Faculty Awards & Honors
In areas as diverse as astronomy, medicine, optics, entrepreneurship, and dance, UArizona faculty and programs are among the nation's best.
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UArizona faculty are also globally recognized for their leadership, scholarship and service by world-renowned academic societies and programs. Below is a listing of our national and international program awards, and our University of Arizona awards and honors recipients.
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National & International Awards
Research Fellowships
2021 | Brandon Levin, Elisabeth Krause |
2016 | Matthias Morzfeld, Eduardo Rozo |
2011 | Joshua Eisner |
2009 | Dong "Jeffrey" Chul Pyun |
2008 | Toufic Muadda Suidan** |
2007 | Joanna Masel |
2003 | Xiaohui Fan |
2002 | Ubirajara van Kolck, Daniel Eisenstein** |
1999 | Shankar Venkataramani***, Alain Goriely** |
1998 | Dennis Zaritsky***, Jacquelyn Gervay** |
1996 | Hans R. Rix** |
1995 | Mani Ramaswami** |
1993 | Supapan Seraphin**, Paul Bloom** |
1992 | Bruce J. Bayly |
1980 | Adrian Patrascioiu* |
1979 | Dennis Lichtenberger |
1976 | George Rieke, Richard Shoemaker** |
1974 | Peter Strittmatter |
1973 | John G. Hildebrand |
1972 | Bruce Barrett** |
1967 | Robert Bates** |
1966 | John D. McCullen** |
1964 | Ray Weymann** |
*Deceased
**No longer Arizona faculty
***Award received while not at Arizona
2020 | Diana Liverman |
2017 | Juanita L. Merchant*** |
2015 | Renu Malhotra |
2010 | Roy R. Parker** |
2007 | Marcia J. Rieke |
2006 | Nancy A. Moran** |
2005 | Keith E. Lehrer |
2003 | George H. Rieke |
2001 | John G. Hildebrand, Robert C. Kennicutt |
1998 | Jane H. Hill |
1994 | Carol Marguerite Rose |
1993 | Margaret G. Kidwell** |
1992 | Julia E. Annas, N. Scott Momaday, Seymour Reichlin** |
1991 | Frank J. Low* |
1990 | J. Roger P. Angel |
1988 | David W. Arnett |
1979 | Arthur D. Code* |
1977 | Peter A. Strittmatter, Edward A. Boyse* *** |
1975 | Gerry Neugebauer* |
1959 | Aden B. Meinel** |
1956 | Nicolaas Bloembergen* |
*Deceased
**No longer Arizona faculty
***Award received while not at Arizona
AAAS Early Career Award for Public Engagement with Science
2019 | Monica Ramirez-Andreotta |
AAAS Fellow
AAAS IF/THEN Ambassador
2019 | Erika Hamden, Jessie Rack |
AAAS Newcomb Cleveland Prize
2009 | Travis Barman |
*Deceased
**No longer Arizona faculty
***Award received while not at Arizona
ACLS Fellows
2018 | Scott Lucas |
2017 | Sapana Doshi, Benjamin Lawrance |
2016 | Fabio Lanza |
2014 | Jeffrey M. Banister, Stacie G. Widdifield, John Melillo |
2011 | Scott R. Selisker, Irene Solange D'Almeida** |
2010 | David Gramling |
2005 | Paul Richard |
1992 | Linda T. Darling |
1988 | Jean E. Hampton* |
1985 | Robert A. Williams |
1977 | John Boe** |
1974 | Helen Nader**, Dana A. Nelson* |
1972 | Keith Lehrer** |
1971 | John Pollock* |
1964 | Heiko Oberman* |
*Deceased
**No longer Arizona faculty
Membership
2014 | John G. Hildebrand |
