynthia Woods Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy and a globally renowned expert in observational extragalactic […]

Dr. Kevin Krisciunas, instructional assistant professor of physics and astronomy at Texas A&M University, has been elected as vice chair of the Historical Astronomy Division of the American Astronomical Society, effective January 2019. Established in 1899 with a mission to enhance and share humanity’s scientific understanding of the universe, the American Astronomical Society (AAS) is […]

Dr. Alexey Belyanin, professor of physics and astronomy at Texas A&M University, has been elected as a Fellow of The Optical Society (OSA) in recognition of his achievements in business leadership, education, research, engineering and service. Dr. Alexey Belyanin(Credit: Dr. Alexey Belyanin.) Belyanin, an internationally respected leader in the multidisciplinary research field of optics of […]