2022 Awards
AAAS Fellows
- Alistair Rogers, Brookhaven National Laboratory
- Peter E. Thornton, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
2021 Awards
AAAS Fellows
- Zoe G. Cardon, Marine Biological Laboratory
- Bruce A. Hungate, Northern Arizona University
- Julie Jastrow, Argonne National Laboratory
- Mircea Podar, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
W. S. Cooper Award
Peter Reich, University of Minnesota
AGU Fellow
Whendee Silver, University of California, Berkeley
2020 Awards
Sergei Wilde Early Career Achievement Award
Thea Whitman, University of Wisconsin
AAAS Fellows
- Jeffrey Dukes, Purdue University
- Forrest Hoffman, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
ESA Distinguished Service Citation
- Anthony Janetos, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
ESA Fellows
- Aimee Classen, University of Michigan
- Jennifer Powers, University of Minnesota
- Knute Nadelhoffer, University of Michigan
AGU Jacob Bjerknes Lecture
- L. Ruby Leung, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
James B. Macelwane Medal
- Kelly Wrighton, Colorado State University
Thomas Hilker Early Career Award
- Kelly Wrighton, Colorado State University
AGU Fellow
- Paul Hanson, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Darcy Lecturer
Reed Maxwell, Colorado School of Mines
2020 Fulbright U.S. Scholar, University of Salzburg, Austria
Isaac Larsen, University of Massachusetts Amherst
2020 Helmholtz International Fellow
Kate Maher, Stanford University
2020 Forbes “30 Under 30”
Fadji Main, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
2020 H.C. Urey Award, European Association of Geochemistry
Jillian F. Banfield, University of California, Berkeley
Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology
Mircea Podar, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
National Academy of Engineering
Susan Hubbard, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Fellow of the Geochemical Society
Baohua Gu, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
2019 Awards
ESA Fellow
- Bruce Hungate, Northern Arizona University
- Scott Saleska, University of Arizona
AAM Fellow
Joel Kostka, Georgia Institute of Technology
AMS Fellow
David Gochis, Penn State University
Penn State Engineering Alumni Society Outstanding Research Award
Li Li, Penn State University
2019 Robert G. Wetzel Award for Water Quality
Susan Hubbard, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
AAAS Fellow
Amy Wolfe, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
AGU Fellows
- Thomas S. Bianchi, University of Florida
- Reed Maxwell, Colorado School of Mines
- Carl Steefel, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Jayne Belnap, USGS
- Eric Davidson, University of Maryland
- Ted Schuur, Northern Arizona University
Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)
Kelly Wrighton, Colorado State University
Foreign Members of the Royal Society
- Inez Fung, University of California, Berkeley
- Jack Dongarra, University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Brian Staskawicz, University of California, Berkeley
Fellows of the Royal Society
- M. Head-Gordon, University of California, Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- G. Scholes, Princeton University
Elected Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
and
Alameda County Women’s Hall of Fame Award
S.S. Hubbard, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Nevada System of Higher Education Regents’ Rising Researcher Award
Y. Yang, University of Nevada, Reno
Emerging Investigator, Environmental Science: Nano (Royal Society of Chemistry)
Y. Yang, University of Nevada, Reno
ASA/CSSA/SSSA-National Institute of Food and Agriculture Fellow
Y. Yang, University of Nevada, Reno
Outstanding Associate Editor: Journal of Environmental Quality
Y. Yang, University of Nevada, Reno
2018 Awards
NAS New Voices in Science, Engineering, and Medicine
Colleen Iversen, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Charles S. Falkenberg Award
Rebecca Neumann, University of Washington
ESA Fellows
- Zoe Cardon, Marine Biological Laboratory
- Jeff Dukes, Purdue University
- Yiqi Luo, Northern Arizona University
Gene Likens Award
- Debhani Sihi, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Editor-in-Chief, GCA Journal
Jeffrey Catalano, Washington University in St. Louis
Fellow of the Royal Society
J.F. Banfield, University of California, Berkeley
Microbiology Society Prize
J.F. Banfield, University of California, Berkeley
Woodrow Wilson Foundation Teaching Fellow
M. Berkelhammer, University of Illinois at Chicago
Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal of the American Meteorology Society
I. Fung, University of California, Berkeley
AAAS Fellow
G. Karniadakis, Brown University
2017 Awards
AAAS Fellow
Baohua Gu, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
National Academy of Engineering Fellow
Ruby Leung, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
ESA Early Career Fellow
- Colleen M. Iversen, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Deborah Neher Career Award (Soil Ecology Section)
- Jayne Belnap, USGS
ESA Fellow
- David Eissenstat, Penn State University
- Peter Reich, University of Minnesota
- Russell Monson, University of Arizona
- Melinda Smith, Colorado State University
Penn State Commission for Women Achieving Women Award
Li Li, Penn State University
V. M. Goldschmidt Award
J. Banfield, University of California, Berkeley
Discover Magazine – Top 100 Stories
J. Banfield, University of California, Berkeley
Geochemical Fellow, Geochemical Society
- S. Fendorf, Stanford University
- J. Davis, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- P. Santschi, Texas A&M University
European Association of Geochemistry
- S. Fendorf, Stanford University
- J. Davis, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- P. Santschi, Texas A&M University
California Academy of Sciences Fellow
I. Fung, University of California, Berkeley
Corporate Fellow
- B. Gu, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
ORNL Director’s Award for Individual Achievement (Joint Faculty)
