Congratulations to Christian O'Brien for winning the 2022-2023 ISGC scholarship! Christian will use his fellowship to study the properties and nearby surroundings of the stellar merger remnant TYC 2597-735-1 (the "Blue Ring Nebula" host star) using data taken with the NIRSPEC instrument at the W.M. Keck Observatory.

The announcement of Christian's achievement, as well as those of five other UI Physics & Astronomy students, is detailed here: https://physics.uiowa.edu/news/2022/08/ui-physics-and-astronomy-students-awarded-isgc-research-scholarships