Award Winners

Academic Year 2022-2023

  • Distinguished Staff: Kittie Tucker (Oceanography)
  • Outstanding Teaching Faculty: Kat Huybers (Atmospheric Sciences)
  • Outstanding Community Impact: Anthony Odell (Olympic National Resources Center/School of Environmental & Forest Services)
  • Exceptional Mentoring of Undergraduate Students: Kathy Newell (Oceanography)
  • Undergraduate Dean’s Medalist: Lillian Williamson (Program of the Environment)
  • Graduate Dean’s Medalist: Sam Kreling (School of Environmental & Forest Sciences)
  • Outstanding Commitment to Diversity. Equity, Inclusion, Justice, and Accessibility: GEODUC Team
    • José Guzmán (Aquatic & Fishery Sciences)
    • Mikelle Nuwer (Oceanography)
    • Kerry Naish (Aquatic & Fishery Sciences)
    • LuAnne Thompson (Oceanography)
    • Jane Dolliver (Dean’s Office)

Academic Year 2021-2022

  • Distinguished Staff: Hettie Scofield (Atmospheric Sciences)
  • Outstanding Teaching: Mikelle Nuwer (Oceanography)
  • Outstanding Diversity Commitment: Sarah Converse (Environmental & Forest Sciences/Aquatic & Fishery Sciences), Brian Harvey (Environmental & Forest Sciences)
  • Exceptional Mentoring of Undergraduate Students: José Guzmán (Aquatic & Fishery Sciences/Marine Biology)
  • Undergraduate Dean’s Medalist: Aina Hori (Marine Biology)
  • Graduate Dean’s Medalist: Tyler Cox (Atmospheric Sciences)
  • Outstanding Community Impact: Bryce Lewis-Smith (Marine & Environmental Affairs)

Academic Year 2020-2021

  • Distinguished Staff: Joe Kobayashi (Marine Biology), Jackie Chapman (Marine & Environmental Affairs)
  • Outstanding Teaching: Tim Essington (Aquatic & Fishery Sciences)
  • Outstanding Diversity Commitment: Jennifer Gosselin (Aquatic & Fishery Sciences), Eleni Petrou (Aquatic & Fishery Sciences)
  • Exceptional Mentoring of Undergraduate Students: Drew Gorman-Lewis (Earth & Space Sciences)
  • Undergraduate Dean’s Medalist: Esaac Mazengia (Environmental & Forest Sciences)
  • Graduate Dean’s Medalist: Hannah Glover (Oceanography)
  • Outstanding Community Impact: Washington Sea Grant Crab Team
    • Kate Litle
    • Jeff Adams
    • P. Sean McDonald
    • Emily Grason
    • Amy Linhart
    • Alex Stote

Academic Year 2019-2020

  • Distinguished Staff: Joe Eastham (Office of the Dean)
  • Outstanding Teaching: Aaron Wirsing (Environmental & Forest Sciences)
  • Outstanding Diversity Commitment: Katharine Huntington (Earth & Space Sciences), Natalie Lowell (Aquatic & Fishery Sciences)
  • Exceptional Mentoring of Undergraduate Students: Sharon Doty (Environmental & Forest Sciences), Luke Tornabene (Aquatic & Fishery Sciences)
  • Undergraduate Dean’s Medalist: Andrew Chin (Aquatic & Fishery Sciences)
  • Graduate Dean’s Medalist: Max Showalter (Oceanography)
  • Outstanding Community Impact: Fred Hoyt (UW Botanic Gardens)

