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Winter 2023

Dr. Abigail Kopec was awarded the Raman Prize and Justin Copenhaver was awarded the Ramdas Award.

Department Announces Raman Prize and Ramdas Award

The Purdue University Department of Physics and Astronomy announces a pair of recently established honors for two of its highest-achieving students. The Ramdas Award recognizes an exceptional senior undergraduate student who has completed a unique research project; it includes a $1,000 award. The Ramdas Prize in Honor of Professor CV Raman recognizes a PhD student or recent alumni for his or her outstanding dissertation; it includes a $5,000 award. Both recognitions are made possible through the generosity of Anant K. Ramdas, the Lark-Horovitz Distinguished Professor of Physics and Astronomy (emeritus), and his wife, Vasanti Ramdas. 

Ramdas Award for 2022 — Justin Copenhaver

Nominated by Jukka Vayrynen

The Ramdas Award award was establish in 2018 by Anant K. Ramdas, the Lark-Horovitz Distinguished Professor of Physics and his wife, Vasanti Ramdas. The purpose of the Ramdas Award is to recognize an exceptional senior who has completed a unique project in the Department of Physics and Astronomy.

Ramdas Prize in Honor of Professor CV Raman for 2022 — Dr. Abigail Kopec

Nominated by Rafael Lang

The Raman Prize recognizes a Ph.D. student or recent alumni for an outstanding dissertation.  The Raman Prize was established in 2018 by Anant K. Ramdas, the Lark-Horovitz Distinguished Professor (Emeritus) of Physics and Astronomy, and his wife Vasanti Ramdas.  Dr. Kopec is Post-doctoral fellow at the UC San Diego and her research area is: "Rare Event Searches in Liquid Xenon Time Projection Chambers."