Honors & Awards | Deep Carbon Observatory

DCO Emerging Leader Awards

Sergey Lobanov GFZ Potsdam, Germany	2019 DCO Emerging Leader Award
Cara Magnabosco ETH Zürich, Switzerland	2019 DCO Emerging Leader Award
Shaunna Morrison Carnegie Institution for Science, USA	2019 DCO Emerging Leader Award
Ding Pan Hong Kong University of Science and Technology	2019 DCO Emerging Leader Award
Peter Barry University of Oxford, UK	2018 DCO Emerging Leader Award
Sabin Zahirovic University of Sydney, Australia	2018 DCO Emerging Leader Award
Alberto Vitale Brovarone IMPMC, France	2017 DCO Emerging Leader Award
Daniel Hummer Southern Illinois University, USA	2017 DCO Emerging Leader Award
Taryn López University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA	2017 DCO Emerging Leader Award
Maggie CY Lau Princeton University, USA	2016 DCO Emerging Leader Award
Yves Moussallam University of Cambridge, UK	2016 DCO Emerging Leader Award
Jon Fellowes University of Manchester, UK	2015 DCO Emerging Leader Award
Donato Giovannelli Rutgers University, USA / ISMAR-CNR, National Research Council of Italy	2015 DCO Emerging Leader Award
Fatima Viveiros University of the Azores, Portugal	2015 DCO Emerging Leader Award

