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List of Prizes, Awards, and Honors to EPSS Faculty, by Name

Vassilis Angelopoulos

  • Fulbright Fellow, 1986-1992
  • American Geophysical Union Fred Scarf Award, 1993
  • COSPAR Zeldovich Medal, 2000
  • American Geophysical Union Macelwane Medal, 2001
  • American Geophysical Union Fellow, 2001
  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration Group Achievement Award, 2008

Caroline Beghein

  • European Geophysical Union Outstanding Young Scientist Medal, 2005
  • UCLA Assistant Professor Career Development Award, 2009
  • IRIS/SSA Distinguished Lecturer, 2016

Peter Bird

  • Geological Society of America Fellow, 1989
  • American Geophysical Union Fellow, 1990

Fritz Busse

  • American Geophysical Union Fellow, 1982

Paul Davis

  • John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Guggenheim Fellow, 1995
  • American Geophysical Union Fellow, 1998

Mackenzie Day

  • Howard Reynolds Prize for excellence in geology: California Institute of Technology, 2011
  • National Science Foundation Gradate Research Fellowship: National Science Foundation, 2012
  • David Bruton Jr. Graduate Fellowship Award: University of Texas at Austin, Office of the Graduate Dean, 2013
  • Vargas Endowed Presidential Scholarship: University of Texas at Austin, Office of the President, 2013
  • NASA group achievement award, Mars Science Laboratory Team: NASA Headquarters, Science Mission Directorate, 2013, 2015
  • Vada and Walter Boyle Graduate Fellowship in Petroleum Geology: University of Texas at Austin, Jackson School of Geosciences, 2015
  • Laura Thomson Barrow Graduate Fellowship: University of Texas at Austin, Jackson School of Geosciences, 2016

Clarence Hall

  • Geological Society of America Fellow
  • UCLA Dickson Emeritus Professorship Award, 2008

Mark Harrison

  • First Prize, Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Thesis Competition, 1977
  • Presidential Young Investigator Award, National Science Foundation, 1985
  • American Geophysical Union Bowen Award, 1995
  • Department of Energy Outstanding Contributions in Geoscience Research Award, 1996
  • American Geophysical Union Fellow, 1996
  • Highly Cited Researcher, Institute for Scientific Information, 2002
  • Fellow, Australian Academy of Science, 2005
  • Fellow, Geochemical Society and European Association of Geochemistry, 2007
  • Fellow, Geological Society of Australia, 2007
  • American Geophysical Union, VGP Section Daly Lecturer, 2009
  • Arthur L. Day Medal, Geological Society of America, 2009
  • Life Fellow, Geological Society of America, 2010
  • National Academy of Sciences Member, 2011
  • Einstein Professorship, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2013

Ray Ingersoll

  • Geological Society of America Fellow, 1980
  • Excellence of Oral Presentation Award, 1991
  • AAPG Bulletin Citation of Excellence, 2001
  • Distinguished Educator Award, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Pacific Section, 2004
  • Laurence L. Sloss Award for Sedimentary Geology, Geological Society of America, Sedimentary Geology Division, 2009
  • Lifetime Honorary Membership, Pacific Section, 2011
  • A. Eugene Fritsche Lifetime Achievement award from the Pacific Section of the Society for Sedimentary Geology, 2017

Dave Jackson

  • American Geophysical Union Fellow, 1993

David Jewitt

  • International Astronomical Union Asteroid (6434) Jewitt
  • Regent's Medal, University of Hawaii, 1994
  • Scientist of the Year, ARCS, 1996
  • Exceptional Scientific Achievement Award, NASA, 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

Ian Kaplan

  • American Institute of Chemists Fellow, 1971
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow, 1986
  • Geological Society of America Fellow, 1986
  • American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Environmental Geosciences Division President's Award, 2002

Abby Kavner

  • COMPRES Lecturer, 2011

Margaret Kivelson

  • American Geophysical Union Fellow, 1992
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow, 1992
  • American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellow, 1998
  • National Academy of Sciences Member, 1999
  • American Physical Society Fellow, 2001
  • Alfven Medal of the European Geophysical Union, 2005
  • Fleming Medal of the American Geophysical Union, 2005
  • American Philosophical Society, 2005
  • Kuiper Prize of the American Astronomical Society, 2017
  • Jean-Dominique Cassini Medal of the European Geosciences Union, 2019
  • Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2019

Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni

  • NSF Earth Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, 1995-1997
  • Carnegie Institution of Washington, Research Fellowship, 1997-1998
  • David and Lucile Packard Foundation Fellowship for Science and Engineering, 2000-2005
  • Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship in Physics, 2001-2003
  • Who’s Who in Science Higher Education, 2004
  • Elizabeth Crosby Research Award, 2004
  • American Geophysical Union Francis Birch Lecturer, 2018

Craig Manning

  • Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Fellowship, 2007
  • American Geophysical Union Fellow, 2011
  • Mineralogical Society of America Fellow, 2002
  • Helmholtz International Fellow, 2013
  • Norman L. Bowen Award of the American Geophysical Union, 2017
  • Fellow of the Geochemical Society, 2017
  • Fellow of the European Association of Geochemistry, 2017

Jean-Luc Margot

  • European Union Erasmus Fellow, Technical University of Denmark, 1993
  • O.K. Earl Prize Fellow in Planetary Science, Caltech, 2001
  • International Astronomical Union Asteroid (9531) Jean-Luc, 2001
  • Urey Prize of the American Astronomical Society, 2004
  • William E. and Elva F. Gordon Distinguished Lectureship, 2013
  • NASA Group Achievement Award, 2018
  • Knight of the Order of the Crown (Belgium), 2018

Kevin McKeegan

  • Roger Chaffee Astronaut Fellow, Washington University, 1980-1983
  • Cosslett Award for Best Invited Paper, Microbean Analysis Society, 1991
  • Asteroid 5663 named McKeegan, International Astronomical Union, 2002
  • Fellow of Meteoritical Society, 2002
  • American Geophysical Union Fellow, 2010
  • Fellow of Geochemical Society, 2012
  • J. Lawrence Smith Medal of the US National Academy of Sciences, 2018

Robert McPherron

  • American Geophysical Union Fellow, 1995

Jonathan W.M. Mitchell

  • Keck Foundation Fellow, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, 2002-2009
  • Hellman Fellow (2012-2013)

Seulgi Moon

  • NSF Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) Award, 2019
  • UCLA Faculty Career Development Award, 2018
  • Postdoctoral Scholars Mentoring Awards Nominee, University of California, Los Angeles, 2018
  • Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship for postdoctoral researchers, 2013 (declined)
  • Gabilan Stanford Graduate Fellowship, Stanford University, 2008-2011
  • High Academic Achievement Award, Seoul National University, 2003-2004

William Newman

  • John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Guggenheim Fellow, 1988
  • Yuval Ne'eman Distinguished Lectureship at Tel Aviv University, 2012

David Paige

  • NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal, 2013

Gilles Peltzer

  • NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal, 1997
  • NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal, 2002
  • American Geophysical Union Bowie Lecturer, 2002
  • American Geophysical Union Fellow, 2009

John Rosenfeld

  • Geological Society of America Fellow
  • Guggenheim Fellow

Bruce Runnegar

  • SEPM Award for the Outstanding Paper in theJournal Paleontology, 1974
  • Inaugural Mawson Lecture and Medal, Australian Academy of Science, 1981
  • Australian Academy of Sciences Mawson Lecturer, 1981
  • Personal Chair in Geology, University of England, 1985
  • Groupe Francais d'Etude du Gondwana Membre d'Honneur, 1986
  • Australian Academy of Science Fellow, 1987
  • Honorary Research Professor of the Universtiy of St. Andrews in Scotland, 1993
  • Sloan Fellow in Molecular Evolution, 1994
  • Geological Society of America Fellow, 1998
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow, 1999
  • California Academy of Sciences Fellow, 2004
  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration Group Achievement Award, 2009
  • Paleontological Association Lapworth Medal, 2009
  • Paleontological Society Fellow, 2010
  • Paleontological Society Medal, 2010

