Awards and Honors

Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego scientists have been the recipients of the world’s most prestigious awards, not only for their research but for their efforts toward humanitarian goals. A number of awards conferred by Scripps Oceanography similarly acknowledge scientific achievement as well as work toward the betterment of society and the natural world.

AAAS Fellows

Andrew Benson* (1965)

Ronald Burton (2013)

Steven Cande (2014)

Cathy Constable (2017)

Paul Dayton (1985)

William Fenical (2008)

David Epel (1978)

Konstantine Georgakakos (2016)

William Gerwick (2017)

Miriam Kastner (1992)

Charles David Keeling* (1990)

Gerald Kooyman (1978)

Lisa Levin (1994)

John McGowan* (1990)

Jean-Bernard Minster (2013)

Tadeusz Molinski (2020)

John Ogden* (1997)

Mark Ohman (2014)

Brian Palenik (2021)

Joseph Reid* (1985)

David Sandwell (2020)

Jeffrey Severinghaus (2012)

Kenneth Smith (1990)

George Somero (1977) 

Richard Somerville (1993)

Lynne Talley (2016)

Lisa Tauxe (2011)

Maria Vernet (2018)

Kenneth Watson* (1985)

Ray Weiss (2006)

*Deceased

AGU Fellows

Laurence D. Armi

Tim Barnett*

Yehuda Bock 

Daniel R. Cayan

Steven Constable

Russ E. Davis* 

Michael D. Dettinger

Helen Amanda Fricker 

Joris Gieskes*

James Freeman Gilbert* 

Sarah T. Gille

Charles David Keeling* 

Ralph F. Keeling 

Gabi Laske

Margaret Leinen 

Lisa A. Levin

Robert Pinkel

Joseph Reid*

Lynn Russell

Jeffrey P. Severinghaus

Richard C.J. Somerville 

Shang-Ping Xie

William Young 

*Deceased

American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Meinrat Andreae (2013)

Farooq Azam (2016)

Andrew Benson* (1965)

Harmon Craig* (1976)

Russ E. Davis* (2020)

James Freeman Gilbert* (1961)

Vicki Grassian (2020)

Jeremy Jackson (2001)

Charles David Keeling* (1986)

Charles Kennel (1999)

Nancy Knowlton (2013)

Margaret Leinen (2020) 

Kimberly Ann Prather (2010)

Veerabhadran Ramanathan (1995)

Richard Salmon (1996)

David T. Sandwell (2008)

Lynne Talley (2003)

Lisa Tauxe (2016)

David Victor (2020)

*Deceased

BBVA Foundation

Veerabhadran Ramanathan (2016)

Jeremy Jackson (2007)

Blue Planet

Charles David Keeling* (1993)

Veerabhadran Ramanathan (2021)

*Deceased

The Crafoord Prize in Geosciences

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

Walter Munk* (2010)

*Deceased

Franklin Award

The Franklin Institute

Lisa Tauxe (2014)

Kyoto Prize

Walter Munk* (1999)

*Deceased

National Academy of Engineering Members

National Academy of Engineering

William A. Kuperman*

John Orcutt

Kimberly Prather

Dean Roemmich

John Dove Isaacs*

William Aaron Nierenberg*

Fred Noel Spiess*

*Deceased

National Academy of Sciences Members

National Academy of Sciences

James Arnold*

George Edward Backus

Andrew Benson*

Milton Nunn Bramlette*

Edward Crisp Bullard*

Theodore Holmes Bullock*

Charles Cox*

Harmon Craig*

John Crowell*

Paul Crutzen*

Russ E. Davis*

Carl Henry Eckart*

Walter Maurice Elsasser*

Albert Edward John Engel*

Edward Frieman*

James Freeman Gilbert*

Edward D. Goldberg*

Carl Leavitt Hubbs*

John Dove Isaacs*

Jeremy Jackson

Charles David Keeling*

Charles F. Kennel

Nancy Knowlton

Devendra Lal*

Lisa Levin

Henry William Menard*

John Wilder Miles*

Mario J. Molina*

Walter Munk*

Jerome Namias*

William Aaron Nierenberg*

Kimberly Prather

Roger Revelle*

Veerabhadran Ramanathan

John G. Sclater*

Per Frederik Scholander*

David Sandwell

Peter Shearer

Jeffrey P. Severinghaus

George N. Somero

Francis Bertody Sumner*

Harold Ulrik Sverdup*

Lynne Talley

Lisa Tauxe

Kenneth Watson*

William Young

*Deceased

National Medal of Science

National Science & Technology Medals Foundation

Charles David Keeling* (2001)

Walter Munk* (1983)

Roger Revelle* (1990)

*Deceased

Nobel Prize

Nobel Foundation

Paul Crutzen - Nobel Prize in Chemistry* (1995)

Mario J. Molina - Nobel Prize in Chemistry* (1995)

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) - Nobel Peace Prize (2007)

*Deceased

Prince Albert I Grand Medal

Lisa Levin (2019)

Wolfgang Berger* (1991)

Gifford Ewing* (1961)

*Deceased

Royal Society

Fellowship of the Royal Society

Fellows

Guy Masters (2005)

John Sclater* (1982)

Robert Parker (1989)

Devendra Lal* (1979)

Foreign Members

Paul Crutzen* (2006)

Walter Munk* (1976)

*Deceased

Tang Prize

Veerabhadran Ramanathan (2018)

Tyler Prize

Paul Crutzen* (1989)

Edward Goldberg* (1989)

Charles David Keeling* (2005)

Mario Molina* (1983)

Veerabhadran Ramanathan (2009)

Roger Revelle* (1984)

*Deceased

Awards Given by Scripps

Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego recognizes important work in the scientific community through a variety of awards and prize to faculty, researchers, students, and friends.