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In addition to an oustanding teaching program (ranked 25th nationally by U.S. News and World Report), the Geology Department at UC Davis is internationally recognized for its faculty and research programs.

	University of California Distinguished Teaching Award, 1993
	Geological Society of America Fellow Fulbright Fellow, Geologisk Museum, Norway Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, Rurh Universitat, Germany
	Honorary Member of the Royal Irish Academy, 2008 Career Contribution Award (Structural Geology and Tectonics Division), Geological Society of America, 2006 Fourmarier Medal, Royal Society of Belgium, 1999 Wollaston Medal, Geological Society of London, 1999 Ll.D. (Hon. Caus.) National University of Ireland, 1998 National Academy of Scientists, 1997 Geological Society of America Fellow 1977 American Geophysical Union Fellow 1976 D.Sc. (Hon. Caus.) Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1995 Arthur Holmes Medal, European Geophysical Union, 1993 Penrose Medal, Geological Society of America, 1992 European Academy 1990 Fellow of the Royal Society
	Geological Society of America Fellow, 2003 GSA Birdsall-Dreiss Distinguished Lecturer, 2002
	Chancellor's Award for Diversity, University of California, Davis, 2005 Francis Birch Lecture, AGU, 2001 Presidential Faculty Fellow, 1992-97
	The Robert Matthews Court, Colleges at La Rue, UC Davis
	University of California Distinguished Teaching Award, 2003
	Geological Society of America Fellow, 2003 James Lee Wilson Medal for Excellence in Sedimentary Geology, 1996         (Society of Sedimentary Geology Young Scientist Award) AAPG J. "Cam" Sproule Memorial Award, 1996 (for best paper by a young scientist, published by AAPG or an affiliated division or society) SEPM Outstanding Paper in the 1992 Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, 1994
	Distinguished Career Award (International Division), Geological Society of America, 2006 UC Davis Distinguished Scholarly Public Service Award, 2003 Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa), College of Wooster, 1996 Geological Association of Canada Medal, 1994 Distinguished Service Award, Geological Society of America, 1988 American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow, 1992 California Academy of Sciences Fellow, 1996 Geological Society of London Honorary Fellow, 1997 Geological Society of America Fellow, 1970
	Commendation for Science and Technology: The Young Scientists' Prize, 2007 - The Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Gakujutsu Prize, Palaeontological Society of Japan, 2005
	UC Davis Distinguished Public Service Award, 2005 Co-President's Chair in Undergraduate Education, 2003-2006 Roy J. Shlemon Chair in Applied Geosciences, UC Davis California Rivers and Streams                 Environmental Book of the Year, Mother Lode Chapter Sierra Club
	Harry H. Hess Medalist, American Geophysical Union, 2006 Urey Medal, European Association of Geochemistry, 2005 Highly Cited Researchers, ISI Thomson Scientific, 2002 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Earth Science American Ceramic Society Fellow, 2001 Ceramic Educational Council Outstanding Educator Award, 2000 Alexander M. Cruickshank Award, Gordon Research Conference, 2000 Geochemical Society Fellow, 1997 Ross Coffin Purdy Award, American Ceramic Society Fellow, 1995 Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Uppsala, Sweden, 1995 President, Mineralogical Society of America, 1992-1993 National Academy of Sciences, 1993 American Geophysical Union Fellow, 1988 Mineralogical Society of America Award and Fellow, 1981 Alfred P. Sloan Fellow, 1973
	Fellow of the American Geophysical Union, 2008
	Chancellor's Fellow, 2005-2006, UC Davis
	Geological Society of America Fellow, 2003 Hanse Institute for Advanced Study, Delmenhorst Germany, International Research Fellow, 2001-2002
	Chancellor's Fellow, 2003-2004 , UC Davis
	Doctor Honoris Causa - The Paris Geophysical Insitute, 2005 Bowie Medal, American Geophysical Union, 2003 Highly Cited Researchers, ISI Thomson Scientific Geological Society of America Fellow National Academy of Sciences Day Medal of the Geological Society of America Charles A. Whitter Medal of the American Geophysical Union Fellow of the American Geophysical Union
	Paleontological Society Medal, 2006 2004 Faculty Research Lecturer Award, UC Davis Academic Senate Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal, National Academy of Sciences, 2000 MacArthur Fellow, 1992 American Academy of Achievement
	Antarctic Service Medal - United States Congress (2000) Award for Innovative Excellence, 1998         Ninth International Conference on Teaching, Learning, and Technology California Professor of the Year, 1997 Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching The Davis Prize for Undergraduate Teaching and Scholarly Achievement, 1996 UC President's Chair for Undergraduate Education, 1995-1996 University of California Distinguished Teaching Award, 1988 Geological Society of America Fellow, 1997 Royal Astronomical Society Fellow, 1994 Fulbright Scholar, France 1989-1990
	Fulbright Scholar, Iceland 2006