Hyater-Adams is a researcher in physics education. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in physics from Hampton University and spent a year and a half as a researcher at NASA. Her advisors are Noah Finkelstein, CU Boulder professor of physics, and Kathleen Hinko, assistant professor of physics and astronomy at Michigan State University.
The award was established in 2015 by the Four Corners Section to encourage graduate-level physics study and to honor the memory of Harry Lustig, remembered for his academic achievements as physics professor, provost and vice president for academic affairs at City College of New York.
