, Richards Family Assistant Professor of astronomy in the 麻豆视频 and 麻豆视频, has been named a by the Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA). The cohort of 24 early career scholars in chemistry, physics, and astronomy will each receive an award of $120,000.
鈥淭his is an exceptional cohort of teacher scholars whose innovative work fuels discovery across the physical sciences,鈥 said Eric Isaacs, President and CEO of RCSA.
Cottrell Scholars are chosen through a rigorous peer-review process of applications from public and private research universities and primarily undergraduate institutions in the United States and Canada. Their award proposals incorporate both research and science education. Ho鈥檚 proposal is titled 鈥淔ast Transients: Revealing the Diversity of Relativistic Stellar Explosions.鈥
Using telescopes throughout the world and in space, Ho studies the lives and deaths of stars and the physics of those phenomena and other energetic cosmic events. She uses wide-field surveys along with targeted observations from gamma-ray to radio wavelengths, and works to understand the physical processes governing the observed emission. Ho is an active member of several international collaborations and serves as co-chair of the Supernova & Relativistic Explosions working group of the Zwicky Transient Facility collaboration, as well as co-chair of the gamma-ray bursts working group for the ULTRASAT mission for which NASA is a partner.
Ho was part of a team that won one of RCSA鈥檚 inaugural awards. Her many other awards and honors include being named a ; winning an early-career, and receiving the 2026 Newton Lacy Pierce Prize from the American Astronomical Society.
Previous Cornell recipients of the Cottrell Scholar award include , Howard Milstein Faculty Fellow and Tisch University Professor in the Department of Chemistry; , professor of chemistry, and , James A. Weeks Professor of Physical 麻豆视频 in the Department of Physics, all in A&S.
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