Awards and Honors

UW College of the Environment’s units are some of the most well-respected and productive within their fields, and their work ranges from fundamental discoveries to the implementation and evaluation of natural resource solutions. Many College faculty, staff and students are recognized for their contributions through various awards, fellowships, board memberships and prizes.

College of the Environment faculty honors include:

American Academy of Arts and Sciences

  1. James Holton* (Atmospheric and Climate Science), 1994
  2. John Michael Wallace (Atmospheric and Climate Science), 1997
  3. Peter Rhines (Oceanography), 1999
  4. Dan Brown (Environmental and Forest Sciences), 2009
  5. Edward Miles* (Marine and Environmental Affairs), 2009
  6. Ray Hilborn (Aquatic and Fishery Sciences), 2010
  7. Jerry Franklin (Environmental and Forest Sciences), 2014
  8. Dave Battisti (Atmospheric and Climate Science), 2021

National Academy of Sciences

  1. John Halver* (Aquatic and Fishery Sciences), 1978
  2. Richard J. Reed* (Atmospheric and Climate Science), 1978
  3. Peter Rhines (Oceanography), 1981
  4. James Holton* (Atmospheric and Climate Science), 1994
  5. John Michael Wallace (Atmospheric and Climate Science), 1997
  6. Jody Deming (Oceanography), 2003
  7. Edward Miles* (Marine and Environmental Affairs), 2003
  8. Lynn Riddiford (Friday Harbor Labs), 2010
  9. Eric D’Asaro (Oceanography), 2014
  10. Dennis Hartmann (Atmospheric and Climate Science), 2016
  11. Chris Bretherton (Atmospheric and Climate Science), 2019
  12. Qiang Fu (Atmospheric and Climate Science), 2024

American Association for the Advancement of Science

  1. Frieda Taub (Aquatic and Fishery Sciences), 1968
  2. Joost Businger (Atmospheric and Climate Science), 1981
  3. George Hunt (Aquatic and Fishery Sciences), 1981
  4. Peter Hobbs* (Atmospheric and Climate Science), 1982
  5. Jerry Franklin (Environmental and Forest Sciences), 1983
  6. Ken Sebens (Friday Harbor Labs), 1986
  7. Ross Heath (Oceanography), 1989
  8. Dennis Hartmann (Atmospheric and Climate Science), 1992
  9. Charles Simenstad (Aquatic and Fishery Sciences), 1994
  10. Theodore Pietsch (Aquatic and Fishery Sciences), 1996
  11. Stephen Warren (Earth and Space Sciences), 1998
  12. Edward Sarachik (Atmospheric and Climate Science), 1999
  13. Patricia (Trish) Morse (Friday Harbor Labs), 2000
  14. James Murray (Oceanography), 2000
  15. Donald Grayson (Quaternary Research Center), 2002
  16. Thomas P. Ackerman (Atmospheric and Climate Science, JISAO), 2003
  17. Lisa Graumlich (Environmental and Forest Sciences), 2003
  18. Norbert Untersteiner* (Atmospheric and Climate Science), 2004
  19. Edward Miles* (Marine and Environmental Affairs), 2005
  20. Conway Leovy* (Atmospheric and Climate Science), 2007
  21. Adam Summers (Friday Harbor Labs), 2008
  22. Philip Rasch (Atmospheric and Climate Science), 2009
  23. Virginia Armbrust (Oceanography), 2011
  24. Robert Houze (Atmospheric and Climate Science), 2012
  25. Qiang Fu (Atmospheric and Climate Science), 2015
  26. Richard Feely (Oceanography), 2017
  27. Usha Varanasi (Aquatic and Fishery Sciences), 2017
  28. Julia Parrish (Aquatic and Fishery Sciences), 2019
  29. Eric Steig (Earth and Space Sciences), 2019
  30. Karl Banse (School of Oceanography), 2019
  31. Emily Carrington (Friday Harbor Labs), 2021

Washington State Academy of Sciences

  1. Brian Atwater (Earth and Space Sciences), 2008
  2. Joost Businger (Atmospheric and Climate Science), 2008
  3. John Halver* (Aquatic and Fishery Sciences), 2008
  4. Edward Miles* (Marine and Environmental Affairs), 2008
  5. Peter Rhines (Oceanography), 2008
  6. John Michael Wallace (Atmospheric and Climate Science), 2008
  7. Ray Hilborn (Aquatic and Fishery Sciences), 2010
  8. Theodore Pietsch (Aquatic and Fishery Sciences), 2010
  9. Thomas Quinn (Aquatic and Fishery Sciences), 2010
  10. Usha Varanasi (Aquatic and Fishery Sciences), 2011
  11. Peter Ward (Earth and Space Sciences), 2011
  12. E. Virginia Armbrust (Oceanography), 2012
  13. Clifford Mass (Atmospheric and Climate Science), 2012
  14. Bradley Colman (Atmospheric and Climate Science), 2014
  15. Eric D’Asaro (Oceanography), 2014
  16. Andre Punt (Aquatic and Fishery Sciences), 2014
  17. Cecilia Bitz (Atmospheric and Climate Science), 2015
  18. Jerry Franklin (Environmental and Forest Sciences), 2016
  19. Dennis Hartmann (Atmospheric and Climate Science), 2016
  20. Chris Bretherton (Atmospheric and Climate Science), 2019

