The Bok Postdoctoral Fellowship
The Bart J. Bok Fellowship for Advanced Study in Astronomy and Astrophysics was created in honour of Bart J. Bok, director of Steward Observatory from 1966 through 1970. This three-year fellowship provides an opportunity for a recent Ph.D. recipient to pursue an ambitious program of research in any area of theoretical, experimental, or observational astronomy or astrophysics.
The Bok Fellow receives an annual stipend, as well access to a generous research fund to support their scientific program. All of the observational and computational facilities of the Department of Astronomy and Steward Observatory are available to the Fellow, who is encouraged to conduct independent research and to develop collaborations with faculty, staff, and students.
Emma Beasor will be the Bok Fellow beginning in Fall 2022.
Previous Bok Fellows
Cristobal Petrovich 2019-2020, Assistant Professor, Universidad Catolica, Chile
Ruobing Dong 2016-2018, Assistant Professor, University of Victoria
Karin Sandstrom 2013-2015, Assistant Professor, UC San Diego
Desika Narayanan 2010-2013, Assistant Professor, University of Florida
Dean Townsley 2008-10, Associate Professor, University of Alabama Tuscaloosa
Yancy Shirley 2005-08, Associate Professor, University of Arizona
Michiel Hogerheijde 2001-04, Associate Professor, Leiden University
Chuck Keeton 1998-01, Professor, Rutgers University
Julio Navarro 1994-98, Professor, University of Victoria
Gary Bernstein 1991-94, Professor, University of Pennsylvania
Neal Katz 1989-90, Professor, University of Massachusetts
Jill Bechtold 1988-89, Professor, University of Arizona
Dan Clemens 1983-87, Professor, Boston University
Wil van Breugel 1982-83, Astronomer, Lawrence Livermore National Labs
Tim Heckman 1980-81, Professor, Johns Hopkins, member National Academy of Sciences
Charles Lada 1978-80, Astronomer, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Paul Schechter 1976-78, Professor, MIT, member National Academy of Sciences
Harvey Butcher 1974-76, Director, Mt. Stromlo & Siding Spring Observatory
Roger Angel 1973-74, Professor, Univ of Arizona, member National Academy of Sciences
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