Edward A. Frieman Prize for Excellence in Graduate Student Research
The Edward A. Frieman Prize for Excellence in Graduate Student Research was initiated with contributions from the Frieman family to honor Edward Frieman on the occasion of his 70th birthday.
Frieman, who passed away in 2013, served as director of Scripps Institution of Oceanography from 1986 to 1996 and was a member of the National Academy of Sciences. He was a plasma physicist with research interests that extended into other physical science fields, including hydromagnetics, hydrodynamics, and astrophysics.
The Frieman Prize provides Scripps Oceanography with the opportunity to recognize Scripps graduate students who have distinguished themselves in their scientific work as measured by the quality of their research publications. The Frieman Prize is awarded annually and each student winner receives a $1,000 cash prize and a certificate.
Recipients
- 2024 Noel Gutierrez-Brizuela
"Prolonged thermocline warming by near-inertial internal waves in the wakes of tropical cyclones" Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - 2023 Ariel Pezner
"Increasing hypoxia on global coral reefs under ocean warming" Nature Climate Change - 2022 Katherine Bauman
"Enzymatic assembly of the salinosporamide γ-lactam-β-lactone anticancer warhead" Nature Chemical Biology - 2021 Susheel Adusumilli
"Interannual variations in meltwater input to the Southern Ocean from Antarctic ice shelves" Nature Geoscience - 2020 William Chapman
“Improving Atmospheric River Forecasts with Machine Learning” Geophysical Research Letters - 2019 John Kilpatrick Brunson
"Biosynthesis of the neurotoxin domoic acid in a bloom-forming diatom" Science - 2018 Jeffrey McQuaid
"Carbonate-sensitive phytotransferrin controls high-affinity iron uptake in diatoms" Nature - 2017 Eric Keen
"Aggregative and feeding thresholds of sympatric rorqual whales within a fjord system" Ecosphere - 2016 Nastassia Patin
"Competitive strategies differentiate closely related species of marine actinobacteria” The International Society for Microbial Ecology Journal - 2015 Hao Ye
"Equation-free mechanistic ecosystem forecasting using empirical dynamic modeling” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - 2014 Diego Melgar
"Near-field tsunami models with rapid earthquake source inversions from land- and ocean-based observations: The potential for forecast and warning” Journal of Geophysical Research - 2013 Caitlin Whalen
“Spatial and temporal variability of global ocean mixing inferred from Argo profiles” Geophysical Research Letters - 2012 Roland Kersten
"A mass spectrometry-guided genome mining approach for natural product peptidogenomics” Nature Chemical Biology - 2011 Cassondra Williams
"What triggers the aerobic dive limit? Patterns of muscle oxygen depletion during dives of Emperor penguins” The Journal of Experimental Biology - 2010 Patrick Shaw
“Arctic organic aerosol measurements show particles from mixed combustion in spring haze and from frost flowers in winter” Geophysical Research Letters - 2009 Loren McClenachan
“Documenting Loss of Large Trophy Fish from the Florida Keys with Historical Photographs” Conservation Biology - 2008 Xavier Mayali
“Cultivation and Ecosystem Role of a Marine Roseobacter Clade-Affiliated Cluster Bacterium” Applied and Environmental Microbiology - 2007 Christopher Ellison
“Disruption of Mitochondrial Function in Interpopulation Hybrids of Tigriopus Californicus” Evolution - 2006 Renee Bulow
“New Events Discovered in the Apollo Lunar Seismic Data” Journal of Geophysical Research - 2006 Hyodae Seo
“Effect of Ocean Mesoscale Variability on the Mean State of Tropical Atlantic Climate” Geophysical Research Letters - 2005 Benjamin Hodges
“Simple Models of Steady Deep Maxima in Chlorophyll and Biomass” Deep-Sea Research - 2004 Jeanine Donley
“Convergent Evolution in Mechanical Design of Lamnid Sharks and Tunas” Nature - 2003 Bridget Smith
“Coulomb Stress Accumulation Along the San Andreas Fault System” Journal of Geophysical Research - 2002 Mark Kessler
“A Model for Sorted Circles as Self-Organized Patterns” Journal of Geophysical Research - 2001 Fabrice Veron
“Experiments on the Stability and Transition of Wind-Driven Water Surfaces” Journal of Fluid Mechanics - 2000 Rob Rhew
“Natural Methyl Bromide and Methyl Chloride Emissions from Coastal Salt Marshes” Nature - 1999 Kay Bidle
“Accelerated Dissolution of Diatom Silica by Marine Bacterial Assemblages” Nature - 1998 Helen Perks
“A 400Kyr Record of Combustion Oxygen Demand on the Ontong-Java Plateau: Evidence for a Precessionally Forced Climate Response” Paleoceanography - 1997 Steve Mojzsis
“Evidence for Life on Earth Before 3,800 Million Years Ago” Nature - 1996 Willie Swanson
“Extraordinary Divergence and Positive Darwinian Selection in a Fusagenic Protein Coating the Acrosomal Process of Abalone Spermatozoa” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences