Awards

Major Awards - Space Science and Astrobiology

 

Presidential Rank Award

Lou Allamandola - 2006

NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal

Jeff Cuzzi - 1982, 1986, 1999

Lou Allamandola - 1992, 2012

Dale Cruikshank - 1994

David Hollenbach - 1995, 2005

Kevin Zahnle - 1996

David Des Marais, Timothy Lee, David Blake - 1998

Linda Jahnke - 2001

Andrew Pohorille - 2002

Farid Salama - 2003

Mark Marley - 2007

Aaron Zent - 2010

NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal

Thomas Roellig - 1997

David Des Marais - 2003

David Hollenbach - 2005

David Koch, Mike Haas - 2010

NASA Exceptional Service Medal

Dale Cruikshank - 2007

SAO Exceptional Service Medal

David Koch - 1986

NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal

David Hollenbach - 2002, 2003

David Des Marais - 2003

Chris McKay - 2004

Tony Colaprete - 2010

NASA Engineering & Safety Center Director's Award

Jeff Scargle - 2004

NASA Special Achievements Award

Scott Sandford - 1989, 1993

NASA Group Achievement Award - Numerous

NASA Ames Associate Fellow

Jeff Cuzzi - 1987

Chris McKay - 1994

Lou Allamandola - 1995, 1996

Timothy Lee - 1997

Scott Sandford - 2000

Kevin Zahnle - 2001

Dale Cruikshank - 2006

Jack Lissauer - 2007

H. Julian Allen Award (incomplete list)

Lou Allamandola - 1986

David Hollenbach - 1992, 2003

Jeff Cuzzi - 1996

Jeff Scargle - 1997

David Des Marais - 2000

Fellow of the Geochemical Society & European Association of Geochemistry

David Des Marais - 2002

Fellow of the American Physical Society

Timothy Lee - 2001

Lou Allamandola - 2006

Fellow of the American Geophysical Union

Dale Cruikshank - 2005

Jeff Cuzzi, Chris McKay - 2006

David Des Marais - 2008

Jack Lissauer, Kevin Zahnle - 2011

Fellow of the Meteoritical Society

Scott Sandford 2006

Fellow of the International Society Study Origin of Life

Chris McKay - 2005

Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Timothy Lee - 2005

Lou Allamandola - 2006

Fellow of the California Academy of Sciences

Dale Cruikshank - 1990

David Des Marais - 2004

Tori Hoehler - 2007

Chambliss Astronomical Writing Award from the American Astronomical Society

Jack Lissauer - 2007

Listed Among Most Cited Chemists by H-Index

Lou Allamandola (H=57)

Timothy Lee (H=52)

Antarctic Service Medal for Special Service in Antarctic Exploration

Scott Sandford - 1986

Carol Stoker - 1992

Alfonso Davila, Margarita Marinova, Jennifer Heldmann - 2012

Arthur S. Fleming Award

Chris McKay - 1991

Awarded an Asteroid

Dale Cruikshank - 1988 (3531)

Scott Sandford - 2004 (16035)

Diane Wooden - 2006 (17421)

Dirac Medal awarded by WATOC

Timothy Lee - 1998

Gerard P.Kuiper Prize for the Division of Planetary Sciences

Dale Cruikshank - 2006

Jeff Cuzzi - 2010

Muhlmann Prize of the Astro. Soc. of the Pacific

Dale Cruikshank - 1985

Thomas O. Paine Award

Carol Stoker - 1985

Chris McKay - 1995

Urey Prize of the Division of Planetary Sciences

Chris McKay - 1989

Jack Lissauer - 1992

Alberto Fairin - 2012

Zeldovich Medal - COSPAR

Max Bernstein - 2000

Spinoza Prize

Xander Tielens - 2012

Patent Awards

  Radiation Shielding Systems Using Nanotechnology - 2011

Christopher McKay

NASA Commercial Inventon of the Year

Sampling Handling Device for X-ray Diffraction Instruments - 2011

David Blake, Phillippe Sarrazin