2013 | Julia Elizabeth Annas |
2004 | Noam Chomsky*** |
1991 | Heiko A. Oberman* |
1974 | Edward H. Spicer* |
1969 | Emil W. Haury* |
1945 | Carl S. Marvel* |
Franklin Grants
2016 | Irene Bald Romano |
2013 | Ronald H. Towner |
2011 | Uriah Kriegel**, Cheryl K. Malone |
2008 | Celeste Gonzalez de Bustamante |
2007 | Eleni Hasaki |
Phillips Fund Grant Recipients
2003 | Eileen M. Luna-Firebaugh** |
1995 | Nancy J. Parezo** |
Sabbatical Fellowships
2017 | Annette Joseph-Gabriel** |
1999 | Julia Clancy-Smith |
John Frederick Lewis Award
1993 | David Gilman Romano |
*Deceased
**No longer Arizona faculty
***Award received while not at Arizona
2020 | Eric Butcher, Megan Carney, Christopher Hamilton, Snuggye Hong, David Pietz, JoEllen Russell, Christopher Scott, Kimberly Shea |
2019 | Judith X. Becerra, Heidi Brown, Robert B. Fleischman, Rachel Gallery, Lisa Molomot, Johann Rafelski, Johanna Skibsrud, D. Lawrence Venable, Jennifer Cyr, Kirk Emerson, Eva Hayward, Kevin Lansey |
2017 | Mihai Ducea, Betul Czerkawski, Kevin Fitzsimmons |
2016 | Jefferey Burgess, John Ehiri, Melissa A. Fitch, Jerzy Rozenblit, Zain Khalpey** |
2015 | Jeannine Relly, Suzanne Dovi, Stephen Kobourov, Craig Palmer**, Mike Proctor**, Anna Koosmann**, Nicolette Teufel-Shone** |
2014 | Sama Alshaibi, Christopher Castro, Christian Collberg, Benedict Colombi, Roger Nichols**, Bane Vasic, Richard Ziolkowski** |
2013 | Alberto Arenas, Adele Barker**, Wendell Ela**, Frank Gohlke, Dale LaFleur, Jenny Lee |
2012 | Thomas DeGomez**, Grace Fielder, Norma Gonzalez**, A. J. Timothy Jull, Virginia Lebaron**, Linda Lumsden, Marcela Vazquez-Leon |
2011 | Supapan Seraphin**, Carol Bender**, Michael M. Brescia, William E. Boyd**, Melissa A. Fitch, Avigdor Leftin**, Lesley P. Newman** |
2010 | Rodney D. Adam**, Maribel Alvarez, Anne Browning-Aiken**, Jefferey Burgess, Lesley D. Frame**, Barron J. Orr**, Jeffrey J. O Sallaz, Bonnie Wasserman |
2009 | Emmanuel T. Akporiaye**, Stephanie J. Buechler, James Cunningham, Reid Fontaine**, Marie A. Griego-Jones**, Christopher K. Jones, Donald Slack, Romy Elyse Taylor**, James T. Watson |
2008 | Mary Beth Adam**, Nicole Guidotti-Hernandez**, Beretta Smith-Shomade**, Gonda VanSteen** |
2007 | Mary Beth Adam**, George Burr**, David Chisholm, Eniko Enikov, Joseph Galaskiewicz, Ellen McMahon |
2006 | Stephen Kobourov, Barbara Kosta, Dennis Larson**, Anna Marie O'Leary |
2005 | Miguel Angel Quinones**, Ana Maria Merico-Stephens**, Katherine A. Snyder, Kevin M. Fitzsimmons, Gary David Thompson |
2004 | Carol M. Carpenter**, Irene S D'Almeida**, Keith James**, Richard E. Michod, Russell Keith Monson |
2003 | Alfred James Quiroz, Aldeline Lee Karpiscak**, Barbara Jo Morehouse**, Roger Louis Nichols**, Terry W. Sprouse** |
2002 | Carl J. Bauer, Susan Aimee Crane, Brian Ford Crisp**, Leonard Dinnerstein**, Judy Nolte Temple**, David Greg Williams**, Muluneh Yitayew |
