May 26, 2021
Prof. Daniel Fabrycky received a Faculty Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching and Mentorship
It’s common for scientists to hold weekly meetings with the members of their own laboratory. But from the first days of his teaching, Assoc. Prof. Dan Fabrycky wanted to make sure his graduate students experienced a wide range of perspectives. To him, the most important weekly meeting is a joint meeting of the half-dozen professors and their groups who study exoplanets—the planets orbiting distant stars in other systems—rather than a narrowly focused group meeting.