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Montana State University solar physicist, Charles Kankelborg receives White House award

December 22, 2008 /

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Charles Kankelborg, a solar physicist at Montana State University, has received the highest award the United States government gives to outstanding scientists and engineers beginning their careers.

John H. Marburger III, Science Advisor to the President and Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology, presented the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers to Kankelborg and 66 other recipients in a Dec. 19 ceremony at the Old Executive Building on White House grounds. Kankelborg, 41, was honored for developing novel solar instruments and mentoring undergraduate and graduate students.

By Evelyn Boswell, MSU News Service

Full Story: http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwview.php?article=6656