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Associate Professor of Physics Elliott Horch
Recent Accolades: Received the Connecticut State University System’s (CSUS) Norton Mezvinsky Trustees Research Award — presented annually to a faculty member who teaches at one of the four CSUS campuses and conducts research of exceptional promise.
Area of Expertise: Highly regarded in the field of astronomy for his optics research. B.A., University of Chicago; M.S., Yale University; Ph.D., Stanford University.
Seeing Stars: Developed a cuttingedge telescopic attachment that enables astronomers to see images of distant stars with a crispness that is up to 20 times better than ever before. This Differential Speckle Survey Instrument is located at the Kitt Peak National Observatory in Tucson, Ariz.
Other honors: Platinum recipient of the 2009 Connecticut Quality Improvement Award Innovation Prize.
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