Regents’ Medal for Excellence in Research
Research Medal Award Winner
R. Brent Tully
Astronomy
An astronomer at UH Manoa’s Institute for Astronomy, R. Brent Tully has brought tremendous scientific recognition to the university and state, due to his distinguished career in the field of observational cosmology.
Tully is one of a dozen individuals currently at the university to be recognized as a High Cited Researcher, based on the impact of his work assessed by the Web of Science.
His development of the “Tully-Fisher” relation is now universally recognized as the most powerful and precise measure of distances on cosmological scales. Tully’s development of informative programs for TV, museums and planetariums, including the PBS Nova series The Runaway Universe, has helped the public to better understand the universe around them.
The Regents’ Medal for Excellence in Research is awarded by the Board of Regents in recognition of scholarly contributions that expand the boundaries of knowledge and enrich the lives of students and the community. The board also awards the Regents’ Medal for Excellence in Teaching.
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