2001 | Ludwik Adamowicz, Adele M. Barker**, Peter Michael Beudert**, George Nikolas Frantziskonis, Mark Paul Frederickson**, Leila O. Hudson, Robert Anthony Williams, Muluneh Yitayew |
2000 | John R. Bichsel**, Michael Frederick Brown, Elizabeth Jessie Garber**, Thomas Kovach, David Charles Lynch**, Edward J. Williams** |
1999 | Katherine E. Miller**, Steven Michael Stralser** |
1998 | David Chisholm, James W. Clarke**, Roger W. Fox** |
*Deceased
**No longer Arizona faculty
2023 | Jiang Wu |
2021 | Sama Raena Alshaibi |
2020 | David Pietz |
2017 | Julia Clancy-Smith, Ander Monson** |
2016 | Feryal Ӧzel |
2015 | Alison Hawthorne Deming, Jack Walsh*** |
2014 | Diana Liverman |
2013 | Ann Zabludoff |
2008 | Xiaohui Fan, Robin Stryker, David J. Taylor, Jason X.-J. Yuan** |
2007 | Fenton Johnson |
2006 | Dennis Zaritsky |
2005 | Jonathan T. Overpeck** |
2004 | Steve Johnstone |
2003 | Susan C. Karant-Nunn** |
2002 | Ellen B. Basso**, Craig Walsh**, Jonathan Weinberg |
2000 | Rabi Bhattacharya, Elizabeth Vierling** |
1999 | Steve Orlen* |
1998 | Russel K. Monson, Jay Rosenblatt |
1996 | H. Jay Melosh**, Irene Maxine Pepperberg** |
1994 | Nicholas James Strausfeld |
1991 | Harmony Hammond** |
1989 | Jerrold Edwin Hogle** |
1988 | Jane R. Miller** |
1987 | Alan E. Bernstein**, Arthur J. Jelinek** |
1986 | Daniel Asia** |
1985 | Robert H. Colescott** |
1984 | Frank Gohlke, Victor J. Hruby**, Hermann George Rebel**, William M. Schaffer** |
1983 | Keith Lehrer |
1982 | Jonathan Beck**, Edgar A. Dryden**, Gerald C. Monsman |
1981 | William G. Dever**, Michael Schaller**, Donald Robert Uhlmann |
1980 | C. Vance Haynes** |
1978 | William H. Wing**, J.P. Wearing** |
1977 | Jonathan Penner** |
1976 | Jon Anderson**, Thomas G. Bever**, Alan C. Newell, Douglas G. Stuart* |
1975 | Robert Porter Erickson, Frank Gohlke, Alvin Ira Goldman** |
1974 | Joel Feinberg*, Eliot S. Hearst* |
1972 | John A. Mills** |
1969 | Rubin Bressler* |
1968 | Harold Clark Fritts**, Ursula S. Lamb*, Charles Philip Sonnet* |
1966 | N. Scott Momaday |
1965 | Paul Schultz Martin* |
1964 | William R. Dickinson* |
1961 | Herbert E. Carter** |
1960 | Willis Eugene Lamb* |
1959 | Jean-Jacques Demorest** |
1957 | Richard Meredith Hosley* |
1953 | Henry Koffler* |
1950 | Lawrence Clark Powell* |
1937 | Robert Guyn McBride* |
*Deceased
**No longer Arizona faculty
***Award received while not at Arizona
2012 | Olivier Guyon |
1999 | Ofelia Zepeda |
1997 | Nancy A. Moran**, Brackette F. Williams** |
1996 | J. Roger P. Angel |
1995 | Nicholas James Strausfeld |
1990 | Gary Paul Nabhan |
1984 | Arthur Winfree* |
*Deceased
**No longer Arizona faculty
NAE Members
2011 | Thomas L. Good** |
1998 | Luis C. Moll** |
NAE Fellows
2015 | Sara Tolbert |
2014 | Nolan L. Cabrera |
2013 | Francesca Lopez |
2005 | Regina Deil-Amen** *** |
1998 | Dwight S. Atkinson*** |
**No longer Arizona faculty
***Award received while not at Arizona
NAE Members
2014 | Harrison H. Barrett** |
2010 | Larry Peterson** |
2007 | James C. Wyant** |
2006 | Thomas L. Koch |
