William Schopf
Professor Emeritus & Distinguished Research Professor
310-825-1170
schopf@epss.ucla.edu
5687B Geology
PhD Harvard University, 1968
Awards
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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
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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
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American Academy of Achievement, Gold Plate Award
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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