Recipients of awards described as “highly prestigious” by the National Academies are recognized for outstanding achievements, extraordinary originality, leadership in their fields and innovative research, as well as the advancement of human knowledge and the betterment of society.
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- American Academy of Arts and Letters
- Gary Snyder, English (emeritus)
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Andreas Albrecht, Physics
Estella Atekwana, Dean of the College of Letters and Science, Earth and Planetary Sciences
R. David Britt, Chemistry
Robert Feenstra, Economics
Margaret Ferguson, English (emerita)
Sandra Gilbert, English (emerita)
Ralph Hexter, Classics and Comparative Literature
Sarah Hrdy, Anthropology (emerita)
Robert Huckfeldt, Political Science
Susan Mann, History (emerita)
Jessie Ann Owens, Music (emerita)
Andrés Reséndez, History
Christopher Reynolds, Music
Phillip Shaver, Psychology
David Simpson, English
Gary Snyder, English (emeritus)
Craig Tracy, Mathematics
Donald Turcotte, Earth and Planetary Sciences (emeritus)
Anthony J. Tyson, Physics
Archana Venkatesan, Religious Studies and Comparative Literature
Geerat Vermeij, Earth and Planetary Sciences - American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Andreas Albrecht, Physics
James Ames, Chemistry
Alan Balch, Chemistry
Peter Beal, Chemistry
Louise Berben, Chemistry
R. David Britt, Chemistry
John Capitanio, Psychology
Xi Chen, Chemistry
Shirley Chiang, Physics
Kari M. Cooper, Earth and Planetary Sciences
Sheila David, Chemistry
Davide Donadio, Chemistry
Fernanda Ferreira, Psychology
Annaliese Franz, Chemistry
Jacquelyn Gervay-Hague, Chemistry
Ozcan Gulacar, Chemistry
John Gunion, Physics and Astronomy (emeritus)
Tessa Hill, Earth and Planetary Sciences
Sarah Hrdy, Antropology
Lynne Isbell, Anthropology
Jiming Jiang, Statistics
Susan Kauzlarich, Chemistry
Neal Kroll, Psychology (emeritus)
William Lacy, Sociology (emeritus)
Carlito Lebrilla, Chemistry
Thomas Lee, Statistics
Gang-Yu Liu, Chemistry
Steven Luck, Psychology
George R. Mangun, Psychology and Neurology
Henry McHenry, Anthropology (emeritus)
Roberta Millstein, Philosophy
Isabel Montañez, Earth and Planetary Sciences
Hans-Georg Müller, Statistics
Bruno Nachtergaele, Mathematics
Cheuk-Yiu Ng, Chemistry
Frank Osterloh, Chemistry
Warren Pickett, Physics (emeritus)
John Rundle, Earth and Planetary Sciences
Francisco Samaniego, Statistics
Jared T. Shaw, Chemistry
Dean Simonton, Psychology
David Glenn Smith, Anthropology (emeritus)
Sarah Stewart, Earth and Planetary Sciences
Dean Tantillo, Chemistry
Craig Tracy, Mathematics
Mariel Vázquez, Mathematics
Geerat Vermeij, Earth and Planetary Sciences
Jane-Ling Wang, Statistics - American Council of Learned Societies
- Mario Biagioli, Science and Technology Studies
Elizabeth Freeman, English
Hsuan Hsu, English
John Lopez, Art History
Eva Mroczek, Religious Studies
Suzana Sawyer, Anthropology
Cecilia Tsu, History
Charles Walker, History - Bancroft Prize
- Louis Warren, History
Andrés Reséndez, History
Ari Kelman, History
Alan S. Taylor, History (emeritus) - Fulbright Senior Scholars
- Robert Bayley, Linguistics
Paul Brady, Physics and Astronomy (emeritus)
David Corina, Psychology
Chia-ning Chang, East Asian Languages and Cultures
Peter Hays, English (emeritus)
George (Ron) Mangun, Psychology
Ken Verosub, Earth and Planetary Sciences (emeritus)
Robert Zierenberg, Earth and Planetary Sciences (emeritus) - Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship
- Ali Anooshahr, History
Ross Bauer, Music (emeritus)
David Biale, History
Thomas Bills, Art (emeritus)
Anna Maria Busse Berger, Music
L.M. Bogad, Theatre and Dance
Lucy Corin, English
