Valerie Rapson recognized for exemplary research in astrophysics

2014 Apr 7

Greece resident Valerie Rapson was recognized with a Chambliss Astronomy Achievement Student Award for her outstanding research poster at the 223rd American Astronomical Society meeting in Washington, D.C., in January.

Rapson is a Ph.D. candidate in the Rochester Institute of Technology astrophysical sciences and technology program and conducts research on star and planet formation. She received a certificate of honorable mention for her poster on "A Spitzer and Herschel Study of the Protoplanetary Disk Around the Young Nearby System V4046 Sg."

She was among 31 winners chosen from nearly 450 students who entered the student competition. The Chambliss awards recognize exemplary research by undergraduate and graduate students who present posters at the society meetings.

Rapson was named, earlier this year, an American Astronomical Society Astronomy Ambassador. She is also one of the youngest elected presidents of the Astronomy Section of the Rochester Academy of Science.