The George W. Greenlees Scholarship was established by a gift from Patricia Greenlees in memory of her husband George. Professor Greenlees was a nuclear physicist and a member of the faculty from 1964 to 1993. The scholarship is intended for physics majors with financial need.
Megan Avril: "I’ve been working with the multi-messenger astronomy group since January 2024. My current project uses gravitational wave data to put tighter constraints around the Hubble constant, which is the rate at which the universe is expanding. "
2023 Recipients
Petra Bibeau Petra is originally from Roseville, Minnesota and she is interested in quantum physics.
Petra Bibeau
2022
Megan Schoenzeit Megan is originally from Mound, Minnesota. She plans to use the award money/scholarship to help cover academic expenses. "I am in Professor Dahlberg's condensed matter lab."
