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David Jewitt

Distinguished Professor

310-825-2521
jewitt@epss.ucla.edu
3713 Geology

PhD  California Institute of Technology, 1983

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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

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  • Planetary Science

Membership in Academies and Socieities

  • American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • National Academy of Sciences

The Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences at UCLA acknowledges the Gabrielino/Tongva peoples as the traditional land caretakers of Tovaangar (the Los Angeles basin and So. Channel Islands). As a land grant institution, we pay our respects to the Honuukvetam (Ancestors), ‘Ahiihirom (Elders) and ‘Eyoohiinkem (our relatives/relations) past, present and emerging.

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