Bok Prize


The Bok Prize is awarded annually by the Astronomical Society of Australia and the Australian Academy of Science to recognise outstanding research in astronomy by an honours student at an Australian university.

History

The prize is named to commemorate the energetic work of Bart Bok in promoting the undergraduate and graduate study of astronomy in Australia, during his term as Director of the Mount Stromlo Observatory.

Past winners

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YearWinnerUniversityAwarded for
2020James BeattieAustralian National University Research School of Astronomy & Astrophysics Supersonic Turbulent Molecular Clouds: Filaments and Anisotropies
2019Sam CreeUniversity of QueenslandCan the fluctuations of the Quantum Vacuum Solve the Cosmological Constant Problem?
2018Matthew KeenUniversity of SydneyAsteroseismology of Subgiant Stars: A Study of Mixed-Mode Oscillations
2017Madeline MarshallUniversity of TasmaniaTriggering Active Galactic Nuclei in Galaxy Clusters
2016Samuel HintonUniversity of QueenslandExtraction of Cosmological Information from WiggleZ
2015Cleo LoiUniversity of SydneyWaves in the sky: Probing the ionosphere with the Murchison Widefield Array
2014Ross TurnerUniversity of TasmaniaEvolution of radio-loud Active Galactic Nuclei
2013Ben PopeUniversity of SydneyDancing in the Dark: Kernel Phase Interferometry of Ultracool Dwarfs
2012Alison HammondUniversity of SydneyCosmic Magnetism: Faraday Rotation as a Probe of Extragalactic Magnetic Fields
2011Barnaby NorrisUniversity of SydneyA study of AGB circumstellar dust shells using optical polarimetric interferometry
2010Madusha GunawardhanaMacquarie University/AAOConstraints on the Evolution of the Stellar Initial Mass Function
2009Peter JensenUniversity of QueenslandThe Colours of Galaxies in Intermediate X-ray Luminosity Galaxy Clusters
2008Christopher HalesUniversity of SydneyCosmic Forensics: A study of the Pulsar Wind Nebula G359.1-23, The Mouse
2007Katie Dodds-EdenAustralian National University Research School of Astronomy & Astrophysics TeVeS Theory and observational tests.
2006Brent MiszalskiMacquarie UniversitySimulated Annealing and Optimisation of 2dF Fibre Configuration
2005Patrick ScottAustralian National UniversityCO spectral line formation in the sun: convective simulation, line profiles and isotopic abundances
2004Stanislav ShabalaUniversity of TasmaniaOn the Evolution of HII regions
2003Darren CrotonAustralian National University Research School of Astronomy & Astrophysics Clustering and void statistics of the 2dF galaxy redshift survey
2002not awarded
2001Yeshe FennerAustralian National UniversitySolving the Mystery of the Warm Ionised Medium
2000Josephine BrownAustralian National UniversityA photometric morphological and environmental study of the COLA galaxy southern sample
1999Michael MurphyUniversity of New South WalesVariability of the Fine Structure Constant
1998Malcolm KennettUniversity of SydneyNeutrino Emission from a Magnetised Plasma
1997Jean-Pierre MacquartUniversity of SydneyRadio Propagation through Discrete Structures in the Interstellar Medium
1996Lisa KewleyUniversity of AdelaideAstrophysical Angular Correlations
1995Michael BrownUniversity of MelbourneA study of compound chondrule formation in meteorites
1994Arthur StreetUniversity of SydneyWork on acceleration in type II solar radio bursts
1993Sally HoughtonUniversity of New South WalesA study of methanol masers towards Sagittarius B2
1992Kylie WaringMonash UniversityPhotometry of stellar variations
1991Neal TurnerUniversity of SydneyWork on the atmospheres of cool dwarf stars
1990Robert ReinfrankUniversity of WollongongA CCD survey of bright southern galaxies
1989Andrew GrayUniversity of SydneySolar observations using the Molonglo radio telescope