Taft E. Armandroff

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Taft E. Armandroff
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Education
Scientific career
Fields Astronomy
Institutions University of Texas at Austin
Website mcdonald.utexas.edu/directory/taft-armandroff

Taft E. Armandroff is an American astronomer, currently director of McDonald Observatory, a professor and the Frank and Susan Bash Endowed Chair, at the University of Texas at Austin. [1] [2] [3] [4] He is Vice Chair of the Giant Magellan Telescope Board of Directors. [5]

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Education

He received a B.A. in Astronomy (with High Honors) from Wesleyan University in 1982; an M.S. in Astronomy from Yale University in 1984; an M. Phil. in Astronomy from Yale University in 1985; and a Ph.D. in Astronomy from Yale University in 1988. [4]

Awards

His awards and honors include: Sturm Memorial Lecturer, Wesleyan University (2009); Distinguished Alumnus Award, Wesleyan University (2007); AURA Science Award, (1999); Dirk Brouwer Prize for a Contribution of Unusual Merit to Astronomy, Yale University (1988); Littell Prize in Astronomy, Wesleyan University (1982). [4]

References

  1. ↑ "Faculty". utexas.edu. Retrieved December 11, 2016.
  2. ↑ "CV" (PDF). utexas.edu. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  3. ↑ "Leading Astronomer Taft Armandroff Appointed Director of UT's McDonald Observatory". utexas.edu. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 "UT CNS Directory: Taft Armandroff". cns.utexas.edu. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  5. ↑ "GMT Leadership". giantmagellan.org. Retrieved 22 October 2025.


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