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Hollis B. Akins
Education
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2027 (expected)
Ph.D. Astronomy
University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
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2022
B.A. Physics (with Honors)
Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA
Experience
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2022 - Present
Harrington Graduate Research Fellow
University of Texas at Austin
- Observing galaxies at the epoch of reionization with JWST and ALMA
- Advisor: Dr. Caitlin Casey
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2019 - 2022
Research Assistant
Grinnell College
- Environmental quenching of simulated dwarf satellite galaxies
- Advisor: Dr. Charlotte Christensen
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2021
DAWN-IRES Scholar
Cosmic Dawn Center
- The multiphase ISM of a z>7 galaxy observed with ALMA
- Advisor: Dr. Seiji Fujimoto
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2020
REU Student,
University of Florida
- Impacts of dust on mock observations of the UVJ diagram
- Advisor: Dr. Desika Narayanan
Honors and Awards
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2022
- Donald D. Harrington Fellowship (UT Austin CNS)
- Andrew W. Archibald Prize for Highest Scholarship (Grinnell College)
- H. George Apostle Prize in Physics (Grinnell College)
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2021
- Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship
- Chambliss Astronomy Achievement Award (Honorable Mention) (American Astronomical Society)
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2020
- Joseph F. Wall '41 Phi Beta Kappa Scholar's Award (Beta of Iowa)