Chris Russell

  • American Geophysical Union Macelwane Award, 1977
  • American Geophysical Union Fellow, 1977
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow, 1981
  • Royal Astronomical Society Harold Jeffreys Lecturer, 1987
  • Royal Astronomical Society Associate, 1992
  • International Academy of Astronautics Full Member, 2000
  • Committee on Space Research Space Science Award, 2002
  • Highly Cited Researcher, Institute for Scientific Information, 2002
  • National Academy of Sciences National Associate, 2002
  • Space Science Award from COSPAR, 2002
  • American Geophysical Union Fleming Medal, 2003
  • International Astronomical Union Asteroid (21459) Chrisrussell, 2008
  • NASA Exceptional Scientific Service Award, 2013
  • NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal, 2017

Edwin Schauble

  • University of Chicago National Merit Scholarship, 1990-1994
  • University of Chicago Geophysical Sciences Department Honors, 1994
  • Caltech Special Institute Fellowship, 1995-1996
  • American Geophysical Union Outstanding Student Paper Award in Biogeochemistry, 2000
  • Richard H. Jahns Graduate Student Teaching Award, 2001-2002
  • Sam and Diane Epstein Fellowship in Geochemistry, 2001-2002
  • Chemical Geology Member of the Editorial Board, 2008-2010
  • American Geophysical Union Hisashi Kuno Award, 2009
  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Associate Editor, 2009
  • Geochemical Society Member of the Board of Directors, 2011

Hilke Schlichting

  • Hubble Fellowship, NASA, 2010
  • Chancellor's Award for Exceptional Accomplishments in Postdoctoral Research, UCLA, 2012
  • Elected Member of the Elisabeth Schiemann Kolleg, Max Planck Society, 2014
  • International Astronomical Union Asteroid (9522) Schlichting, 2014
  • Kavli Frontiers of Science Fellow, U.S. National Academy of Sciences, 2015

Bill Schopf

  • Botanical Society of America: New York Botanical Garden Award, 1966
  • Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists: Outstanding Paper Award Journal of Paleontology, 1968
  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration: Group Achievement Award, 1969
  • Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists: Outstanding Paper Award, Journal of Paleontology, 1971
  • Guggenheim Fellow, 1973, 1989
  • Geological Society of America Fellow, 1973
  • Member of the American Philosophical Society
  • The Paleotological Society Charles Schuchert Award, 1974
  • UCLA Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Award, 1977
  • National Science Foundation Alan T. Waterman Award and Medal, 1977
  • NASA Special Recognition Award, 1979
  • American Academy of Achievement Golden Plate Awardand Medal, 1980
  • Association of American Publishers Professional & Scholarly Publishing Award, 1983
  • UCLA Academic Senate Faculty Research Lecturer, 1984
  • American Philosophical Society Member, 1985
  • National Academy of Sciences Mary Clark Thompson Medal 1986
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow, 1988
  • John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Guggenheim Fellow, 1989
  • International Society for the Study of the Origin of Life, Fellow, Oparin Medal, 1989
  • American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellow, 1990
  • UCLA Academic Senate Gold Shield Faculty Prize for Academic Excellence, 1992
  • Association of American Publishers Professional & Scholarly Publishing Award, 1992
  • Russian Academy of Sciences Honorary Foreign Member, 1995
  • International Society for the Study of the Origin of Life Fellow, 1996
  • Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Senior Humboldt Fellowship, 1997
  • NASA, Group Achievement Award, 1997
  • National Academy of Sciences Member, 1998
  • Phi Beta Kappa Society Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science, 1999
  • Linnean Society of London, Foreign Member, 1999
  • Fellow of American Academy of Microbiology
  • American Academy of Achievement, Gold Plate Award
  • Geobio-Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen: Member of the Scientific Curatorium, 2003
  • The Paleontological Society: Fellow, 2004
  • Botanical Society of America: Centennial Botanist Award, 2006
  • Horiba Jobin Yvon S.A.S.: Raman Imaging Competition Prize, 2006
  • University of Pretoria, South Africa Honorary Doctorate, 2011
  • Brazilian Center for Astrobiology: Member of International Scientific Steering Committee, 2011
  • Paleontological Society: Outstanding Paper Award: Journal of Paleontology, 2011
  • Paleontological Society Medal, Geological Society of America, 2012
  • National Academy of Sciences, Charles Doolittle Walcott Medal, 2013
  • Columbus Ohio North High School Hall of Fame, 2014

