Faculty Awards and Recognitions, Fall 2006 - Present

Victor Baker

• Inaugural International Lecturer, Geological Society of America, 2012
• Distinguished Career Award, Geological Society of America Quaternary Geology & Geomorphology Division, 2010

Susan Beck

• George P. Woolard Award, Geological Society of America, Geophysics Division, 2017
• Fellow, Geological Society of America, 2015
• Gutenberg Lecturer, Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, 2014
• Fellow, American Geophysical Union, 2014
• Chair, IRIS board of directors, 2008
• Outstanding Faculty Award, UA Geosciences Advisory Board, 2007

Richard Bennett

• Richard Ruiz Outstanding Faculty Fellow in a Specialized Center Award, UA Student Affairs and Enrollment Management, Academic Initiatives and Student Success, 2015

Barbara Carrapa

• Fellow, Geological Society of America, 2017
• Associate Editor, GSA Bulletin, 2017
• Outstanding Faculty Award, UA Geosciences Advisory Board, 2015
• Guest Professorship, ETH Zurich, 2014         

Andrew Cohen

• W.H. Bradley Medal, International Limnogeology Association, 2018
• Fellow, American Geophysical Union, 2018
• Israel C. Russell Award, Geological Society of America Limnogeology Division, 2015
• University Distinguished Professor Award, University of Arizona, 2014
• Board Chair, Drilling, Observation and Sampling of the Earth's Continental Crust, 2012

George Davis

• Distinguished Alumni Award, College of Wooster, 2016
• Superior Teaching Award, College of Humanities Seminar Program, 2015
• Exemplary Status for Innovative Teaching Activity, On the Cutting Edge, 2014
• President, Geological Society of America, 2012
• Honorary Doctorate Degree, Carleton College, 2012
• National Recipient of the Inspire Integrity Award, National Society of Collegiate Scholars, 2012
• Structural Geology and Tectonics Division Career Contributor Award, Geological Society of America, 2011
• Chair, NSF Advisory Committee for the Directorate for Geosciences, 2008-2010

Peter DeCelles

• Pettijohn Medal, SEPM Society for Sedimentary Geology, 2018
• Fellow, American Geophysical Union, 2017
• Outstanding Faculty Award, UA Geosciences Advisory Board, 2017
• Galileo Circle Fellow, University of Arizona, 2012
• Galileo Circle Fellow, University of Arizona, 2010
• Laurence L. Sloss Award for Lifetime Achievement in Sedimentary Geology, Geological Society of America Sedimentary Geology Division, 2008

Robert Downs

• Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2010

Mihai Ducea

• Science co-editor, GSA Today, 2018 - 2021
• Fulbright U.S. Scholar, Fulbright, 2017
• Associate Editor, Tectonics, 2017
• Discipline Chief Professorship, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 2016 - 2019
• Associate Editor, International Geology Review, 2016
• Fellow, Geological Society of America, 2016
• Honorary Member, Academy of Romanian Scientists, 2016

Karl Flessa

• Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2018
• Partners in Conservation Award, U.S. Department of the Interior, 2014
• Distinguished Visiting Scientist, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Organisation, Australia, 2014
• Distinguished Faculty Award, University of Arizona Department of Geosciences Advisory Board, 2014
• Distinguished Guest Scientist, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 2013

Jibamitra Ganguly

• Fellow, American Geophysical Union, 2014

George Gehrels

• Fellow, American Geophysical Union, 2015
• Lifetime Achievement Award, Scientific Detectors in Astronomy Conference, 2013
• Galileo Circle Fellow, University of Arizona, 2012
• Day Medal, Geological Society of America, 2011

C. Vance Haynes

• Career Achievement Award, Geosciences Advisory Board and UA Department of Anthropology, 2008

Vance Holliday

• Fryxell Award for Interdisciplinary Research, Society for American Archaeology, 2017        
• Gladys Cole Award, Geological Society of America, 2012

Timothy Jull

• Distinguished Guest Scientist, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 2013
• Fulbright Fellowship, Fulbright, 2012

Jessica Kapp

• Innovation in Teaching Award, University of Arizona College of Science, 2018

Paul Kapp

• Outstanding Faculty Award, UA Geosciences Advisory Board, 2011
• Fellow, Geological Society of America, 2009
• Donath Medal, Geological Society of America, 2008
• Outstanding Young Scientist Award, Geological Society of America, 2008

Marcus Lofverstrom

• Outstanding Faculty Award, UA Geosciences Advisory Board, 2021

Luke McGuire

• Bisgrove Scholar, Science Foundation Arizona, 2017

Jennifer McIntosh

• Fellow, Geological Society of America, 2019

Jonathan Patchett

• Fellow, American Geophysical Union, 2010

Jon Pelletier

• Fellow, Geological Society of America, 2015
• Galileo Circle Fellow, University of Arizona, 2012

Jay Quade

• Arthur L. Day Medal recipient, Geological Society of America, 2018
• Fellow, Geochemical Society & European Association of Geochemistry, 2016
• Fellow, American Geophysical Union, 2015
• Fellow, Geological Society of America, 2015
• Galileo Circle Fellow, University of Arizona, 2012
• Galileo Circle Fellow, University of Arizona, 2007

Peter Reiners

• Fellow, American Geophysical Union, 2019
• Fellow, UA Academic Leadership Institute, 2016
• Fellow, Geological Society of America, 2015
• MIT Crosby Lecturer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015
• Marie Curie Fellowship, European Union, 2012     

Randall Richardson

• Outstanding Faculty Award, UA Geosciences Advisory Board, 2016

Joaquin Ruiz

• Public Service Award recipient, Geological Society of America, 2018
• President, Geological Society of America, 2010

Joellen Russell

• Thomas R. Brown Distinguished Chair of Integrative Science, 2017
• 1885 Society Distinguished Scholar, University of Arizona, 2014
• Gerard P. Kuiper Award, University of Arizona, 2014
• Appointee, US Carbon Cycle Scientific Steering Group, 2014
• Distinguished Lecturer, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, 2011
• General Eduction Teaching Award, UA Provost's office, 2010

Eric Seedorff

• Outstanding Faculty Award, UA Geosciences Advisory Board, 2014
• Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence in Climate System Science, University of Melbourne, 2013
• Honorary Faculty, University of Melbourne School of Earth Sciences, 2013

Diane Thompson

• Outstanding Faculty Award, UA Geosciences Advisory Board, 2020

Jessica Tierney

• Galileo Circle Curie Award, University of Arizona, 2019
• Outstanding Faculty Award, UA Geosciences Advisory Board, 2019
• University of Arizona Honors College Excellence in Teaching Award, 2017
• Packard Science and Engineering Fellowship, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, 2015        
• Pieter Schenck Award, European Association of Organic Geochemists, 2015
• James B. Macelwane Medal, American Geophysical Union, 2014   
• Fellow, American Geophysical Union, 2014    

Jianjun Yin

• Junior Scientist Travel Award, WGOMD/SOP Workshop on Sea Level Rise, Ocean/Ice Shelf Interactions and Ice Sheets, Hobart, Australia, 2013

George Zandt

• Outstanding Faculty Award, UA Geosciences Advisory Board, 2012  
• Fellow, American Geophysical Union, 2011