Professor Emeritus & Distinguished Research Professor
Contact
- Emailschopf@epss.ucla.edu
- Phone310-825-1170
- Office5687B Geology
Education
- 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