American Geophysical Union Fellows

  1. John Delaney (Oceanography), 1995
  2. Edward Sarachik (Atmospheric and Climate Science), 1998
  3. Brian Awater (Earth and Space Sciences), 1999
  4. Knut Aagaard, (Oceanography) 2000
  5. Marcia Baker (Atmospheric and Climate Science), 2006
  6. Richard Feely (Oceanography), 2007
  7. David Montgomery (Earth and Space Sciences), 2007
  8. James Murray (Oceanography), 2009
  9. Thomas Ackerman (Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean), 2011
  10. Kenneth Creager (Earth and Space Sciences), 2011
  11. Charles Nittrouer (Oceanography), 2011
  12. Jeffrey Richey (Oceanography), 2011
  13. Ed Baker (Oceanography), 2012
  14. Robert Houze (Atmospheric and Climate Science), 2012
  15. Allan Devol (Oceanography), 2013
  16. Joan Gomberg (Earth and Space Sciences), 2013
  17. Barbara Hickey (Oceanography), 2013
  18. David Battisti (Atmospheric and Climate Science), 2014
  19. Eric D’Asaro (Oceanography), 2014
  20. Qiang Fu (Atmospheric and Climate Science), 2014
  21. Christopher S. Bretherton (Atmospheric and Climate Science), 2015
  22. Ian Joughin (Earth and Space Sciences), 2015
  23. Charles Eriksen (Oceanography), 2016
  24. Deborah Kelley (Oceanography), 2016
  25. Stephen Warren (Atmospheric and Climate Science), 2016
  26. Bernard Hallet (Earth and Space Sciences)
  27. Dennis Hartmann (Atmospheric and Climate Science)
  28. Greg Johnson (Oceanography)
  29. Paul Quay (Oceanography)
  30. Philip J. Rasch (Atmospheric and Climate Science)
  31. Peter Rhines (Oceanography)
  32. Chris Sabine (Oceanography)
  33. John Vidale (Earth and Space Sciences)
  34. John Michael Wallace (Atmospheric and Climate Science)
  35. Cecilia M. Bitz (Atmospheric and Climate Science), 2018
  36. Parker MacCready (Oceanography), 2021

Ecological Society of America Fellows

  1. Jerry Franklin (Environmental and Forest Sciences), 2012
  2. Lisa Graumlich (Environmental and Forest Sciences), 2013
  3. Julian Olden (Early Career Fellow; Aquatic and Fishery Sciences), 2013
  4. Julia Parrish (Aquatic and Fishery Sciences), 2016
  5. Chelsea Wood (Aquatic and Fishery Sciences), 2017
  6. Abigail Swann (Atmospheric and Climate Science), 2019
  7. Joshua Lawler (Environmental and Forest Sciences), 2021
  8. Julian Olden (Aquatic and Fishery Sciences), 2022
  9. Brian Harvey (Early Career Fellow; Environmental and Forest Sciences), 2022

Aldo Leopold Leadership Fellows

  1. Lisa Graumlich (Environmental and Forest Sciences), 1999
  2. Dennis Hartmann (Atmospheric and Climate Science), 1999
  3. Robert Naiman (Aquatic and Fishery Sciences), 1999
  4. Julia Parrish (Aquatic and Fishery Sciences), 2006
  5. Trevor Branch (Aquatic and Fishery Sciences), 2013
  6. Joshua Lawler (Environmental and Forest Sciences), 2013
  7. Julian Olden (Aquatic and Fishery Sciences), 2015

MacArthur Foundation Fellow

  1. David Montgomery (Earth and Space Sciences), 2008

Volvo Environment Prize

  1. Ray Hilborn (Aquatic and Fishery Sciences), 2006

Heinz Foundation Award for the Environment

  1. Jerry Franklin (Environmental and Forest Sciences), 2005
  2. Richard Feely (Oceanography), 2010

Fulbright Fellowships

(since 1998)

  1. Robert Gara (Environmental and Forest Sciences), 1999
  2. Jim Murray (Oceanography), 2003
  3. Dorothy Paun (Environmental and Forest Sciences), 2004
  4. Vlad Kaczynski (Marine and Environmental Affairs), 2006, 2011
  5. David Beauchamp (Aquatic and Fishery Sciences), 2008
  6. Peter Rhines (Oceanography), 2011
  7. Dan Jaffe (Atmospheric and Climate Science), 2013
  8. Cecilia Bitz (Atmospheric and Climate Science), 2013
  9. Jody Bourgeois (Earth and Space Sciences), 2016
  10. Michael Carlson (Oceanography), 2016
  11. Michelle Koutnik (Earth and Space Sciences), 2017

NASA New Investigator Program Award

  1. Lyatt Jaegle (Atmospheric and Climate Science), 2001-2004

Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers

  1. Nathan Mantua (Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean, Climate Impacts Group), 2000
  2. Gabriel Vecchi (Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean, Atmospheric Science), 2002
  3. Laura Prugh (Environmental & Forest Sciences), 2019

White House Champions of Change

  1. Julia Parrish (Aquatic and Fishery Sciences), 2013
  2. Amy Snover (Climate Impacts Group), 2015

*deceased

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