Kudos!

EAPS Professor Richard Binzel, a Co-Investigator for NASA’s New Horizons Mission to Pluto, displays an array of awards bestowed to the New Horizons team in recognition of their historic exploration achievement. From left to right: National Space Club: 2016 Goddard Trophy, Space Foundation: 2016 Jack L. Swigert Space Exploration Award, Smithsonian Institution: 2016 National Air and Space Museum Achievement Award, Aviation Week and Space Technology: 2016 Laureate Award - Image courtesy: R. Binzel.

Richard Binzel
Professor of Planetary Sciences and Margaret MacVicar Faculty Fellow
The New Horizons Mission to Pluto, of which Prof Richard Binzel is a Science Team Co-Investigator, has been honored with multiple team awards including:

• Science Magazine: People’s Choice Award: #1 Story of 2015

• Science Magazine: Top Ten Breakthroughs of the Year 2015

• Discovery Magazine: Top Science Story 2015

• Science News Magazine: Top Science Story 2015

• National Space Club: Goddard Trophy 2016

• American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics: Space Ops Award 2016

• Space Foundation: Jack L. Sweigert Exploration Award 2016

• National Space Society: Space Pioneer Award 2016

• Smithsonian Institution: 2016 National Air and Space Museum Achievement Award

• Aviation Week and Space Technology: 2016 Laureate Award

• National Air and Space Museum Trophy

• American Astronautical Society: Neil Armstrong Space Flight Achievement Award 2016

Clark Burchfiel
Professor Emeritus of Geology
Received a Certificate of Appreciation for his contributions to Chinese science and a medal for contributions to China-US cooperation in Science and Technology READ MORE

Kerry Emanuel
Cecil & Ida Green Professor of Atmospheric Science
Was appointed Honorary Fellow, the highest award of the UK's Royal Meteorological Society "in recognition of a distinguished career and long standing contribution to Meteorology."

Michael Fehler
Senior Research Scientist
Together with Aimé Fournier won an MIT Energy Initiative Seed Fund Grant for Early-Stage Energy Research READ MORE

Greg Fournier
Assistant Professor of Geobiology
Received a NASA Astrobiology Institute Directors Discretionary Fund Award: "Integrating the geochemical and genomic history of the rise of oxygen on Earth"

Timothy Grove
Cecil & Ida Green Professor of Geology
In March 2016 was awarded a Doctor Honoris Causa by the University of Liege, Belgium.

John Marshall
Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Oceanography
Was awarded the 2016 Bernhard Haurwitz Prize of the American Meteorological Society READ MORE

Sai Ravela
Principal Research Scientist
Received a 2016 School of Science Infinite Kilometer Award READ MORE

Daniel Rothman
Professor of Geophysics
Was awarded the Levi L. Conant Prize of the American Mathematical Society READ MORE

Noelle Selin
Esther and Harold E. Edgerton Career Development Associate Professor
Was named an AAAS Leshner Leadership Fellow READ MORE
Giang et al. (2015) won Best Environmental Science & Technology Journal Environmental Policy Paper of 2015 READ MORE

Maria Zuber
E. A. Griswold Professor of Geophysics, Vice President for Research, MIT
Was elected Chair of the National Science Board READ MORE

Michael Person
Research Scientist and Director of Wallace Astrophysical Observatory
Was named the Beatrice Hill Tinsley Lecturer for 2016 by the Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand READ MORE

Joern Callies
Received the "Best Oral Student Presentation" award at the American Meteorological Societies 20th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics (June, 2015)

William Frank
Postdoctoral Fellow in the Prieto Group
Began a National Science Foundation Fellowship in Nov 2015 READ MORE

Alexandria Johnson
Postdoctoral Associate in the Cziczo Group
Started a Simons Collaboration on the Origins of Life (SCOL) Postdoctoral Fellowship, and secured an instrument grant from SCOL. Johnson also won second place in the School of Science "Postdoc's Share Their Science" Competition

Francois Tissot
Crosby Postdoctoral Fellow
Received the 2015 Ninninger Meteorite Award
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Summons Lab
Received an EHS Green Labs Seed Fund Award READ MORE

Alec Bogdanoff
Was awarded a 2016 John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship in a U.S. legislative office by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Sea Grant Program

Stephanie Brown
Received a 2016 EAPS Award for Excellence in Teaching

Chawalit Charoenpong
Received an "Outstanding Student Paper Award" at the Fall 2015 Meeting of the American Geophysical Union READ MORE He also received a 2016 EAPS Award for Excellence in Teaching

Christine Chen
Received the Geological Society of America Student Research Grant, Charles A. & June R. P. Ross Research Award, the Explorers Club Exploration Fund, Mamont Scholarship, and a 2016 EAPS Award for Excellence in Teaching

Michael Eddy
Received a 2016 EAPS Award for Excellence in Teaching

Laura Fleming
Received a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship READ MORE

Daniel Gilford
Had his NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship renewed for the 2016-2017 Academic Year READ MORE

Meghan Jones
Received a 2016 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship READ MORE

Christopher Kinsley
Received a 2016 EAPS Award for Excellence in Teaching

Mary Knapp
(Along with 8 co-authors) received the Best Paper Award for Kanpp et al (2016), Vector Antenna and Maximum Likelihood Imaging for Radio Astronomy at the IEEE Aerospace conference in March 2016.

Marianna Linz 
Received a 2016 EAPS Award for Excellence in Teaching

Michael McClellan 
Received an "Outstanding Student Paper Award" at the Fall 2015 Meeting of the American Geophysical Union READ MORE

Sharon Newman 
Received a 2016 EAPS Award for Excellence in Teaching, and won the Geology Society of America (GSA) Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division Award for best student oral presenter at GSA 2015, Baltimore.

Jaap Nienhuis
Received an "Outstanding Student Paper Award" at the Fall 2015 Meeting of the American Geophysical Union READ MORE

Maya Stokes
Was awarded an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

Robert Yi 
Received a 2016 EAPS Award for Excellence in Teaching

Madison Douglas '16
Was awarded the EAPS 2016 W.O Crosby Award for Sustained Excellence She also received an "Outstanding Student Paper Award" at the Fall 2015 Meeting of the American Geophysical Union READ MORE

Katrina Hui '16
Was awarded an American Meteorological Society (AMS) Graduate Fellowship

Libby Koolik '17
Was awarded the 2016 EAPS Achievement Award

Megan Mansfield '16
Was awarded the EAPS 2016 Christopher Goetze Prize for Undergraduate Research. She was inducted into the academic honor society Phi Beta Kappa and the physics honor society Sigma Pi Sigma

Brynna Downey '17
Was awarded the 2016 EAPS Award for Excellence as an Undergraduate Teaching Assistant

Melody Abedinejad
Was awarded Awarded a School of Science Infinite Mile Award READ MORE