GFDL Awards & Honors

Sarah Kapnick has been recognized by American Geophysical Union (AGU) with the Cryosphere Early Career Award for 2015. As a Physical Research Scientist in the Climate Change, Variability, and Predictions Group at GFDL, Dr. Kapnick’s research focuses on the mechanisms controlling extreme storms and mountain snowpack. She uses data from both observations and models to […]

The Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres has awarded GFDL senior scientist, Paul Ginoux, its 2014 Editors’ Citation for Excellence in Refereeing. The award will be announced in an upcoming issue of Eos. The citation recognizing Dr. Ginoux “is to express publicly the gratitude of AGU to those whose reviews have been particularly commendable. Your contributions […]

European Geosciences Union has awarded the 2014 Fridtjof Nansen Medal to Stephen M. Griffies, “for his outstanding contribution and leadership in ocean general circulation model development and critical insights in the physical nature and parameterisation of ocean processes.” The Ocean Sciences Division of the European Geosciences Union established this medal in 1996, in recognition of […]

GFDL’s Director, Ram, has been selected as the second Sir Gilbert Walker Distinguished Chair Professor at the Centre for Atmospheric Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in New Delhi, India, for three years. Beginning this November, Ram will give a series of special lectures in Climate Sciences to graduate students at IIT each semester. The […]

American Geophysical Union (AGU) has acknowledged Research Hydrologist P.C.D. (Chris) Milly’s “fundamental contributions to our understanding of the connections between land surface processes and hydroclimatic variability”, with its Hydrologic Sciences Award for 2013. Established in 1956, this Award recognizes one individual each year, for outstanding contributions to the science of hydrology over the course of […]

American Geophysical Union’s (AGU) Atmospheric Sciences section just announced that Massimo Bollasina, a Postdoctoral Research Associate at GFDL, is the recipient of the James R. Holton Junior Scientist Award for 2013. Dr. Bollasina’s research investigates the influence of aerosols and greenhouse gases on regional climate. His novel use of different modeling tools, in conjunction with […]

For “sustained pioneering work on aerosols”, GFDL Scientist Paul Ginoux is a recipient of American Geophysical Union’s (AGU) Atmospheric Sciences Ascent Award for 2013. Established last year, the award recognizes exceptional mid-career scientists in atmospheric and climate sciences, who demonstrate excellence in research, as well as leadership in his or her field. The award will […]

Tom Knutson, a research meteorologist, has been elected a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society (AMS) for 2012. AMS Fellows are chosen for having “made outstanding contributions to the atmospheric or related oceanic or hydrologic sciences or their applications during a substantial period of years.” Fellows are chosen from academic, government, and private sectors and […]

A paper authored by three GFDL scientists, which tied weaker South Asian summer monsoons to human activities, has won the World Meteorological Organization’s Norbert Gerbier-MUMM International Award for 2013. The paper, “Anthropogenic aerosols and the weakening of the South Asian Summer Monsoon” was published in the journal Science in September 2011. Coauthors Massimo Bollasina (Postdoctoral […]

The American Geophysical Union (AGU) recently announced the election of Ronald J. Stouffer as an AGU Fellow.  This designation is conferred upon less than 1% of all AGU members in any given year, as a tribute for those who have made exceptional scientific contributions. Stouffer is a senior research scientist and head of the Climate […]