Alan Marscher

Alan Marscher (Grad ’74, Grad ’77) received the 2014 Metcalf Award for Excellence in Teaching from Boston University. Students, alumni and fellow faculty nominated him for the award. An astronomy professor, he teaches a variety of courses, including core curriculum and cosmology courses for non-science majors. Mr. Marscher’s research explores high-energy astrophysics and the nature of extragalactic phenomena such as black holes and exploding stars.