2005 | Kenneth A. Jackson**, Spencer R. Titley* |
2003 | Soroosh Sorooshian** |
1997 | J. Brent Hiskey** |
1996 | Donald R. Uhlmann |
1992 | Shlomo P. Neuman**, Robert R. Shannon** |
1989 | Israel J. Wygnanski |
1986 | Ernest T. Smerdon* |
1984 | Nicolaas Bloembergen*, Peter W. Likins** |
1977 | James Wait** |
1975 | W. David Kingery* |
1968 | William Sears* |
US Frontiers of Engineering Participant
2012 | Armin Sorooshian |
2011 | Armin Sorooshian |
*Deceased
**No longer Arizona faculty
NAI Senior Member
2022 | Steven Goldman, Stanley Pau, Robin Polt, Judith Su |
2021 | Meredith Hay, May Khanna |
2020 | Joseph Valacich, James Schwiegerling, Rajesh Khanna, Eugene Gerner, Thomas Milster, Luca Caucci, Minying Cai |
2019 | Dong Chul "Jeffrey" Pyun, Daruka Mahadevan, Jordan Lancaster |
NAI Fellows
2021 | Mark Van Dyke, Liesl Folks, Terry Matsunaga |
2020 | Laurence Hurley, Robert A. Norwood |
2019 | Victor Hruby, Hong Hua |
2018 | Harrison H. Barrett**, Thomas L. Koch |
2017 | J. Roger P. Angel |
2016 | Nasser Peyghambarian |
2015 | Marvin J. Slepian, James C. Wyant** |
2013 | Frederic Zenhausern |
**No longer Arizona faculty
NAM Members
2015 | Kenneth S. Ramos** |
2012 | Arthur B. Sanders |
2011 | Joe G.N. "Skip" Garcia |
2009 | Setsuko K. Chambers |
2008 | Juanita L. Merchant*** |
1998 | J. Lyle Bootman** |
1988 | M. Paul Capp** |
1984 | Allan Beigel* |
Robert Wood Johnson Policy Fellowship
2007 | Daniel Derksen |
*Deceased
**No longer Arizona faculty
***Award received while not at Arizona
2015 | Kirk Emerson |
2005 | H. Brint Milward |
1991 | Manuel Pacheco** |
**No longer Arizona faculty
NAS International Secretary
2022 | John G. Hildebrand |
NAS Award for Scientific Reviewing
2019 | Robert C. Kennicutt, Jr. |
NAS Members
2020 | Diana Liverman |
2018 | Carol Barnes |
2015 | Renu Malhotra |
2012 | Marcia J. Rieke |
2011 | George H. Rieke |
2007 | John G. Hildebrand |
2006 | Robert C. Kennicutt |
2003 | H. Jay Melosh** |
2002 | Vicki L. Chandler** |
2001 | J. Randolph Jokipii** |
2000 | J. Roger P. Angel |
1996 | Margaret G. Kidwell**, Brian A. Larkins** |
1994 | William Bowers** |
1992 | John H. Law - Emeritus |
1990 | C. Vance Haynes** |
1985 | W. David Arnett** |
1981 | Donald M. Hunten* |
1979 | Edward A. Boyse* *** |
1976 | Alistair G.W. Cameron* *** |
1975 | Edward H. Spicer* |
1974 | Frank J. Low*, Frederick S. Hulse* |
1972 | Noam Chomsky*** |
1971 | Arthur D. Code* |
1968 | Bart J. Bok* |
1956 | Emil W. Haury* |
1938 | Carl S. Marvel* *** |
Gulf Research Program/Early-Career Research Fellowship
2017 | Laura Bakkensen |
Kavli Frontiers of Science Fellows
2017 | Jessica Andrews-Hanna |
2016 | Katalin Gothard, Valerie Trouet |
2015 | Francina Dominguez** |
2014 | Katalin Gothard, Ryan Gutenkunst |
2013 | Alexander Badyaev |
2011 | Jeffrey Pyun, Tamara Rogers** |
2010 | R. Jason Jones, David Breshears |
2009 | Felicia Goodrum Sterling, Judith Becerra, Megan McEvoy** |
2008 | Julia Cole, Dante Lauretta |
