Taft E. Armandroff

Taft E. Armandroff is an American astronomer, currently director of McDonald Observatory, a professor and the Frank and Susan Bash Endowed Chair, at the University of Texas at Austin. He is Chair of the Giant Magellan Telescope Board of Directors.

Education

He received a B.A. in Astronomy from Wesleyan University in 1982; an M.S. in Astronomy from Yale University in 1984; an M. Phil. in Astronomy from Yale University in 1985; and a Ph.D. in Astronomy from Yale University in 1988.

Awards

His awards and honors include: Sturm Memorial Lecturer, Wesleyan University ; Distinguished Alumnus Award, Wesleyan University ; AURA Science Award, ; Dirk Brouwer Prize for a Contribution of Unusual Merit to Astronomy, Yale University ; Littell Prize in Astronomy, Wesleyan University.