Outside Awards
Kai Kornhuber
Kai Kornhuber, Adjunct Associate Research Scientist, Ocean and Climate Physics, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, received the 2025 Climate: Past, Present & Future (CL) Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award from the European Geosciences Union (EGU).
Kerstin Lehnert
Kerstin Lehnert, Doherty Senior Research Scientist, Marine and Polar Geophysics, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, received the 2025 Distinguished Public Service Medal from the Mineralogical Society of America for distinguished contributions to public policy and outreach.
Dhruv Balwada
Dhruv Balwada, Lamont Assistant Research Professor, Ocean and Climate Physics, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, received the Nicholas P. Fofonoff Early-Career Award from the American Meteorological Society for fundamental work characterizing tracer transport and energy transfers between mesoscale and submesoscale ocean flows.
Kerstin Lehnert
Kerstin Lehnert, Doherty Senior Research Scientist, Marine and Polar Geophysics, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, received the Edward A. Flinn III Award from the American Geophysical Union for unselfish cooperation in research.
Gisela Winckler
Gisela Winckler, Lamont Research Professor and Associate Director, Geochemistry Division, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, was elected a Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Sciences (AAAS), Section on Atmospheric & Hydrospheric Sciences.
Michela Biasutti
Michela Biasutti, Lamont Research Professor, Ocean and Climate Physics, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, was awarded the Jule Gregory Charney Lecture.
Suzana Camargo
Suzana Camargo, Marie Tharp Lamont Research Professor, Ocean and Climate Physics Division, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory was elected a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union.
Nicholas Christie-Blick
Nicholas Christie-Blick, Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, and Seismology, Geology and Tectonophysics Division, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, received the Laurence L. Sloss Award from the Geological Society of America.
Joaquim I. Goes and Helga do Rosário Gomes
Joaquim I. Goes, Lamont Research Professor, and Helga do Rosário Gomes, Research Scientist in the Biology and Paleo Environment Division at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, received the 2023 Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research (ISEE) Award from Nagoya University for their “Outstanding contribution to space-earth environmental research through the study on interaction of climate change/material cycle and phytoplankton.”
Yves Moussallam
Yves Moussallam, Assistant Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, and Geochemistry Division at Lamont, was awarded the Wager Medal by the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth’s Interior (IAVCEI).
Dorothy Peteet
Dorothy Peteet, Senior Research Scientist at NASA/Goddard Institute for Space Studies, and Senior Research Scientist and Director of the Paleoecology Division of the New Core Lab at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
Lorenzo M. Polvani
Lorenzo Polvani, Maurice Ewing and J. Lamar Worzel Professor of Geophysics in the Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, and Ocean and Climate Physics Division, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
Christopher H. Scholz
Christopher H. Scholz, Professor Emeritus, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, and Special Research Scientist, Seismology, Geology and Tectonophysics, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, was elected a Member of the National Academy of Engineering.
Richard Seager
Richard Seager, Palisades Geophysical Institute/Lamont Research Professor, Ocean and Climate Physics, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, was awarded the Jule G. Charney Medal by the American Meteorological Society.
Adam Sobel
Adam Sobel, Professor of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics and of Earth and Environmental Sciences, was elected a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union.
Jacqueline Austermann
Jacqueline Austermann, Assistant Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, and Seismology, Geology, and Tectonophysics Division, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, was named one of Science News’ 10 Scientists to Watch in 2022.
Robin Bell
Robin Bell, Marine Geology and Geophysics Associate Director and Palisades Geophysical Institute Lamont Research Professor, was selected for a Fulbright award to work in Australia in the academic year 2022-2023.
Nicholas Christie-Blick
Nicholas Christie-Blick, Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, and Seismology, Geology and Tectonophysics Division, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences (AAAS).
Pierre Gentine
Pierre Gentine, Associate Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering and Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, has been awarded the James B. Macelwane Medal from the American Geophysical Union.
Dennis V. Kent
Dennis V. Kent, Adjunct Senior Research Scientist, Biology and Paleo Environment Division, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, has been awarded the John Adam Fleming Medal from the American Geophysical Union.
Kerstin Lehnert
Kerstin Lehnert, Doherty Senior Research Scientist in the Marine Geology and Geophysics Division and Director of the Geoinformatics Research Group at Lamont, received the Doris-Schachner-Medal by the German Mineralogical Society (Deutsche Mineralogische Gesellschaft DMG).
