ESS faculty have been recognized by numerous awards and honors, reflecting their excellence in teaching, their impact in research, and their success in the public communication of science.
This page lists awards to currently active faculty; there is a complete list on our Faculty Awards and Honors Archive page.
External Awards and Recognition
American Association for the Advancement of Science, Fellows
Eric Steig, 2019
American Geophysical Union, Fellows
Fang-Zhen Teng, 2025
David Catling, 2023
Eric Steig, 2023
David Montgomery, 2007
J. Michael Brown, 2000
American Geophysical Union, Norman L. Bowen Award and Lecture
George Bergantz, 2021
American Geophysical Union, Hisashi Kuno Award
Michelle Muth, 2025
American Geophysical Union, John F. Nye Lecture
Gerard Roe, 2024
American Geophysical Union, John Wahr Early Career Award (AGU Geodesy Section)
Brendan Crowell, 2023
American Geophysical Union, Paul G. Silver Award for Outstanding Scientific Service
Harold Tobin, 2018
American Geophysical Union, Rock and Mineral Physics Early Career Award
Baptiste Journaux, 2023
American Geophysical Union, Ronald Greeley Early Career Award in Planetary Science
Joshua Krissansen-Totton, 2025
American Geophysical Union, Luna B. Leopold Award
Alison Duvall, 2016
American Geophysical Union, College of Fellows Distinguished Lecturers
Eric Steig, 2024
American Physical Society, Fellows
J. Michael Brown, 2004
European Geophysical Society, Louis Néel Medal
J. Michael Brown, 2002
Geochemical Society, F. Earl Ingerson Lecturer
Fang-Zhen Teng, 2024
Geological Society of America, Fellows
Fang-Zhen Teng, 2024
George Bergantz
Roger Buick, 2019
Katharine Huntington, 2013
David Montgomery, 2007
Harold Tobin, 2007
Kathy Troost, 2000
Peter Ward
Darrel Cowan
Geological Society of America, Career Contribution Award, Division of Structural Geology & Tectonics
Darrel Cowan, 2014
Geological Society of America, E. B. Burwell Jr. Award of the Environmental Engineering Geology Division
David Montgomery, 2016
Geological Society of America, Kirk Bryan Award of the Quaternary Geology & Geomorphology Division
David Montgomery, 2006
Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry, Fellows
Fang-Zhen Teng, 2024
International Association for Landscape Ecology (North American Regional Chapter), Distinguished Service Award
Steven Walters, 2020
International Ocean Discovery Program, Ocean Discovery Lecture Series
Harold Tobin, 2024-2025
International Association for the Properties of Water & Steam, Helmholtz Award
Baptiste Journaux, 2025
MacArthur Foundation, MacArthur Fellow
David Montgomery, 2008
Mineralogical Society of America, Fellows
Fang-Zhen Teng, 2014
J. Michael Brown, 2002
Mineralogical Society of America, MSA Award
Fang-zhen Teng, 2014
National Association of Geoscience Teachers, James H. Shea Award
David Montgomery, 2014
Peter Ward, 2003
National Science Foundation CAREER Award
Cailey Condit, 2024
Fang-Zhen Teng, 2011
University of Maryland Alumni Association, Excellence Award for Research
Fang-Zhen Teng, 2025
Washington State Academy of Sciences
Eric Steig, 2025
Internal Awards and Recognition
Internal awards include awards from the University of Washington, College of the Environment, and Department of Earth and Space Sciences.
University of Washington Awards
Terry Swanson Distinguished Teaching Award, 2007
Terry Swanson Interfraternal Council Excellence in Teaching Award, 2007
Terry Swanson Panhellenic Association Excellence in Teaching Award, 2007
College of the Environment Outstanding Teaching Awards
Juliet Crider, 2015
Bruce Nelson, 2011
College of the Environment Outstanding Research Awards
David Catling, 2018
Eric Steig, 2014
David Montgomery, 2012
College of the Environment Exceptional Mentoring of Undergraduates Award
Fang-Zhen Teng, 2015
Department of Earth & Space Sciences, Barksdale Distinguished Service Award
Darrel Cowan (Emeritus Faculty), 2024
Summer Caton (Staff), 2024
Renate Hartog (Staff), 2018
Nathan Briley (Staff), 2017
Andrew Schauer (Staff), 2015
Juliet Crider (Faculty), 2014
Eunice Yang (Staff), 2013
Karl Lang (Graduate Student), 2013
Harvey Greenberg (Staff), 2012
Nicole Fernkes (Staff), 2010
Ed Mulligan (Staff), 2009
Bill Steele (Staff), 2006
Department of Earth & Space Sciences, Basset Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award
Baptiste Journaux, 2024
Kathy Troost, 2023
Juliet Crider, 2022
J. Michael Brown, 2021
George Bergantz, 2020
Steven Walters, 2018
Fangzhen Teng, 2017
Eric Steig, 2016
Alison Duvall, 2015
Roger Buick, 2014
Katharine Huntington, 2013
Gerard Roe, 2012
John Stone , 2011
Terry Swanson , 2004
Darrel Cowan
Washington State Center for the Book, Book Award
David Montgomery “The Rocks Don’t Lie: A Geologist Investigates Noah’s Flood”, 2013
David Montgomery “Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations”, 2008
Peter Ward “Gorgon: The Monsters that Ruled the Planet before Dinosaurs and How They Died in the Greatest Catastrophe in Earth’s History” , 2005
David Montgomery “King of Fish: The Thousand-Year Run of Salmon” , 2004