Gerald Schubert

  • American Geophysical Union Fellow, 1975
  • American Geophysical Union Macelwane Award, 1975
  • John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Guggenheim Fellow, 1989
  • American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellow, 2001
  • National Academy of Sciences Member, 2002
  • American Geophysical Union Harry H. Hess Medal, 2002
  • Fall meeting of the American Geophysical union, Birch Lecturer, 2002
  • ISI Highly cited Researcher, 2003
  • Institute of Physics Fellow, 2004
  • American Geophysical Union planetary Sciences Section President, 2004-2006
  • Kobe International School of Planetary Sciences Invited Lecturer, 2004
  • Geophysics Section of the National Academy of Sciences Chair, 2008
  • Academia Europaea Foreign Member, 2009
  • Tel Aviv University Sackler Lecturer, 2009-2010

Lars Stixrude

  • Achievement Rewards for California Scientists (A.R.C.S. Foundation) Award, 1989
  • Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Fellowship, 1993
  • Sigma Xi Junior Faculty Award, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1995
  • Fellow, American Geophysical Union, 1998
  • James B. Macelwane Medal, American Geophysical Union, 1998
  • Fellow, Mineralogical Society of America, 2002
  • Visiting Miller Professorship, Miller Institute, UC Berkeley, 2005
  • Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2006
  • Cozzarelli Prize, U.S. National Academy of Sciences, 2009
  • Member, Academia Europaea, 2012

Aradhna Tripati

  • University Early Entrance Program, 1992-1994
  • UC Regents Fellowship, 1996-1997
  • Gates Millennium Scholarship, 2000-2002
  • Schlanger Ocean Drilling Program Graduate Fellowship, 2000
  • Gretchen L. Blechschmidt Award from Geological Society of America, 2000
  • Marshall Sherfield Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2002-2003
  • Wolfson College Visiting Fellowship, Univ. Cambridge, 2002-2004
  • Comer Abrupt Climate Change Fellowship, 2003-2005
  • Thomas Nevile Fellowship in Natural Sciences, Magdalene College, University of Cambridge, 2006-2010
  • UK National Environmental Research Council (NERC) Fellowship, 2006-2010
  • NSF ADVANCE Award Lecture, Univ. Ariz., 2009
  • Hellman Fellowship, 2012-2013
  • UCLA Career Development Award, 2012
  • Center for Biological Diversity E. O. Wilson Award for Outstanding Science, 2014
  • National Academy of Sciences Kavli Fellow, 2015
  • Visiting International Research Chair in Stable Isotope Geochemistry and Paleoceanography, University of Western Brittany, 2015-2018
  • Presidential Early Career Award for Science and Engineering (PECASE), 2017
  • Randolph W. "Bill" and Cecile T. Bromery Award for Minorities from the Geological Society of America, 2017
  • Geological Society of America Fellow, 2018
  • UCLA Academic Senate Award for Career Commitment to Diversity, 2020
  • Fellow of the Geochemical Society, 2021
  • Fellow of the European Society of Geochemistry, 2021
  • Fellow of the California Academy of Sciences, 2021
  • American Geophysical Union, Willi Dansgaard Award, 2021
  • American Geophysical Union, Ambassador Award, 2021
  • Fellow of the American Geophysical Union, 2021

Marco Velli

  • American Geophysical Union Fellow, 2014

Ray Walker

  • American Geophysical Union Edward A. Flinn III Award, 1996

John Wasson

  • John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Guggenheim Fellow, 1971
  • Asteroid 4783 named Wasson by E. and C. Shoemaker, 1991
  • Meteoritical Society Leonard Medal, 1992
  • Corresponding Member of the Danish Academy of Sciences, 1993
  • American Geophysical Union Fellow, 1994
  • Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters Foreign Member, 1994
  • Japan Society Promotion Science Fellow, 2000
  • Geochemical Society Fellow, 2002
  • J. Lawrence Smith Medal, U.S. National Academy of Sciences, 2003
  • American Geophysical Union Whipple Award, 2005

An Yin

  • Geological Society of America Donath Medal, 1994
  • Geological Society of America Fellow, 1994
  • Guest Professor at the Institute of Geomechanics at the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, 1996
  • Guest Professor at the School of Earth and Space Sciences in Beijing University China, 2005-2007
  • American Geophysical Union Fellow, 2013

Ed Young

  • Fellow of the Geochemical Society, 2016
  • Fellow of the European Association of Geochemistry, 2016