Faculty Awards

American Fisheries Society

Award of Excellence

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Environmental Hero Award 

People’s Republic of China 

Friendship Award

Gulf of Mexico University Research Collaborative 

Wes Tunnell Lifetime Recognition for Gulf Science and Conservation

Soil Science Society of America

Fellow

Oak Ridge National Library

Outstanding Technical Publication in Environmental Sciences 

American Geophysical Union

Luna Leopold Award for Young Scientist

                       Rachel Carlson Lecture

Patrick Center for Environmental Research

Excellence in Environmental Research

Chinese Academy of Sciences

DIAO Distinguished        Research Award

Air & Waste Management Association

Joseph D. Martinez Environmental Achievement Award for Colleges & Universities

LSU

Distinguished Research Master

Distinguished Faculty Award

Distinguished Faculty                                   Teaching Award

Council for International Exchange of Scholars

Fulbright Scholar

Louisiana Partnership for Technology and Innovation

Innovator of the Year

State of Louisiana, Office of the Governor

Louisiana Systemic Initiatives Program (School Science Education Reform)

Tyge Christensen Prize

Best Algal Paper in   Phycologia

Society of American Military Engineers

George W. Goethals Gold Metal

National Academy of Science, Ocean Studies Board

12th Annual Roger Revelle Commemorative Lecture

Althalie Richardson Irvine Clarke Foundation

Clarke Prize

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

MacArthur Fellowship

 American Society for Limnology and Oceanography

Ruth Patrick Award

 American Association of Geographers

2018 Karl and Elisabeth Butzer Award for Lifetime Achievement in                 Paleoenvironmental Change

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Bostwick H. Ketchum Award

H. John Heinz III Foundation

Heinz Award

Chesapeake Bay Program

Meritorious Service Award

Environmental Law Institute

National Wetlands Award

Society of Wetland Scientists

Fellow

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Fellow

Association of American Geographers

Warren Nystrom Award

American Chemical Society, Environmental Science and Technology for 2008

Top Environmental Paper 

Richard J. Russell Louisiana Studies Distinguished Professor 

Xiamen University 

Nanqiang Lecture, The Earth’s Changing Climate: Natural Cycles and Human Effects

Thomas Jefferson Award for Community Service 

Louisiana Technologist of the Year