Academic Year 2018-2019

  • Distinguished Staff Member: Shelly Carpenter (Oceanography)
  • Outstanding Teaching: José Guzmán (Aquatic & Fishery Sciences)
  • Outstanding Diversity Commitment: Katie McElroy, Yaamini Venkataraman, Sean Rohan, and Catherine Austin (Aquatic & Fishery Sciences)
  • Outstanding Community Impact: Ian Miller (WSG), Guillaume Mauger (CIG), Harriet Morgan (CIG), Paul Dye (WSG), Nicole Faghin (WSG), Heidi Roop (WSG), Crystal Raymond (CIG), MaryAnn Wagner (WSG), David Schmidt (ESS), Mark Welch (ESS), Karen Morrill McClure (WSG), Robert Norheim (CIG)
  • Exceptional Mentoring of Undergraduate Students: Gerard Roe (Earth & Space Sciences), Benjamin Dittbrenner (Aquatic & Fishery Sciences)
  • Undergraduate Dean’s Medalist: Rachel Fricke (Aquatic & Fishery Sciences)
  • Graduate Dean’s Medalist: Daniel Hernandez (Aquatic & Fishery Sciences), Lauren Schmeisser (Atmospheric Sciences)

Academic Year 2017-2018

  • Distinguished Staff: Erica M. Coleman (Atmospheric Sciences)
  • Outstanding Teaching: Eli Wheat (Program on the Environment)
  • Outstanding Researcher: David C. Catling (Earth & Space Sciences)
  • Outstanding Diversity Commitment: Isadora Jimenez-Hidalgo (Aquatic & Fishery Sciences)
  • Outstanding Community Impact, Student: Tyler J. Valentine (Earth & Space Sciences)
  • Outstanding Community Impact, Faculty or Staff: Nives Dolšak (Marine & Environmental Affairs)
  • Exceptional Mentoring of Undergraduate Students: Chelsea L. Wood (Aquatic & Fishery Sciences)
  • Undergraduate Dean’s Medalist: Jacob M. Hendrickson (Atmospheric Sciences)
  • Graduate Dean’s Medalist:   Joshua Krissansen-Totton (Earth & Space Sciences) and
    Andre Perkins (Atmospheric Sciences)
  • Distinguished Staff Member, Workday: Wanjiku Gitahi, Jennifer Weiss (Atmospheric Sciences); Megan Russell (Dean’s Office); Kathy Gabriel, Eunice R. Yang (Earth & Space Sciences); Kathleen M. Cowell, Aimee Urata (Friday Harbor Labs); Merle R. Jones, Deborah Malarek (Cooperative Institute for Climate, Ocean, and Ecosystem Studies); Lien Lai, Su Tipple, Kittie D. Tucker (Oceanography); Kathleen R. Effert, Karen R. Irwin (Aquatic & Fishery Sciences); Eileen Herman, Trinh Vo (Washington Sea Grant); Leta Truong Kao (Environmental & Forest Sciences); Jackie T. Chapman, Suanty Kaghan  (Marine & Environmental Affairs)

Academic Year 2016-2017

  • Distinguished Staff: David Campbell (Environmental & Forest Sciences)
  • Outstanding Teaching: Kerry Naish (Aquatic and Fishery Sciences), Gabrielle Rocap (Oceanography)
  • Outstanding Researcher: Anitra Ingalls (Oceanography)
  • Outstanding Diversity Commitment: Jessica Hernandez (Environmental & Forest Sciences)
  • Outstanding Community Impact, Student: Judy Twedt (Atmospheric Sciences)
  • Outstanding Community Impact, Staff: Lara Whitely Binder (Climate Impacts Group)
  • Exceptional Mentoring of Undergraduate Students: Ashley Maloney (Oceanography)
  • Undergraduate Dean’s Medalist: Robert Swan (Environmental & Forest Sciences)
  • Graduate Dean’s Medalist: Katherine Heal (Oceanography)

Academic Year 2015-2016

  • Distinguished Staff: Kathryn Stout (Aquatic & Fishery Sciences)
  • Outstanding Teaching: Lorenz Hauser (Aquatic & Fishery Sciences)
  • Outstanding Researcher: Joshua Lawler (Environmental & Forest Sciences)
  • Outstanding Diversity Commitment: Robert Winglee (Earth & Space Sciences)
  • Outstanding Community Impact, Student: Isabel Carrera Zamanillo (Environmental & Forest Sciences)
  • Outstanding Community Impact, Faculty or Staff: Tom Leschine (Marine & Environmental Affairs)
  • Exceptional Mentoring of Undergraduate Students: Chang Dou (Environmental & Forest Sciences)
  • Undergraduate Dean’s Medalist: Nirupam Nigam (Aquatic & Fishery Sciences)
  • Graduate Dean’s Medalist: Bradley Markle (Earth & Space Sciences)

