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 2023 — Colton Griffin

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 2023 — Dr. Keiichiro Furuya

Nominated by Nima Lashkari

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."