Award Winners

Academic Year 2020-2021

  • Distinguished Staff Members: Joe Kobayashi (Marine Biology), Jackie Chapman (Marine & Environmental Affairs)
  • Outstanding Teaching Faculty: 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 Member: Joe Eastham (Office of the Dean)
  • Outstanding Teaching Faculty: 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 Faculty: Jose Guzman (Aquatic & Fishery Sciences)
  • Outstanding Diversity Commitment: Katie McElroy, Yaamini Venkataraman, Sean Rohan, and Catherine Austin (Aquatic & Fishery Sciences)
  • Outstanding Community Impact, Faculty or Staff: 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 Member: Erica M. Coleman (Atmospheric Sciences)
  • Outstanding Teaching Faculty: Eli Wheat (Program on the Environment)
  • Outstanding Researcher: David C. Catling (Earth and Space Sciences)
  • Outstanding Diversity Commitment: Isadora Jimenez-Hidalgo (Aquatic and Fishery Sciences)
  • Outstanding Community Impact, Student: Tyler J. Valentine (Earth and Space Sciences)
  • Outstanding Community Impact, Faculty or Staff: Nives Dolšak (Marine and Environmental Affairs)
  • Exceptional Mentoring of Undergraduate Students: Chelsea L. Wood (Aquatic and Fishery Sciences)
  • Undergraduate Dean’s Medalist: Jacob M. Hendrickson (Atmospheric Sciences)
  • Graduate Dean’s Medalist:   Joshua Krissansen-Totton (Earth and Space Sciences) and
    Andre Perkins (Atmospheric Sciences)
  • Distinguished Staff Member, Workday: Wanjiku Gitahi, Jennifer Weiss (Atmospheric Sciences); Megan Russell (College of the Environment); Kathy Gabriel, Eunice R. Yang (Earth and 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 and Fishery Sciences); Eileen Herman, Trinh Vo (Washington Sea Grant); Leta Truong Kao (Environmental and Forest Sciences); Jackie T. Chapman, Suanty Kaghan  (Marine and Environmental Affairs)

Academic Year 2016-2017

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

Academic Year 2015-2016

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

Academic Year 2014-2015

  • Distinguished Staff Member: Doug Russell (Oceanography)
  • Outstanding Teaching Faculty: 
Juliet Crider (Earth and Space Sciences)
  • Outstanding Researcher: Tim Essington (Aquatic and Fishery Sciences)
  • Outstanding Diversity Commitment, Student: Brian Tracey (Marine and 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 and 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 and Space Sciences)
  • Exceptional Mentoring of Undergraduates, Student: Jaclyn Saunders (Oceanography)
  • Undergraduate Dean’s Medalist:  Sophia Winkler-Schor (Environmental and Forest Sciences, Environmental Studies)
  • Graduate Dean’s Medalist: Samantha Zwicker (Environmental and Forest Sciences)

Academic Year 2013-2014

  • Distinguished Staff Member: 
Miriam Bertram (Program on Climate Change)
  • Outstanding Teaching Faculty: 
Kerry Naish (Aquatic and Fishery Sciences)
  • Outstanding Researcher: Eric Steig (Earth and 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 and Space Sciences)
  • Graduate Dean’s Medalist: Alicia Hotovec-Ellis (Earth and Space Sciences)

Academic Year 2012-2013

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

Academic Year 2011-2012

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

Academic Year 2010-2011

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