Senior Scientist Arndt Schimmelmann received a Fulbright Scholarship to develop stable isotope food matrix reference materials at the Jozef Stefan Institute in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
David Polly was an Edward P. Bass Distinguished Visiting Environmental Scholar at the Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies in New Haven, Connecticut.
Paul Staten received a CLIVAR Early Career Scientist Leadership Award for his contributions to leading community activities to advance science on the role of the ocean in climate variability and predictability.
Chanh Kieu received a Young Investigator Award from the Office of Naval Research, including a four-year research grant.
Claudia Johnson and Jim Handschy were both elected Fellows of the Geological Society of America.
Juergen Scheiber received the Outstanding Educator Award from the American Association of Petroleum Geologists for his teaching of geological research in the field.
Erika Elswick is completing a term as President of the National Earth Science Honor Society (Sigma Gamma Epsilon), an organization with more than 200 chapters at universities across the country. Erika was the first female president of the group and presided over its 100th anniversary meeting.
Jackson Njau is serving as President of the East African Association of Paleoanthropology and Paleontology, an organization that plays a key role in the study of human origins.
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