Newton Lacy Pierce Prize in Astronomy

The Newton Lacy Pierce Prize in Astronomy is awarded annually by the American Astronomical Society to a young (less than age 36) astronomer for outstanding achievement in observational astronomical research. The prize is named after Newton Lacy Pierce, an American astronomer.

Pierce Prize winners
Source: AAS


 * 1974 Edwin M. Kellogg
 * 1975 Eric Becklin
 * 1976 James Roger Angel
 * 1977 Donald N.B. Hall
 * 1978 James M. Moran, Jr.
 * 1979 D. Harper
 * 1980 Jack Baldwin
 * 1981 Bruce Margon
 * 1982 Marc Davis
 * 1983 Alan Dressler
 * 1984 Marc Aaronson, Jeremy Mould
 * 1985 Richard G. Kron
 * 1986 Reinhard Genzel
 * 1987 Donald E. Winget
 * 1988 Sallie L. Baliunas
 * 1989 Harriet Dinerstein
 * 1990 Kristen Sellgren
 * 1991 Kenneth G. Libbrecht
 * 1992 Alexei Filippenko
 * 1993 Arlin P.S. Crotts
 * 1994 No award
 * 1995 Andrew McWilliam
 * 1996 Michael Strauss
 * 1997 Alyssa A. Goodman
 * 1998 Andrea Ghez
 * 1999 Dennis F. Zaritsky
 * 2000 Kirpal Nandra
 * 2001 Kenneth R. Sembach
 * 2002 Amy Barger
 * 2003 Xiaohui Fan
 * 2004 Niel Brandt
 * 2005 Andrew Blain
 * 2006 Bryan Gaensler
 * 2007 No award
 * 2008 Lisa Kewley
 * 2009 Joshua Bloom
 * 2010 Tommaso Treu
 * 2011 Gaspar Bakos
 * 2012 John A. Johnson
 * 2013 Jason Kalirai
 * 2014 Nadia L. Zakamska
 * 2015 Heather A. Knutson
 * 2016 Karin Öberg
 * 2017 Evan Kirby
 * 2018 Caitlin Casey
 * 2019 Daniel R. Weisz
 * 2020 Emily Levesque
 * 2021 Courtney Dressing
 * 2022 Erin Kara
 * 2023 Renee Ludlam