Maureen E. Raymo
Maureen E. Raymo, Co-Founding Dean, Columbia Climate School; Director, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory; G. Unger Vetlesen Professor of Earth and Climate Sciences Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University has:
- been elected a Member of The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in the Class for Geosciences.
- received an Environmental Champion Award from New York State Senator Elijah Reichlin-Melnick.
William B.F. Ryan
William B.F. Ryan, Special Research Scientist, Marine Geology and Geophysics Division, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, was awarded the Lyell Medal by the Geological Society of London.
Marc W. Spiegelman
Marc W. Spiegelman, Arthur D. Storke Memorial Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, was elected a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union.
Mingfang Ting
Mingfang Ting, Lamont Research Professor, Ocean and Climate Physics Division, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory; Adjunct Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, was elected a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union.
Spahr C. Webb
Spahr C. Webb, Jerome M. Paros/Lamont Senior Research Professor, Seismology, Geology, and Tectonophysics Division, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory was elected a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union.
Ryan Abernathey
Ryan Abernathey, Associate Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, and Ocean and Climate Physics Division, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, received the Early Career Award from The Oceanography Society, and received the Charles S. Falkenberg Award from the American Geophysical Union.
Jacqueline Austermann
Jacqueline Austermann, Assistant Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, and Seismology, Geology and Tectonophysics Division, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, has been selected as an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow in Earth Sciences by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
Alexandra Boghosian
Alexandra Boghosian, Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Marine Geology and Geophysics, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, received a 2021 Prize Award from the Lotos Foundation.
Oana-Alexandra Dumitru
Oana-Alexandra Dumitru, Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Biology and Paleo Environment Division, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, received the 2020 Young Investigator Award from Quaternary Journal.
Vicki Ferrini
Vicki Ferrini, Senior Research Scientist, Marine Large Programs, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, was elected as one of the inaugural Fifty People Changing the World by The Explorers Club.
Sidney R. Hemming
Sidney R. Hemming, Co-Chair, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, and Professor, Geochemistry Division, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, was elected as a Guggenheim Fellow by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, and received the Laurence L. Sloss Award from the Geological Society of America.
Peter B. Kelemen
Peter B. Kelemen, Arthur D. Storke Memorial Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Geochemistry Division, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, received the Harry H. Hess Medal from the American Geophysical Union.
Chia-Ying Lee
Chia-Ying Lee, Lamont Assistant Research Professor, Ocean and Climate Physics, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, received the Natural Hazards Early Career Award from the American Geophysical Union.
Jerry F. McManus
Jerry F. McManus, Chair and Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Geochemistry Division, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, was elected a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union.
William B. Ryan
William B. Ryan, Special Research Scientist, Marine Geology and Geophysics, was elected a Foreign Fellow by Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei.
Marco Tedesco
Marco Tedesco, Lamont Research Professor, Marine Geology and Geophysics, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, was elected a Fellow of The Explorers Club.
Mingfang Ting
Mingfang Ting, Associate Director and Lamont Research Professor, Ocean and Climate Physics Division, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, received the Distinguished Scientific/Technical Accomplishment Award in Climate Variability and Change, from the American Meteorological Society.
Suzana Camargo
Suzana Camargo, Marie Tharp Lamont Research Professor, Ocean and Climate Physics Division, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, received the Distinguished Scientific/Technical Accomplishment Award in Climate Variability and Change from the American Meteorological Society.
Arnold L. Gordon
Arnold L. Gordon, Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, and Ocean and Climate Physics Division, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, will receive the 2020 Henry Stommel Research Medal from the American Meteorological Society.
Sidney R. Hemming
Sidney R. Hemming, Chair, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, and Professor, Geochemistry Division, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, was elected a Fellow of the Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry.
Michael C. Jollands
Michael C. Jollands, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Geochemistry Division, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, received the Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award in the Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology Division from the European Geosciences Union.
Yochanan Kushnir
Yochanan Kushnir, Lamont Research Professor, Ocean and Climate Physics Division, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, was elected a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union.
Galen McKinley
Galen McKinley, Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, and Geochemistry Division, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, received the Ocean Sciences Voyager Award from the American Geophysical Union.
Adam H. Sobel
Adam H. Sobel, Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, and Ocean and Climate Physics Division, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, was elected a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society.
Taro Takahashi
Taro Takahashi (1930 - 2019), Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Lamont Special Research Scientist, posthumously awarded the first Wallace S. Broecker Medal from The Oceanography Society.
