Zachary Webb wins the 2024 Mary Dailey Irvine Outstanding Thesis Prize

Zachary Webb after the CNS Senior Celebration (May 2024)

Zachary Webb, a senior undergraduate member of the research group, was awarded the 2024 Mary Dailey Irvine Outstanding Thesis Prize. There were a record number of excellent and deserving theses submitted for the MDI prize this year, and Zach’s work stood out among them. We are proud of all of your hard work and accomplishments, Zach!

Thesis title: “New Insight into the Radial Distribution of Globular Clusters in Abell 2744 Using JWST”
Advisor: Prof. Kate Whitaker

Mary Dailey Irvine Prize was established through a gift from the Irvine Family to the Five College Astronomy Department in memory of Mary Dailey Irvine (Smith College 1922). This prize exists to encourage and honor excellent undergraduate research in astronomy and astrophysics. The prize is awarded to a graduating senior from one of the Five College institutions for an outstanding senior thesis or research paper presented to the department on an astronomical or astrophysical topic.