Academic Year 2014-2015

  • Distinguished Staff: Doug Russell (Oceanography)
  • Outstanding Teaching: 
Juliet Crider (Earth & Space Sciences)
  • Outstanding Researcher: Tim Essington (Aquatic & Fishery Sciences)
  • Outstanding Diversity Commitment, Student: Brian Tracey (Marine & Environmental Affairs)
    • Honorable Mention, Faculty: Billie Swalla (Friday Harbor Laboratories)
    • Honorable Mention, Faculty: Greg Hakim (Atmospheric Sciences)
    • Honorable Mention, Staff: Juan Carlos Chavez (Washington NASA Space Grant Consortium)
    • Honorable Mention, Student: Emily Davis (Aquatic & Fishery Sciences)
  • Outstanding Community Impact, Student: 
Miku Lenentine (Oceanography)
  • Outstanding Community Impact, Staff: Teri King (Washington Sea Grant)
  • Exceptional Mentoring of Undergraduates, Faculty: Fang-Zhen Teng (Earth & Space Sciences)
  • Exceptional Mentoring of Undergraduates, Student: Jaclyn Saunders (Oceanography)
  • Undergraduate Dean’s Medalist:  Sophia Winkler-Schor (Environmental & Forest Sciences/Environmental Studies)
  • Graduate Dean’s Medalist: Samantha Zwicker (Environmental & Forest Sciences)

Academic Year 2013-2014

  • Distinguished Staff: 
Miriam Bertram (Program on Climate Change)
  • Outstanding Teaching: 
Kerry Naish (Aquatic & Fishery Sciences)
  • Outstanding Researcher: Eric Steig (Earth & Space Sciences)
  • Outstanding Community Impact, Student: 
Kristen Rasmussen (Atmospheric Sciences)
  • Outstanding Community Impact, Faculty: Cliff Mass (Atmospheric Sciences)
  • Undergraduate Dean’s Medalist:  Heather Bervid (Earth & Space Sciences)
  • Graduate Dean’s Medalist: Alicia Hotovec-Ellis (Earth & Space Sciences)

Academic Year 2012-2013

  • Distinguished Staff: 
Juan Carlos Chavez (Washington Space Grant)
  • Outstanding Teaching: 
Nives Dolšak (Marine & Environmental Affairs)
  • Outstanding Researcher: Trevor Branch (Aquatic & Fishery Sciences)
  • Outstanding Community Impact, Student: 
Karl Lang (Earth & Space Sciences)
    Outstanding Community Impact, Faculty: David Fluharty (Marine & Environmental Affairs)
  • Undergraduate Dean’s Medalist: Taryn Black (Earth & Space Sciences)
  • Graduate Dean’s Medalist: Kate Allstadt (Earth & Space Sciences)

Academic Year 2011-2012

  • Community Impact Award (faculty/staff): Bill Steele (Earth & Space Sciences)
  • Community Impact Award (student): Rachel Mitchell (Environmental & Forest Sciences)
  • Distinguished Staff: Andrew Sattler (Atmospheric Sciences)
  • Outstanding Teaching: Christian Grue (Aquatic & Fishery Sciences)
  • Outstanding Researcher: David Montgomery (Earth & Space Sciences)
  • Graduate Dean’s Medalist: Meryl Mims (Aquatic & Fishery Sciences)
  • Undergraduate Dean’s Medalist: Katelyn Atakturk (Earth & Space Sciences)

Academic Year 2010-2011

  • Outstanding Teaching: Bruce Nelson (Earth & Space Sciences)
  • Outstanding Researcher: John Vidale (Earth & Space Sciences)
  • Distinguished Staff Member: Jessica Roshan (Aquatic & Fishery Sciences)
  • Undergraduate Dean’s Medalist: Ross Whippo (Aquatic & Fishery Sciences)
  • Graduate Dean’s Medalist: Theresa Kayzar (Earth & Space Sciences)
  • Outstanding Community Collaborator: Climate Impacts Group