Mingfang Ting
Mingfang Ting, Associate Director and Lamont Research Professor, Ocean and Climate Physics Division, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, was elected a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society.
Gisela Winckler
Gisela Winckler, Associate Director and Lamont Research Professor, Geochemistry Division, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, was awarded the Excellence in Research Award by the Werner Petersen Foundation.
Jacqueline Austermann
Jacqueline Austermann, Assistant Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, and Seismology, Geology and Tectonophysics Division, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, received the Jason Morgan Early Career Award from the Tectonophysics Section of the American Geophysical Union.
Rosanne D’Arrigo
Rosanne D’Arrigo, Associate Director, Lamont Research Professor, Biology and Paleo Environment Division, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, was elected a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union.
Sonya Dyhrman
Sonya Dyhrman, Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, and Biology and Paleo Environment Division, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology.
Göran Ekström
Göran Ekström, Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, and Seismology, Geology and Tectonophysics Division, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, was elected to the National Academy of Sciences.
Vicki Ferrini
Vicki Ferrini, Research Scientist, Marine Geology and Geophysics Division, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, received the Special Achievement in GIS (SAG) Award from Esri.
Michael Kaplan
Michael Kaplan, Lamont Associate Research Professor, Geochemistry Division, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, was elected a Fellow of the Geological Society of America.
Lorenzo M. Polvani
Lorenzo M. Polvani, Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, and Ocean and Climate Physics Division, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, was elected a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union.
Maureen E. Raymo
Maureen E. Raymo, Bruce C. Heezen Lamont Research Professor, Biology and Paleo Environment Division, Director, Core Repository, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, was elected a Fellow of the Geological Society of America, and received the Maurice Ewing Medal from the American Geophysical Union and the U. S. Navy.
Suzana J. Camargo
Suzana J. Camargo, Lamont Research Professor, Ocean and Climate Physics Division, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, received the Editor's Award from the American Meteorological Society.
Steven L. Goldstein
Steven L. Goldstein, Higgins Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, and Associate Director, Geochemistry Division, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, received the Norman L. Bowen Award from the Volcanology, Geochemistry and Petrology Section of the American Geophysical Union.
Sidney R. Hemming
Sidney R. Hemming, Professor and Chair, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, and Geochemistry Division, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, was elected a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union.
Bärbel Hönisch
Bärbel Hönisch, Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences, and Geochemistry Division, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, received the Willi Dansgaard Award from the Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology Section of the American Geophysical Union.
Kerstin A. Lehnert
Kerstin A. Lehnert, Director, Geoinformatics Research Group, Director, Interdisciplinary Earth Data Alliance, Doherty Senior Research Scientist, Marine Geology and Geophysics Division, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, received the Ian McHarg Medal from the European Geosciences Union.
Terry A. Plank
Terry A. Plank, Arthur D. Storke Memorial Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, and Geochemistry Division, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory received the Wollaston Medal from the Geological Society of London.
Maureen E. Raymo
Maureen E. Raymo, Bruce C. Heezen Lamont Research Professor, Biology and Paleo Environment Division, Director, Core Repository, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, was selected one of the Top 50 Women in STEM by TheBestSchools.org.
Richard Seager
Richard Seager, Palisades Geophysical Institute Lamont Research Professor, Ocean and Climate Physics Division, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, was elected a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union.
Mark A. Cane
Mark A. Cane, G. Unger Vetlesen Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, and Ocean and Climate Physics Division, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, received the Vetlesen Prize from the G. Unger Vetlesen Foundation.
Steven L. Goldstein
Steven L. Goldstein, Higgins Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, and Associate Director, Geochemistry Division, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, was elected a Fellow of the Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry.
Einat Lev
Einat Lev, Lamont Associate Research Professor, Seismology, Geology and Tectonophysics Division, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, received a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation.
Kerstin A. Lehnert
Kerstin A. Lehnert, Director, Geoinformatics Research Group, Director, Interdisciplinary Earth Data Alliance, Doherty Senior Research Scientist, Marine Geology and Geophysics Division, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, received the Distinguished Service Award from the Geochemical Society.
Maureen E. Raymo
Maureen E. Raymo, Bruce C. Heezen Lamont Research Professor, Biology and Paleo Environment Division, Director, Core Repository, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, received an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science from Lancaster University, and was elected a Fellow of The Explorers Club.