- J. Smith, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Global Environmental Change Early Career Award
- Elliot Campbell, University of California, Santa Cruz
- Pierre Gentine, Columbia University
Excellence in Earth and Space Science Education Award
- James Ehleringer, University of Utah
AGU Fellow
- Alan Knapp, Colorado State University
- Richard Norby, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Margaret Torn, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- S. Hubbard, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
R&D 100 Awards
- J.D. Moulton, Los Alamos National Laboratory
- S. Painter, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- C.I. Steefel, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
2016 Awards
AGU Fellow
- Mary Firestone, University of California, Berkeley
- Michael Goulden, University of California, Irvine
- Yigi Luo, Northern Arizona University
AGU Charles S. Falkenberg Award
- Ben Preston, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
ESA Commitment to Human Diversity in Ecology Award
- Frank Day, Old Dominion University
ESA Early Career Fellow
- Sasha Reed, USGS
ESA Fellow
- James Ehleringer, University of Utah
- Alan Knapp, Colorado State University
- Richard Norby, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Whendee Silver, University of California, Berkeley
SEG Outstanding Educator Award
E. Atekwana, Oklahoma State University
Inaugural Editor-in-Chief of ACS Earth and Space Chemistry
J. Blum, University of Michigan
Mineralogical Association of Canada Peacock Medal
P. Burns, University of Notre Dame
GSA Fellow
B. Gu, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
AAAS Fellow
- Melanie Mayes, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- B. Gu, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Harold B. Mooney Award
Society of Exploration Geophysicists
S. Hubbard, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
R&D 100 Award
T. Johnson, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
ACS Garvan-Olin Medal
A. Kersting, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
AAM Fellows
F. Loeffler, Oak Ridge National Laboratory / University of Tennessee
Berkeley Lab Director Award for Early Career Scientific Achievement
H. Wainwright, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Director, Glenn T. Seaborg Institute
M. Zavarin, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
2015 Awards
ESA Fellow
- Jayne Belnap, USGS
- Evan DeLucia, University of Illinois
- Pat Megonigal, Smithsonian Institution
- Anthony Janetos, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Australian Academy of Science–Corresponding Member
J. Banfield, University of California-Berkeley
AAAS Fellow
- Melanie Mayes, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- T. Barkay, Rutgers University
AGU James B. Macelwane Medal
- K. Maher, Stanford University
AGU Fellow
- Jeffrey Chanton, Florida State University
- Ralph Keeling, Scripps Institute
AGU Hydrologic Sciences Young Investigator Award
- Stephano Manzoni, Duke University / Stockholm University
ASCE Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Prize
M. Ye, University of Central Florida
2014 Awards
Researcher of the Year
B. Gu, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Environmental Science & Technology Excellence in Reviews
B. Gu, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
D. Kaplan, Savannah River National Laboratory
Stanley I. Auerbach Award, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
A. Johs, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds
D. Lovley, University of Massachusetts
AAAS Fellows
D. Lovley, University of Massachusetts
SC Governor’s Young Scientist Award
B. Powell, Clemson University
Subaru Outstanding Women in Science
A. Riscassi, University of Virginia
AGU Fellow
- Peter Santschi, Texas A&M University
- Beverly Law, Oregon State University
EPA SAB – Environmental Engineering Committee
- M. Scherer, University of Iowa
- C. Werth, University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign
SEC Faculty Achievement Award
J. Wall, University of Missouri
Darcy Lecturer
D. Wildenschild, Oregon State University
DOE Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award 2014 winner
J. Zhou, University of Oklahoma
2013 Awards
AGU Fellow
Russell Monson, University of Arizona
2013 C.C. Patterson Award
J. Blum, University of Michigan
Swiss Society of Mineralogy and Petrology Paul Niggli Medal
B. Dafflon, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
EnvironMetal Isotopes – Best Junior Scientist Presentation
J. Druhan, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Soil Science Society of America’s Research Award
S. Fendorf, Stanford University
Outstanding Post-Doctoral Mentoring Award, Stanford University
S. Fendorf, Stanford University
ES&T Associate Editor
D. Giammar, Washington University–St. Louis
AAAS Fellows
- T. Hazen, University of Tennessee
- B. Tebo, Oregon Health and Science University
GSA Fellow
M. Ye, Florida State University
2012 Awards
AGU Fellows
- J. Blum, University of Michigan
- P. Jaffe, Princeton University
- Amilcare Porporato, Duke University
AAAS Fellow
F. Geiger, Northwestern University
ESA Fellow
- Jerry Melillo, Marine Biological Laboratory
- William Schlesinger, Duke University
- Gus Shaver, Marine Biological Laboratory
2011 Awards
Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)
H. Hsu-Kim, Duke University
GSA Fellow
C. Liu, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
2010 Awards
Darcy Lecturer
T. Scheibe, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
2009 Awards
AGU Fellow
James Berry, Carnegie Institute
2008 Awards
AGU Fellow
James Ehleringer, University of Utah
Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)
A. Tartakovsky, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
2006 Awards
DOE Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award 2006 winner
J. Zachara, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
1996 Awards
AGU Fellow
Inez Fung, University of California, Berkeley
1982 Awards
AGU Fellow
Steven Wofsy, Harvard University