Faculty

The Harvard Crimson interviewed Physics and Astronomy professor Chris Stubbs. Read the interview here.

Astronomy professor Karin Öberg will serve as Harvard’s next senior vice provost for faculty, coordinating faculty recruitment and appointment reviews, the University announced Friday. Öberg’s appointment, set to begin in July, comes roughly a week after...

Astronomy professor Charlie Conroy is a finalist for the 2025 Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists. Charlie Conroy, professor of astronomy, was recognized for his research on our galaxy’s formation and how the distribution of dark matter is related to...

Dave Charbonneau gave the Fred Kavli Plenary Lecture to open the 2025 AAS 245th meeting. The AAS Vice Presidents name a special invited lecturer to kick off each AAS meeting with a presentation on recent research of great importance. Dave's featured talk...

Harvard Astronomy professor Ashley Villar ( http://ashleyvillar.com/ ) has been awarded a prestigious Cottrell Scholarship from the Research Corporation for Science Advancement . This award will support her research of common envelope evolution and the...

Harvard Professor of Astronomy and Physics John Kovac was just awarded the 2025 Star-Friedman Challenge for Promising Scientific Research by Harvard FAS Dean Hopi Hoekstra. John received the award for his proposal, "Shedding Light on the Big Bang with a...

Congratulations go out to Xingang Chen, who has been awarded the Anya Bernstein Bassett Prize for Excellence in Teaching, which recognizes outstanding undergraduate teaching by non-ladder faculty.

Harvard Astronomy Professor Karin Öberg has been appointed as the Thomas Dudley Cabot Professor of the Natural Sciences! Congratulations!

Karin Öberg has been selected for funding from the 2023 Zuckerman Travel and Research STEM Fund at Harvard University. The Fund supports the development of new research collaborations in STEM fields between faculty members and researchers in Harvard’s...

Dave Charbonneau has been selected for a 2023 Everett I. Mendelsohn Excellence in Mentoring Award ( https://engage.gsas.harvard. edu/news/218515) . This is hosted by the Graduate Student Council and is presented annually to one or more Harvard faculty...