2022 Follette Lab graduates Morales, Jiang, and Gomez are awarded AAS Chambliss Awards/Honorable Mentions
Follette Lab seniors Julio Morales, Lillian Jiang, and Sierra Gomez were recognized for their excellent poster presentations at the June 2022 American Astronomical Society meeting in Pasadena with Chambliss Astronomy Achievement Awards. All three presented their senior capstone research (thesis/independent study) work. Julio was one of 5 undergraduates awarded the Chabliss medal, and Lillian and Sierra were among the 17 undergraduates who received honorable mentions. Their excellent posters can be found at the links below.
Julio, Lillian, and Sierra at their AAS posters
Julio Morales - Accretion Variability of Transitional Disk Host Stars: Second-to-Miniute H-alpha Variability in the Giant Accreting Protoplanet Survey
Lillian Jiang - An FUV to NIR Accounting of Accretion Luminosity Accounting of the Young Brown Dwarf 2M1207A
Sierra Gomez - Understanding the Spectra of Accreting Substellar Objects: Observation and Data Reduction Using PypeIt