Distinguished Professor
Contact
- Emailjewitt@epss.ucla.edu
- Phone310-825-2521
- Office3713 Geology
Education
- PhD, California Institute of Technology, 1983
Awards
- Regents’ Medal for Excellence in Research, University of Hawaii, 1994
- Scientist of the Year, ARCS, 1996
- Fellow of University College London, 1998
- Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2005
- Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2005
- Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 2005
- Honorary Professor, National Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2006
- Adjunct Professor, National Central University, 2007
- Shaw Prize in Astronomy, 2012
- Kavli Prize in Astrophysics, 2012
- Norwegian Academy of Sciences and Letters, Foreign Member, 2012
- International Astronomical Union Asteroid (6434) Jewitt
- Exceptional Scientific Achievement Award, NASA, 1996
- Doctor of Science (honoris causa), Macau University of Science and Technology, 2024
- Prix Jules Janssen, Société astronomique de France, 2026