Honors & Awards to DCO Scientists

Robert Hazen Carnegie Institution for Science, USA	Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Jin Liu HPSTAR, China	2020 MSA Award
Kimberly Tait University of Toronto, Canada	2019 MSA Fellow
Rajdeep Dasgupta Rice University, USA	2019 MSA Fellow
Craig Schiffries Carnegie Institution for Science, USA	2019 MSA Fellow
Tobias Keller University of Glasgow, UK	2020 EGU Geodynamics Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award
Donald B. Dingwell Ludwig Maximilian University, Germany	Arthur Holmes Medal
Antje Boetius University of Bremen, Germany	Federal Cross of Merit
Beth N Orcutt Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, USA	Asahiko Taira International Scientific Ocean Drilling Research Prize
Robert M Hazen Carnegie Institution for Science, USA	2019 AGU Fellow
Graham Pearson University of Alberta, Canada	2019 AGU Fellow
Alexander V. Sobolev Institut des Sciences de la Terre, Université Grenoble Alpes, France, and Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences	2019 AGU Fellow
Michael Walter Carnegie Institution for Science, USA	2019 AGU Fellow
Marie Edmonds University of Cambridge, UK	Reginald Daly Lecture
Graham Pearson University of Alberta, Canada	Norman L. Bowen Award and Lecture
Sergey Lobanov GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences	AGU Mineral and Rock Physics Early Career Award
Kelly Wrighton Colorado State University, USA	Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
Craig Schiffries Carnegie Institution for Science, USA	GSA Public Service Award
Sabin Zahirovic University of Sydney, Australia	A. H. Voisey Medal
Fumio Inagaki JAMSTEC, Japan	2019 Copernicus Medal
Barbara Sherwood Lollar University of Toronto, Canada	Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering
Barbara Sherwood Lollar University of Toronto, Canada	Fellow of the Royal Society
Ding Pan Hong Kong University of Science and Technology	Croucher Innovation Award
Barbara Sherwood Lollar University of Toronto, Canada	2019 Geochemistry Fellow
Shuguang Li China University of Geosciences, China	2019 Geochemistry Fellow
Yuji Sano University of Tokyo, Japan	2019 Geochemistry Fellow
Cin-Ty Lee Rice University, USA	2019 Geochemistry Fellow
Brendan McCormick-Kilbride University of Cambridge, UK	2019 GSL William Smith Fund
Barbara Sherwood Lollar University of Toronto, Canada	2019 Clair C. Patterson Award
Don DePaolo University of California, Berkeley, USA	2019 V.M. Goldschmidt Award
Nikolay Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Novosibirsk, Russia	Friedrich Becke Medal (Austrian Mineralogical Society)
Marie Edmonds University of Cambridge, UK	Thermo Fischer Scientific VMSG Award, 2019
Mustafa Yucel Middle East Technical University, Turkey	2018 TÜBA-GEBİP Awards for Outstanding Young Scientists
Paula Olsiewski Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, USA	2018 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Peter Fox Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA	2018 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Elizabeth Trembath-Reichert Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA	L’Oréal USA 2018 For Women in Science Fellowship
Nikolay Sobolev Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia	Member of National Academy of Sciences in Italy
Antje Boetius University of Bremen, Germany	2018 German Environmental Award
Tamsin Mather University of Oxford, UK	Royal Society Rosalind Franklin Award
Claire Rachel Cousins University of St. Andrews, UK	Royal Society of Edinburgh Young Academy of Scotland
Antje Boetius University of Bremen, Germany	2018 Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Communicator Award
Terry Plank Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, USA	2018 Wollaston Medal
Emma Liu University of Cambridge, UK	The L'Oréal UK & Ireland Fellowships For Women in Science
Venkata Srinu Bhadram Carnegie Institution for Science, USA	Carnegie Postdoctoral Innovation and Excellence Award
Antje Boetius University of Bremen, Germany	2018 Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky Medal
Barbara Sherwood Lollar University of Toronto, Canada	2018 Logan Medal
Craig Manning University of California Los Angeles, USA	2018 Geochemical Fellow
Daniel Frost University of Bayreuth, Germany	2018 Geochemical Fellow
Donald B. Dingwell University of Munich, Germany	2017 AAAS Fellow
Catherine McCammon Bayerisches Geoinstitut, Germany	International Board on the Applicants of the Mössbauer Effect (IBAME) Award
Robert Hazen Carnegie Institution for Science, USA	Honorary Membership in the Russian Mineralogical Society
Vikram Vishal Indian Institute of Technology, India	2017 Young Researcher Award in the field of Earth System Science
Alexander Goncharov Carnegie Institution for Science, USA	Carnegie Science Venture Grant
Magdalena R. Osburn Northwestern University, USA	2017 Packard Fellowships in Science and Engineering
Laurence Yeung Rice University, USA	2017 Packard Fellowships in Science and Engineering
Sergey Lobanov Stony Brook University, USA	Helmholtz Young Investigator Group Leaders Award
Marie Edmonds Cambridge University, UK	2017 IAVCEI Wager Medal
Jeffrey Alt University of Michigan, USA	2017 AGU Fellow
Kelly Chance Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, USA	2017 AGU Fellow
Marc Chaussidon IPGP, France	2017 AGU Fellow
Murli Manghnani University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, USA	2017 AGU Fellow
Robert Stern University of Texas at Dallas, USA	2017 AGU Fellow
Youxue Zhang University of Michigan, USA	2017 AGU Fellow
Craig Manning University of California Los Angeles, USA	Norman L. Bowen Award and Lecture
Bernard Marty Centre de Recherches Pétrographiques et Géochimiques, France	Norman L. Bowen Award and Lecture
Dietmar Müller University of Sydney, Australia	Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science
Vikram Vishal Indian Institute of Technology, India	Indian National Science Academy (INSA) Young Scientist Medal
Kai-Uwe Hinrichs University of Bremen, Germany	2017 Geochemical Fellow
Sami Mikhail University of St Andrews, UK	2017 Murchison Fund
Jillian Banfield University of California Berkeley, USA	2017 V. M. Goldschmidt Award
Kai-Uwe Hinrichs MARUM, University of Bremen, Germany	2017 C.C. Patterson Medalist
Russell J. Hemley George Washington University, USA	Honored with naming of new mineral, hemlyite
Shuhei Ono Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA	2017 Paul W. Gast Lecture
