Student and Faculty Awards
View awards earned by students and faculty in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences below, view earlier award archives, and view student research award descriptions.
Faculty Research Awards
▹ Fellowships in National and International Professional Societies
J. Lynch-Stieglitz, Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2015
P. Wine, Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2015
P. Wine, Fellow, International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), 2014
J. Dufek, Fellow, American Geophysical Union, 2012
▹ Young Investigator and Early Career Awards
S. Ng, NSF CAREER Award, 2016
S. Ng, Health Effects Institute Walter A. Rosenblith New Investigator Award, 2014
S. Ng, Early Career Award, Environmental Protection Agency, 2013
Y. Tang, Petroleum Research Fund Young Investigator Award, 2013
B. Schmidt, NAWA Early Career Fellow, 2012
J. Dufek, NSF Career Award, 2011
Z. Peng, NSF Career Award, 2010
▹ Awards from Professional Societies or National/Intl Agencies
R. Black, Overall Winner of WxChallenge. Rob is the first person in the history of WxChallenge (since 2006) to be the cumulative top forecaster more than once; 1st Runner-Up among Faculty and Staff for Sandberg, CA; Faculty and Staff Top Forecaster for Durango, CO, 2016
V. Toma, WxChallenge 1st Runner-Up among all forecasters for Fort Wayne, IN, 2016
C. Huber, American Geophysical Union's Kuno Award, 2015
C. Reinhard, Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship, 2015
R. Weber, AGU Ascent Award, 2015
P. Webster, invited to Halley Lectures, 2015
P. Webster, AGU International Award, 2015
J. Dufek, Kavli Frontiers of Science Fellow, National Academy of Sciences, 2014
K. Ferrier, Canadian Institute for Advanced research, Global Scholar, 2013
J. Wray, NASA Group Achievement Award: MSL SAM Science Team, 2013
Z. Peng, Kavli Frontiers of Science Fellow, National Academy of Sciences, 2013
P. Webster, Mason Gold Medal, Royal Meteorological Society, 2012
P. Webster, Mason Award, Royal Meteorological Society, 2012
J. Wray, NASA Group Achievement Award: HiRISE Science Team, 2011
▹ Recognition from Georgia Tech (or other home institution)
D. Hartley, Outstanding Undergraduate Academic Advising Award, 2016
S. Ng, Sigma Xi Young Faculty Award, 2016
P. Webster, Sigma Xi Sustained Research Award, 2016
J. Kostka, 2014 College of Sciences Faculty Mentor Award, 2015
A. Nenes, Faces of Inclusive Excellence, 2015
A. Nenes, Faces of Inclusive Excellence, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015
J. Wray, Sigma Xi Young Faculty, 2015
K. Cobb, Sigma Xi Best Faculty Paper Award, 2013
J. Kostka, Georgia Power Professor of Excellence, 2013
S. Liu, Georgia Power Professor of Excellence, 2013
J. Dufek, College of Science Blanchard-Millikan Faculty Fellowship, 2012
D. Hartley, COS Faculty Mentor Award, 2012
A. Nenes, Outstanding Faculty Research Author Award, 2012
J. Curry, Graetziner Moving School Forward Award, 2011
S. Simon, Heinrich Bussing Award for Excellence as a Junior Scientist (University of Braunschweig, Germany), 2010
M. Zuluaga, Sigma Xi Best M.S. Thesis Award, 2010
▹ EAS Awards
S. Wilson, Judith Curry Award, 2021
Z. Handlos, Judith Curry Award, 2020
M. Grantham, Judith Curry Award, 2019
A. Bracco, Judith Curry Award, 2018
J. Glass, Judith Curry Award, 2016
K. Cobb, Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor, 2010
G. Huey, Outstanding Achievement in Research Innovation, 2010
Z. Peng, Young Faculty Award, 2010
M. Taillefert, Oustanding Faculty Leadership for the Development of Graduate Research Assistants, 2010
Y. Wang, Outstanding Achievement in Research Program Development, 2010
R. Weber, Outstanding Faculty Research Author, 2010
▹ Editorships
R. Black, Editorial Board, Journal of Climate
Y. Deng, Associate Editor, Journal of Climate
J. Lynch-Stieglitz, Associate Editor, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