2006 | Scott Kroken** |
2005 | Martin Dufwenberg, Caitlin Griffith, Dante Lauretta, David Reiley, Jr.** |
2004 | Shane Byrne, Keith Dienes, Bradley Moore** |
2003 | Ralph Lorenz** |
2002 | Daniel Eisenstein** |
2001 | Alain Goriely** |
2000 | Renu Malhotra |
*Deceased
**No longer Arizona faculty
***Award received while not at Arizona
2005 | Roy J. Glauber* *** |
1981 | Nicolaas Bloembergen* *** |
1955 | Willis E. Lamb, Jr.* *** |
*Deceased
***Award received while not at Arizona
2022 | Jessica Tierney |
2015 | Juan Felipe Herrera |
1996 | Terry Wimmer** |
1969 | N. Scott Momaday |
**No longer Arizona faculty
University Awards & Honors
2024 | Marcela Vásquez-León |
2023 | Kelly Simmons-Potter, John Palumbo |
2022 | Paul Meléndez, Beverly Seckinger |
2021 | Karletta Chief, Lynn Gerald |
2020 | Marta Civil, Ricardo Valerdi |
2019 | Teshia Solomon |
2018 | Zhao Chen, David A. Yetman |
2017 | David G. Armstrong**, Daniel McDonald |
2016 | Thomas Sheridan, Cynthia Thomson |
2015 | Henrietta "Etta" Kralovec, Frans Tax |
2014 | Donald W. McCarthy, Supapan Seraphin** |
2013 | Peder Cuneo**, Sally J. Reel |
2012 | Todd V. Fletcher, Sally Stevens |
2011 | Carol Bender**, Edward F. Reid |
2010 | Sharon Megdal |
2009 | Francisco A.R. Garcia** |
2008 | Diane Austin, Russell Tronstad |
2007 | Celestino Fernandez |
2005 | Timothy Dennehy**, Lay James Gibson** |
2004 | Charles (Corky) Poster**, Jeanette L. Ryan** |
**No longer Arizona faculty
*Deceased
**No longer Arizona faculty
***Award received while not at Arizona
2024 | Elise Gornish |
2023 | David Baltrus, Mónica Ramírez-Andreotta, Michael Marty |
2022 | Rebecca Mosher, Daniel Martínez, Weigang Wang |
2021 | Lynn M. Carter, Allison S. Gabriel, Elisa Tomat |
2024 | Harris Kornstein, Michelle Berry |
2023 | Yuanyuan (Kay) He, Anna Josephson, Andrew Curley, Andrew Paek, Alex Craig, Jeehey Kim |
2022 | Molly Gebrian, Thomas Gianetti, Tammi Walker, Ashley Dixon, David Enard |
2021 | Laura Condon, Lindsay M. Montgomery, Stefano Bloch, Jameson D. Lopez, Antonio José Bacelar da Silva, Jessica Brown |
2024 | Afrooz Jalilzade, Carrie Langley, Teresa Rosano, Hal Tharp |
2023 | Amy Graham, Darin Knapp, Patrick Baliani, Maria Letizia Bellocchio, Susan Holland |
2022 | Na Zuo, Dean Papajohn, Hank Stratton, Lisa Dollinger, Suzanne Dovi |
2021 | Paul Blowers, John Pollard, Ashley Jordan, Robert Stephan, Shawn Jackson |
2023 | Ana Carvalho, M. Leandro Heien |
2022 | Sheilah Nicholas |
2021 | Desireé Vega, Mary Carol Combs |
2020 | Ian L. Pepper, Melissa L. Tatum |
2019 | David A. Sbarra, Julia Elizabeth Annas |
2018 | Aleksander Ellis, Ronald Breiger |
2017 | Edward J. Kerschen**, Joseph Galaskiewicz |
2016 | Nader Chalfoun, Price Fishback |
2015 | Jerry Gaus, Hoshin Vijay Gupta |
2014 | Susan Shaw**, Robin Stryker** |
2013 | Diana Archangeli, David Christenson |
2012 | Nancy J. Parezo**, Karen S. Schumaker |
2011 | Katia da Costa Bezerra, Heidi Harley |
2010 | Andrew Carnie, Elizabeth Kennedy** |
