Awards and Press Releases

I am grateful that my accomplishments have been recognised on several occasions.

6. August 2023 - Attendance at the 2023 Fluid Dynamics Astrophysics Summer School at the Center for Computational Astrophysics at the Flatiron Institute in Manhattan, New York, NY. Attendance sponsored by the Simons Foundation.

Click here to see the schedule of the two-week summer school.

5. May 2023 - The Community Office of the Athena X-ray Observatory issued a Press Release about Athena’s projected bounds on light ALPs.

Click here to see the Press Release, based on Sisk-Reynes et al. (2023), ApJ, 591, 1.

4. October 2022 - I was awarded the 2022 Paul Murdin Prize by the Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, for best published student paper.

Click here to see the Departmental announcement.

Award received in recognition of Sisk-Reynes et al. (2022), MNRAS, 510, 1.

3. June 2022 - The Press Office of the Chandra X-ray Observatory issued a Press Release about the evidence for a high-mass SMBH spinning at moderate rates.

Click here to see the Press Release and here to see the Invited Guest Blog Post, both based on Sisk-Reynes et al. (2022), MNRAS, 514, 2.

2. October 2020 - Fully funded studentship awarded by the Science and Technologies Facilities Council, UKRI.

Funding to pursue a Ph.D. in Astronomy at the Institute of Astronomy at the University of Cambridge.

1. July 2020 - Stellify Award from The University of Manchester upon graduation from my MPhys (Hons) Physics.

Received in recognition of extracurricular contributions made in the areas of Ethical Grand Challenges, Volunteering and Leadership from 2016 to 2020.