J. Lynch-Stieglitz, Editorial Board, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
J. Lynch-Stieglitz, Associate Editor, Paleoceanography
J. Lynch-Stieglitz, Editor, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
A. Nenes, Editor, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
A. Newman, Guest Editor Special Issue, J. Volcanology and Geothermal Research
Z. Peng, Editor in Chief of Seismological Research Letters, 2013
I. Sokolik, Invited Editor, Special issue on SAMUM in Tellus
I. Sokolik, Invited Editor, Special issue on NEESPI in J. Global and Environmental Change
M. Taillefert, Associate Editor, Geochemical Transactions
P. Wine, Senior Editor, Journal of Physical Chemistry
P. Wine, Editorial Board, Advances in Physical Chemistry (online journal)
Graduate Student Awards
▹ 2021
Abigail Johnson, Glen Cass Award
Linghan Zeng, John Bradshaw Award
Louisa Barama, Graduate Student Service
Pan Liu, Research Excellence Award
Derrick Murekezi, Kurt Frankel Award
Kezhou "Melody" Lu, Douglas Davis Fellowship
▹ 2020
Fabrizio Falasca and Hannes Arnold, Research Excellence Award
Aoxing Zhang, Glen Cass Award
Annika Jersild, Graduate Student Service Award
Young Ro Lee, Doug Davis Fellowship
▹ 2019
Biao Wan, Research Excellence Award
Hannes Arnold, Best Paper Award
Taekyu Joo, Doug Davis Fellowship
Pan Liu, Glen Cass Award
Amanda Cavazos, John Bradshaw Award
Jacob Buffo, Kurt Frankel Award
Tiegan Hobbs, Special Recognition for Outstanding Service by an EAS Graduate Student
▹ 2018
Hudson Cross, Rutt Bridges Award
Alexandra Sitar, Rutt Bridges Award
Lily Sandler, Rutt Bridges Award
Yufei Zou, Glen Cass Award
Arnaldo Negron, John Bradshaw Award
Jacob Buffo, Research Excellence Award
Lucas Liuzzo, Best Paper Lucas Award
Justin Lawrence, Kurt Frankel Award
▹ 2017
Hongyuo Guo, Glen Cass Award
Tiegan Hobbs, Kurt Frankel Award
Ting Fang, John Bradshaw Award
▹ 2016
Jacob Buffo, NSF East Asia and Pacific Summer Institute (EAPSI) fellowships
Amanda Cavazos, 2nd place best talk award, 3rd Annual Southeastern Biogeochemistry Symposium
Emily Christ, 1st place PhD Student Paper Contest at the Cotton Agronomy and Physiology Conference
Tiegan Hobbs, NSERC PGS-D award (like Canadian NSF) Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada: Post Graduate Doctoral fellowship
Zefeng Li, Kurt Frankel Award
Amelia Longo, Glen Cass Award
Amelia Longo, Graduate Student Award in Environmental Chemistry from the American Chemical Society
George McDonald, Kavli Summer Astrophysics Fellow (2016)
Luju Ojha, Best Paper Award
Samantha Waters, Best Talk, 2nd Annual Postdoctoral Research Symposium at GaTech
Amy Williamson, NSF East Asia and Pacific Summer Institute (EAPSI) fellowships
Yuzhong Zhang, Research Excellence Award
Undergraduate Student Awards
▹ 2016
Bruno Rodriguez, WxChallenge Junior/Senior Top Forecaster for Durango, CO
Riannon Colton, Rutt Bridges Award
Luis Cortes, Rutt Bridges Award
Melat Hagos, Rutt Bridges Award
Namrata Kolla, Quarter Century Award
Sarah Schulte, WxChallenge Overall Category and Junior/Senior Top Forecaster for Long Island, NY
Katie Tokos, Rutt Bridges Award
Georgia Tech Teaching & Service Awards
▹ 2015 and Before
D. Hartley, G.Wayne Clough Friend of the Student Award, 2015
C. Huber, 2015 Class of 1940 Course Survey Teaching Effectiveness Award, 2015
E. Ingall, CETL Faculty Award for Academic Outreach, 2015
A. Newman, Judith Curry Award, 2015
D. Hartley, GT1000 Instructor of the Year, 2014
V. Toma, GT1000 Instructor of the Year, 2014
E. Di Lorenzo, Class of 1964 Teaching Award, 2012
E. Di Lorenzo, Junior Faculty Teaching Excellence, 2007
Archives
▹ Research Awards Archive
View research award archives at the following link: https://eas.gatech.edu/research/research-awards-archive
▹ Research Student Award Descriptions
View research student award descriptions at the following link: https://eas.gatech.edu/research/research-award-descriptions