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Armandroff, Taft E.

Taft E Armandroff

Director (0379), Professor
College of Natural Sciences, Department of Astronomy

Frank and Susan Bash Endowed Chair for the Director of McDonald Observatory


taft@astro.as.utexas.edu

Phone: 512-471-3300

Office Location
RLM 15.208

Postal Address
2515 SPEEDWAY
AUSTIN, TX 78712

Dwarf spheroidal galaxies, stellar populations in the Galaxy and nearby galaxies, globular clusters, and astronomical instrumentation.

CV - pdfTArmandroff-CV-May-2017.pdf

Ph.D., Astronomy, Yale University, 1988
M. Phil., Astronomy, Yale University, 1985
M.S., Astronomy, Yale University, 1984
B.A., Astronomy (with High Honors), Wesleyan University, 1982

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