Daniel Cox, Physics
Diana Davis, History
Marisol de la Cadena, Anthropology
Frances Dolan, English
Margaret Ferguson, English (emerita)
Andrew Frank, Music (emeritus)
Mike Henderson, Art (emeritus)
William Jackson, Chemistry (emeritus)
Petr Janata, Psychology
Ari Kelman, History
Arthur Krener, Mathematics (emeritus)
Gerd LaMar, Chemistry (emeritus)
Lynn Hershman Leeson, Cinema and Digital Media (emerita)
Zoila Mendoza, Native American Studies
Elizabeth Carolyn Miller, English
Isabel Montañez, Earth and Planetary Sciences
Pablo Ortiz, Music
Mika Pelo, Music
David Pines, Physics (emeritus)
Charan Ranganath, Psychology
Kurt Rohde, Music
Annabeth Rosen, Art
Laurie San Martin, Music
Carl Schmid, Chemistry (emeritus)
David Simpson, English
Alan M. Taylor, Economics
J. Blake Temple, Mathematics
Donald Turcotte, Earth and Planetary Sciences (emeritus)
Archana Venkatesan, Religious Studies
Geerat Vermeij, Earth and Planetary Sciences
Raymond Waddington, English (emeritus)
Heghnar Watenpaugh, Art History
Louis Warren, History
Michael Wedin, Philosophy (emeritus)
Roger Wets, Mathematics (emeritus)
Li Zhang, Anthropology - MacArthur Foundation Fellowship
- Leah Krubitzer, Psychology
Sarah Stewart, Earth and Planetary Sciences
Geerat Vermeij, Earth and Planetary Sciences - National Academy of Sciences
- John Dewey, Earth and Planetary Sciences (emeritus)
Sarah Blaffer Hrdy, Anthropology (emerita)
Robert May, Philosophy
Isabel Montañez, Earth and Planetary Sciences
Alexandra Navrotsky, Chemistry (emerita)
David Pines, Physics
Donald Turcotte, Earth and Planetary Sciences (emeritus)
Anthony J. Tyson, Physics
Geerat Vermeij, Earth and Planetary Sciences - National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship
- David Biale, History
Anna Maria Busse Berger, Music
William Hagen, History (emeritus)
Ari Kelman, History
Marit MacArthur, University Writing Program
Susan Mann, History (emerita)
Elizabeth Miller, English
Jessie Ann Owens, Music (emerita)
Christopher Reynolds, Music
Lynn Roller, Art History (emerita)
Jeffrey Ruda, Art History (emeritus)
Seth Schein, Comparative Literature (emeritus)
Brenda Schildgen, Comparative Literature (emerita)
Paul Teller, Philosophy (emeritus)
Baki Tezcan, History - Presidential Early Career Award in Science and Engineering (PECASE)
- Tessa Hill, Earth and Planetary Sciences
Dan Romik, Mathematics
Naoki Saito, Mathematics
Sarah Stewart, Earth and Planetary Sciences
Amanda Thomas, Earth and Planetary Sciences
Mariel Vazquez, Mathematics
Andrew Wetzel, Physics and Astronomy - Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring
- Susan Kauzlarich, Chemistry
- Pulitzer Prize
- Gary Snyder, English (emeritus)
Alan Taylor, History (emeritus) - Sloan Research Fellowship
- Matthew Augustine, Chemistry
David Barnette, Mathematics (emeritus)
Louise Berben, Chemistry
James Bremer, Mathematics
Roger Casals, Mathematics
Rishidev Chaudhuri, Mathematics and Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior
Xi Chen, Chemistry
Daniel Cox, Physics
Sheila David, Chemistry
Jacquelyn Gervey-Hague, Chemistry
John Gunion, Physics (emeritus)
Joel Hass, Mathematics
Lynn Hershman Leeson, Cinema and Digital Media (emerita)
Joseph Kiskis, Physics (emeritus)
Greg Kuperberg, Mathematics
Mark Kurth, Chemistry
Gerd Lamar, Physics (emeritus)
Timothy Lewis, Mathematics
Markus Luty, Physics
Benjamin Morris, Mathematics
Cheuk-Yiu Ng, Chemistry
Philip Power, Chemistry
Steve Shkoller, Mathematics
Laura Starkston, Mathematics
Zoila Mendoza, Native American Studies
Alexander Soshnikov, Mathematics
Alexei Stuchebrukhov, Chemistry
Abigail Thompson, Mathematics
Nancy True, Chemistry (emerita)
Jesús Velázquez, Chemistry
Inna Vishik, Physics
Alexander Wein, Mathematics