Observational Cosmology Laboratory

Awards

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NASA Honor Award - Group Achievement Award

2023-01-01

Recipients:Accent Bias Training (660), PRIME Wide Field Imager Team (665), SMD Bridge Program Workshop Organizing Committee (660)

NASA Honor Award - Exceptional Technology Achievement Medal

2023-01-01

Recipients:Regina M Caputo (she/her) (661), Elmer H Sharp (665)

NASA Honor Award - Exceptional Public Service Medal

2023-01-01

Recipients:Scott Friedman (665)

Robert H. Goddard Award – Science Teams

2023-01-01

Recipients:General Coordinates Network Circular Team (661), PRIME Wide Field Imager Team (665)

Robert H. Goddard Award - Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Accessibility

2023-01-01

Recipients:Tiffany Lewis (661), Gregory Mosby (665)

NASA Honor Award - Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal

2022-01-01

Recipients:Sibasish Laha (661), Jane R Rigby (665), Michael W McElwain (667)

AAS Fellows

2023-02-08

Recipients:Jonathan P Gardner (665)

For exceptional community service and scientific leadership of the JWST science teams in his role as Deputy Senior Project Scientist, leading to flight hardware exceeding all requirements.
AAS Names 22 New Fellows for 2023

John C. Lindsay Memorial Award for Space Science

2022-11-01

Recipients:Jonathan P Gardner (665)

Dr. Gardner is being recognized for his exceptional scientific leadership of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Science Teams.

AAS Fred Kavli Plenary Lectureship

2022-10-06

Recipients:Jane R Rigby (665)

With support from the Kavli Foundation, the Vice Presidents of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) name a special invited lecturer to kick off each semiannual AAS meeting with a presentation on recent research of great importance. At the 241st AAS meeting in Seattle, Washington, on 9 January 2023, the Fred Kavli Plenary Lecture will be given by Dr. Jane Rigby, an astrophysicist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center and Project Scientist for Operations for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).

Robert H. Goddard Award – Leadership

2022-07-13

Recipients:Jonathan P Gardner (665), Kimberly A Weaver (662)

Robert H. Goddard Award – Mentoring

2022-07-13

Recipients:ERIC R SWITZER (665)

Out to Innovate LGBTQ+ Scientist of the Year

2022-01-01

Recipients:Jane R Rigby (665)

The LGBTQ+ Scientist of the Year Award recognizes an individual who has made outstanding contributions to their field through design, research, or management.
Out to Innovate website

NASA Honor Award - Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal

2021-01-01

Recipients:Knicole D Colon (667), Eli Dwek (665), Floyd William Stecker (663), Eleonora Troja (660)

Robert H. Goddard Award – Science

2021-01-01

Recipients:JWST NIRSpec IRS2 Algorithm Team (665)

NASA Honor Award - Early Career Achievement Medal

2020-09-29

Recipients:Brian J Williams (662), Tom Essinger-Hileman (665), Joshua E Schlieder (667)

NASA Honor Award - Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal

2020-09-29

Recipients:Zaven Arzoumanian (662), Veselin Kostov (665)

NASA Honor Award - Exceptional Service Medal

2020-09-29

Recipients:Edward J Wollack (665), Jeffrey Walter Kruk (665)

GSFC Honor Award - Leadership

2019-01-01

Recipients:Julie E McEnery (660), Stephen Rinehart (665), Aki Roberge (667), Elisa V Quintana (667), Joshua E Schlieder (667)

GSFC Honor Award - Robert H. Goddard Award of Merit

2019-01-01

Recipients:Caroline Anne Kilbourne (662), Eli Dwek (665)

ASD Peer Award

2019-07-23

Recipients:Jenna Ballard (660), Thomas Barclay (667), Sean C Blumberg (660.2), Daniel Ilao Dizon (662), David P Friedlander (660.2), Jeanette Alexandra Kazmierczak (660), Samuel J Moseley (662), Elmer H Sharp (665), Jennifer J Wiseman (660)

Congratulations to this year's ASD Peer Award winners: Jennifer Ballard, Thomas Barclay, Sean Blumberg, Ruth Carter, Daniel Dizon, David Friedlander, Jeanette Kazmierczak, Samuel J. Moseley, Elmer Sharp, Teresa Sheets, and Jennifer Wiseman.

NASA Honor Award - Early Career Public Achievement Medal

2019-06-01

Recipients:Jordi Vila Hernandez de Lorenzo (665)

GSFC Honor Award - Mentoring

2018-01-01

Recipients:Edward J Wollack (665)

John C. Lindsay Memorial Award for Space Science

2018-01-01

Recipients:Jane R Rigby (665)

Jane Rigby is the winner of the 2018 John C. Lindsay Award for Space Science. Jane is being recognized for her leadership on the Magellan Evolution of Galaxies Spectroscopic and Ultraviolet Reference Atlas (Megasaura). Jane has led the Megasaura project since its inception in 2010.

Breakthrough Prizes in Fundamental Physics

2018-01-01

Recipients:WMAP Science Team (665)

Charles Bennett, Gary Hinshaw, Norman Jarosik, Lyman Page Jr., David Spergel and the WMAP Science Team were awarded the 2018 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics. The citation reads: "For detailed maps of the early universe that greatly improved our knowledge of the evolution of the cosmos and the fluctuations that seeded the formation of galaxies." The Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics was founded in 2012 by Yuri Milner to recognize those individuals who have made profound contributions to human knowledge. The team also includes:

Chris Barnes
Olivier Doré
Joanna Dunkley
Ben Gold
Michael Greason
Mark Halpern
Robert Hill
Al Kogut
Eiichiro Komatsu
David Larson
Michele Limon
Stephan Meyer
Michael Nolta
Nils Odegard
Hiranya Peiris
Kendrick Smith
Greg Tucker
Licia Verde
Janet Weiland
Ed Wollack
Ned Wright

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