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Awards

The Edward Stone Award for Outstanding Research Publication

The Edward Stone Award for Outstanding Research Publication recognizes and encourages publication of significant research results in science and in technology by JPL employees throughout their professional careers. This distinguished award consists of a certificate of recognition and a monetary award of $5000. Generally, two (2) awards are presented each year.
Peter Eisenhardt
For using the Spitzer Space telescope to discover over a hundred distant galaxy clusters and enabling studies of the formation and evolution of massive gravitationally-bound structures.Read More about Peter Eisenhardt

Mark Swain
For developing techniques for obtaining spectra of exoplanets and for the first detection of methane in an exoplanet atmosphere, leading to improved understanding of exoplanet atmosphere composition and dynamics.Read More about Mark Swain


The Lew Allen Award for Excellence

The Lew Allen Award for Excellence recognizes and encourages significant individual accomplishments or leadership in scientific research or technological innovation by JPL employees during the early years of their professional careers. The award consists of a wall plaque and a monetary award of $25,000 from the JPL Research and Technology Development Fund (R&TD) to be used at JPL to enhance the professional efforts of the awardee.
Charles Matt Bradford
For the development of a novel design for a submillimeter/far infrared grating spectrometer being used for ground-based discoveries and future observation from space.Read More about Charles Matt Bradford

Cory J. Hill
For technical innovation and leadership in developing epitaxial growth processes for advanced Sb-based optoelectronics and long wave superlattice focal plane arrays for remote sensing systems.Read More about Cory J. Hill

Jeffrey S. Norris
For exemplary vision, innovation and leadership in fundamentally advancing the capabilities for scientific involvement in planning operations on NASA’s missions.Read More about Jeffrey S. Norris

Josh Willis
For fundamental contributions to the understanding of global ocean circulation and sea level change from analysis of satellite and in-situ observations.Read More about Josh Willis



Achievements

The work and accomplishments of many JPL researchers has been recognized by many institutions. Awards, fellowships, and other recognitions have been bestowed on researchers across multiple fields of research.
Paul Stella
AIAA 2009 Aerospace Power Systems AwardRead More about Paul Stella

Josh Willis
Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and EngineersRead More about Josh Willis

Bruce Tsurutani
2009 AGU Fleming MedalRead More about Bruce Tsurutani

Alice Le Gall
Gabrielle Sand, Dina, Frédéric Fortuny Prize for 2009Read More about Alice Le Gall

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