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William Schopf
Distinguished Professor
310-825-1170
schopf@epss.ucla.edu
5687B Geology
PhD Harvard University, 1968
Awards
Botanical Society of America: New York Botanical Garden Award
1996
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 Award and Medal
1980
Association of American Publishers Professional and Scholarly Excellence; 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
1992
Association of American Publishers Professional and Scholarly Excellence; 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
Member of the National Academy of Sciences
1998
Phi Beta Kappa Society Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science
1999
Linnean Society of London, Foreign
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
Research Areas
Geobiology
Membership in Academies and Societies
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
American Philosophical Society
Geological Society of America
Guggenheim Fellowship
National Academy of Sciences