2009 | Thomas Mauet, Chris Segrin |
2008 | Meg Lota Brown, Dennis Lichtenberger, Gary Thompson |
2007 | Russell Cropanzano**, Cindy Rankin |
2006 | Patricia Anders**, Sallie Marston, Avelino Eduardo Sáez |
2005 | John J.B. Allen, Carrol McLaughlin** |
2004 | Barbara Atwood, Thomas Holm** |
2003 | Herbert E. Pollock*, Mary Wildner-Bassett |
2002 | John Enemark**, Guy McPherson** |
2001 | Arthur Andrews**, Yetta M. Goodman**, Samuel H. Yalkowsky** |
2000 | Robert Bates**, Brian Crisp** |
*Deceased
**No longer Arizona faculty
2022 | Ana Cornide |
2021 | Vance T. Holliday |
2020 | Dirk Mateer |
2019 | Donata Vercelli, Ubirajara Van Kolck |
2018 | Jamie Edgin |
2014 | Bruce Bayly |
2009 | Trent Teegerstrom |
2008 | John Marchello** |
2007 | Joel Meister* |
2006 | Robert Williams, Jr. |
2005 | Sherry C. Betts** |
2004 | Alfred Kaszniak** |
2003 | Michael A. Wells* |
2002 | Jill Guernsey de Zapien |
*Deceased
**No longer Arizona faculty
2023 | Henk Granzier |
2021 | Vance Holliday |
2019 | Ubirajara Van Kolck, Donata Vercelli |
2017 | Shufeng Zhang |
2015 | Bruce Tabashnik |
2013 | Ida M. Moore |
2011 | Nicholas James Strausfeld |
2009 | Jane H. Hill* |
2008 | Albrecht Classen |
2007 | Sumitendra Mazumdar |
2006 | John G. Hildebrand |
2005 | George H. Rieke |
2004 | Pamela Decker |
2003 | Brian A. Larkins** |
2002 | J. Roger P. Angel |
*Deceased
**No longer Arizona faculty
2024 | Lisa Elfring |
2016 | Ed Prather |
2012 | Vicente A. Talanquer |
2009 | Alexander Cronin |
2008 | Carrol McLaughlin** |
2006 | Richard W. Shelton** |
2005 | Renate A. Schulz** |
2004 | Christopher D. Impey |
2002 | JoLaine Reierson Draugalis** |
*Deceased
**No longer Arizona faculty
2012 | Laura G. Gutierrez**, Thomas B. Wilson |
2011 | Stacey Oberly |
2010 | James Riley**, Joellen Russell |
2009 | Elaine Marchello, Barnet Pavao-Zuckerman** |
2007 | Edward E. Prather |
2006 | Beatriz Urrea |
2004 | Melissa Fitch, John Kupfer**, Ralph Price*, Timothy Swindle, J. Pat Willerton |
2003 | Richard Cosgrove**, Suzanne Delaney, Katherine Hirschboeck** |
2002 | Peter Foley*, Gregory Jackson**, James O'Brien**, Susan M. White |
2001 | Felice Bedford**, V. Spike Peterson, Richard Poss, Dennis Ray |
2000 | Thomas Fleming, George Gehrels, Helle Mathiasen**, Cecile McKee |
1999 | Albrecht Classen, Jennifer Jenkins, Harold P. Larson**, John McCullen* |
1998 | Kari McBride**, Homer Pettey, Cindy Rankin, Robert H. Robichaux |
1997 | Janice Dewey**, Gerald Swanson** |
*Deceased
**No longer Arizona faculty
***Award received while not at Arizona
*Deceased
**No longer Arizona faculty
2024 | Robert Stephan |
2023 | Jennifer Wolfe |
2022 | Liudmila Klimanova |
2021 | Tori Hidalgo |
2020 | Joela M. Jacobs |
2024 | Joseph Valacich |
2023 | Joyce Schroeder |
2022 | Jeffrey Pyun |
2024 | Laura Hollengreen, Laura Hollengreen |
2023 | Wolfgang Fink, Paul Wagner |
2024 | Buell Jannuzi, Chris Castro |
2023 | Diane Austin |
2022 | Karen Seat, John Galgiani |