Faculty

Liam Connor, Assistant Professor of Astronomy, has been named a 2026 Packard Fellow for Science and Engineering by the David & Lucile Packard Foundation. He will receive $985,834 in unrestricted funds over five years to pursue his research. Connor is a...

Doug Finkbeiner, Professor of Astronomy and Physics, has been named Senior Adviser on Generative AI for FAS by Dean Hopi Hoekstra. He replaces Christopher Stubbs, Samuel C. Moncher Professor of Physics and of Astronomy, in the role. In her announcement...

Harvard Astronomy professor Karin Öberg was awarded the Pius XI Medal. The award was conferred by Pope Leo XIV at an audience with the Pontifical Academy of Sciences on September 24,2026. The medal recognizes Karin's exceptional scientific research and...

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.