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