TAP Graduate Student Receives 2025 College of Science Service Award

Anna Taylor, Graduate Student in Planetary Sciences Receives 2025 College of Science Service Award

Research Interests:  Anna Taylor studies atmospheric escape on exoplanets – the process where intense starlight heats a planet’s atmosphere, causing gases to escape into space.  This is especially common on gas giants that orbit close to their stars.  By modeling this escape and comparing it to telescope observations, she aims to understand how planets evolve and what their atmospheres reveal about their history and potential habitability. 

Service Positions and Awards:

• 2024-present:  STAR Labs Mentor
• 2023-present:  Arizona Science Center Volunteer and Grils Who STEM Mentor
• Student ambassador to LPL public outreach events
• Served on panels at CUWiP conferences
• Outreach to elementary and high school students
• Delivered career talks to the Women in Physics club

2023 Rodney I. McCormic Award for excellence in physics research