Honors and Awards
2020 ESPM Faculty Retirements
Rausser College congratulates Professors Gordon Frankie and J. Keith Gilless on their retirement this year.
Professor Jill Banfield receives H.C. Urey Award
The European Association of Geochemistry honors Banfield for outstanding contributions advancing geochemistry over her career.
Faculty receive Department of Energy Early Career Research awards
A number of Berkeley researchers were honored, including assistant professors Laura Lammers and Trevor Keenan.
Assistant Professor Carl Boettiger named 2020 Ecological Society of America Fellow
Boettiger is recognized for his contributions to ecology through his research and teaching.
Professor Allen Goldstein receives Yoram J. Kaufman Award
The American Geophysical Union award honors outstanding research and unselfish cooperation.
Forbes names Lorenzo Rosa on 30 Under 30 Science & Healthcare list
The distinction recognizes Rosa for his research on sustainable agriculture and water resources.
PhD student receives Solutions Journalism Network Fellowship
Doctoral student Vera L. Chang receives Fellowship to support her investigative reporting into sexual violence on large farms.
Professor Lynn Huntsinger receives W.R. Chapline Research Award
The award honors exceptional and sustained research accomplishments related to rangelands.
Two faculty members receive Miller Professorship
ESPM professor Steven Beissinger was one of nine at Berkeley who received the Professorship.
Nancy Peluso receives 2019 Environmental Peacebuilding Award
Peluso was awarded for her work on the intersections between natural resource management and armed conflict reduction.
Ron Amundson elected a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union
AGU Fellows are recognized for their scientific eminence in the Earth and space sciences.
Allen Goldstein receives award from the American Geophysical Union
The award recognizes Goldstein’s broad influence in atmospheric science and his collaborative research.
Lorenzo Rosa awarded Horton Research Grant
Lorenzo Rosa has received a one-year grant to study the food-energy-water nexus.
Ian Wang receives National Science Foundation grant
Ian Wang has been awarded a five-year grant to study evolutionary responses to climate change.
Two graduate students awarded Switzer Fellowships
Frances Roberts-Gregory and Christine Wilkinson recieved this award for their work to improve the environment and for showing leadership in their fields.
Jonas Meckling receives Emerging Young Scholar Award
This award recognizes a researcher making notable contributions to the field of science, technology, and environmental politics.
Alumna, postdoc awarded Smith Fellowship
Joan Dudney and Max Lambert have been selected for David H. Smith Conservation Research Fellowships.
Susan Hubbard elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Hubbard is a leading expert in quantifying the hydrological and biogeochemical behavior of environmental systems.
Students recognized for Herbicide-Free Cal campaign
Mackenzie Feldman and Bridget Gustafson are featured on a list of environmentalists “making a difference.”
London’s Royal Society elects two from CNR
Professor Inez Fung is a newly-elected foreign member of the Royal Society of London.