Chris Ballentine University of Oxford, UK	2016 Eni Award for New Frontiers of Hydrocarbons (Upstream)
Katie Pratt University of Rhode Island, USA	2017 AAAS Community Engagement Fellow
Donald B. Dingwell Ludwig Maximilian University, Germany	Arthur L. Day Medal
Maya Tolstoy Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, USA	American Geophysical Union: 2016 Birch Lecturer
Esteban Gazel Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA	American Geophysical Union: 2016 Hisashi Kuno Award
Xiaogang (Marshall) Ma Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA	Elected Councilor (2016-2020) of the International Association for Mathematical Geosciences
Barbara Sherwood Lollar University of Toronto, Canada	Companion of the Order of Canada
John Eiler California Institute of Technology, USA	Member of the National Academy of Sciences
Terry Plank Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, USA	Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Alexandra Navrotsky University of California Davis, USA	2016 V.M. Goldschmidt Medalist
Laurence Yeung Rice University, USA	2016 F.W. Clarke Medalist
Barbara Sherwood Lollar University of Toronto, Canada	NSERC John C. Polanyi Award
Edward Young University of California Los Angeles, USA	Fellow of the Geochemical Society and of the European Association of Geochemistry
Robert Hazen Carnegie Institution for Science, USA	2016 Roebling Medal
Anat Shahar Carnegie Institution for Science, USA	2016 MSA Award
Jesse Ausubel Alfred P. Sloan Foundation / Rockefeller University, USA	American Geographical Society Honorary Fellowship
Jesse Ausubel Alfred P. Sloan Foundation / Rockefeller University, USA	2015 Michelson Memorial Lecture Series Distinguished Speaker
Meng Tian Yale University, USA	2015 Newton International Fellowship
Peter Fox Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA	2015 AGU Fellow
Barbara Sherwood Lollar University of Toronto, Canada	2015 AGU Fellow
Fumio Inagaki JAMSTEC, Japan	2015 The Asahiko Taira International Scientific Ocean Drilling Research Prize
Claude P. Jaupart IPGP, France	2015 Harry H. Hess Medal
Terry Plank Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, USA	Honorary Doctor of Science, Dartmouth College
Donald Dingwell Ludwig Maximilian University, Germany	2015 Peacock Medal
Nikolay Sobolev Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia	DCO Award for Extraordinary Service to the Deep Carbon Science Community
Xiaogang (Marshall) Ma Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA	2015 Andrei Borisovich Vistelius Research Award of the International Association for Mathematical Geoscience
Anat Shahar Carnegie Institution for Science, USA	Geochemical Society F.W.Clarke Award
Erik Hauri Carnegie Institution for Science, USA	2015 Fellow of the Geochemical Society and European Association of Geochemistry
Graham Pearson (and colleagues) University of Alberta, Canada	Diamonds Reveal Hidden 'Oceans' in Earth's Mantle featured as #25 in Discovery Magazine's 100 Best Science Stories of 2014
Nikolay V. Sobolev Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia	International Mineralogical Association 2013 Medal of Excellence in Mineralogical Sciences
Xiaogang (Marshall) Ma Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA	Inaugural ISCU-WDS Data Stewardship Award
Antje Boetius Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven / Max Plank Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen	2014 AGU Fellow
Rajdeep Dasgupta Rice University, USA	AGU James B. Macelwane Medal 2014
Donald DePaolo University of California Berkeley, USA	AGU Harry Hess Medal 2014
Sara Hickox University of Rhode Island, USA	URI Foundation Administrative Excellence Award
Donald Dingwell Ludwig Maximillian University, Germany	13th Otto Schott Research Award
Peter Kelemen Columbia University, USA	Member of the National Academy of Sciences
Jesse Ausubel Alfred P. Sloan Foundation / Rockefeller University, USA	2014 Breakthrough Paradigm Award and a short autobiography published by DiRienzo
Peter Fox Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA	President of Federation of Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP)
Max Coleman NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA	The Geological Society: Prestwich Medal
Barbara Sherwood Lollar University of Toronto, Canada	President of the Geochemical Society
Robert Hazen Carnegie Institution for Science, USA	2014 Geochemical Fellow
Marc Hirschmann University of Minnesota, USA	2014 Geochemical Fellow
Bernard Marty CRPG, France	2014 Geochemical Fellow
Steve Shirey Carnegie Institution for Science, USA	2014 Vice-President (and President Elect) of the Mineralogical Society of America
Chris Ballentine University of Oxford, UK	2013 AGU Fellow
James Badro IPGP, France	Appointed Professor and Senior Geophysicist at IPGP
Duck Young Kim Carnegie Institution for Science, USA	2013 Jamieson Award
Chris Ballentine University of Oxford, UK	Appointed Professor of Geochemistry at the University of Oxford
Alexandra Navrotsky University of California Davis, USA	Appointed Interim Dean of the Division of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Magali Ader IPGP, France	Appointed Professor at IPGP
Terry Plank Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, USA	Member of the National Academy of Sciences
Igor Tolstikhin Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia	2013 Urey Award
Chris Ballentine University of Oxford, UK	European Association of Geochemistry President
Rajdeep Dasgupta Rice University, USA	2012 Hisashi Kuno Award
Wendy Mao Stanford University, USA	2013 MSA Award
Terry Plank Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, USA	2012 MacArthur Fellowship
Vincenzo Stagno Carnegie Institution for Science, USA	Best PhD Thesis named by the Italian Society of Mineralogy and Petrology
Jesse Ausubel Alfred P. Sloan Foundation / Rockefeller University, USA	Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of St Andrews
Barbara Sherwood Lollar University of Toronto, Canada	2012 Eni Award for Protection of the Environment
Marc M. Hirschmann University of Minnesota, USA	2011 AGU Fellow
Craig E. Manning University of California Los Angeles, USA	2011 AGU Fellow
Takehiko Yagi University of Tokyo, Japan	2011 AGU Fellow

Top photo: cell abundance in marine sediments, superimposed over Google Earth to reveal high and low areas of microbes on the seafloor. Image courtesy of Brandon Briggs and Janelle Sikorski.