Earth and Environmental Sciences

Faculty Distinction 2020/21


Jacqueline Austermann

Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Sloan Research Fellow

CIG Distinguished Speaker


Jacqueline Austermann

Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Sloan Research Fellow

CIG Distinguished Speaker


Jacqueline Austermann
Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Sloan Research Fellow

CIG Distinguished Speaker


Roisin Commane

Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Irish Top 40 Under 40 Awards, Irish Echo

Certificate of Recognition, New York State Senate


Roisin Commane

Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Irish Top 40 Under 40 Awards, Irish Echo

Certificate of Recognition, New York State Senate


Roisin Commane
Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Irish Top 40 Under 40 Awards, Irish Echo

Certificate of Recognition, New York State Senate


Steven Goldstein

Higgins Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences; Associate Director, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

Visiting Professor Fellowship, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel


Steven Goldstein

Higgins Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences; Associate Director, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

Visiting Professor Fellowship, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel


Steven Goldstein
Higgins Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences; Associate Director, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

Visiting Professor Fellowship, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel


Arnold Gordon

Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences

AGU Harald Sverdrup Lecture


Arnold Gordon

Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences

AGU Harald Sverdrup Lecture


Arnold Gordon
Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences

AGU Harald Sverdrup Lecture


Galen McKinley

Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences

American Geophysical Union, Ocean Sciences Voyager Award


Galen McKinley

Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences

American Geophysical Union, Ocean Sciences Voyager Award


Galen McKinley
Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences

American Geophysical Union, Ocean Sciences Voyager Award


Jerry McManus

Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences; Chair, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences; Deputy Director for Education, Lamont Doherty Earth Observation

Mentoring Award, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

Best Instructor Award, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

AGU Union Fellow


Jerry McManus

Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences; Chair, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences; Deputy Director for Education, Lamont Doherty Earth Observation

Mentoring Award, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

Best Instructor Award, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

AGU Union Fellow


Jerry McManus
Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences; Chair, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences; Deputy Director for Education, Lamont Doherty Earth Observation

Mentoring Award, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

Best Instructor Award, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

AGU Union Fellow


Paul Olsen

Arthur D. Storke Memorial Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Chinese Academy of Sciences Presidential Fellowship


Paul Olsen

Arthur D. Storke Memorial Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Chinese Academy of Sciences Presidential Fellowship


Paul Olsen
Arthur D. Storke Memorial Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Chinese Academy of Sciences Presidential Fellowship


Terry Plank

Arthur D. Storke Memorial Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Moore Scholar, Caltech, California


Terry Plank

Arthur D. Storke Memorial Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Moore Scholar, Caltech, California


Terry Plank
Arthur D. Storke Memorial Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Moore Scholar, Caltech, California


Maureen Raymo

Co-Founding Dean, Columbia Climate School; Director, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory; G. Unger Vetlesen Professor of Earth and Climate Science

Featured in Wonder Women of Science: How 12 Geniuses Are Rocking Science, Technology, and the World by T. Fletcher and G. Rue, Candlewick Press

Northrup Distinguished Lecture, University of New Mexico

H. H. Woodard Lecture, Beloit College, Wisconsin


Maureen Raymo

Co-Founding Dean, Columbia Climate School; Director, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory; G. Unger Vetlesen Professor of Earth and Climate Science

Featured in Wonder Women of Science: How 12 Geniuses Are Rocking Science, Technology, and the World by T. Fletcher and G. Rue, Candlewick Press

Northrup Distinguished Lecture, University of New Mexico

H. H. Woodard Lecture, Beloit College, Wisconsin


Maureen Raymo
Co-Founding Dean, Columbia Climate School; Director, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory; G. Unger Vetlesen Professor of Earth and Climate Science

Featured in Wonder Women of Science: How 12 Geniuses Are Rocking Science, Technology, and the World by T. Fletcher and G. Rue, Candlewick Press

Northrup Distinguished Lecture, University of New Mexico

H. H. Woodard Lecture, Beloit College, Wisconsin

The Faculty Distinction awards are compiled annually by the offices of the Executive Vice President for Arts and Sciences in coordination with the Arts and Sciences Departments. The information displayed is archival in nature and reflects distinctions of the previous academic year - 2020 is a collection of awards an honors from the 2019-2020 academic year.

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