College of Natural Sciences faculty are award-winning across disciplines and include Nobel Laureates, Medal of Science recipients and more. A small sample of award winners are listed below.
Nobel Prize
- Steven Weinberg (Physics) - 1979
National Academy of Sciences
- Richard Aldrich (Neurobiology) - 2008
- Allen Bard (Chemistry & Biochemistry) - 1982
- James Bull (Integrative Biology) - 2016
- Luis Caffarelli (Mathematics) - 1991
- Katherine Freese (Physics) - 2020
- David Hillis (Integrative Biology) - 2008
- John Kormendy (Astronomy) - 2020
- Mark Kirkpatrick (Integrative Biology) - 2020
- Alan Lambowitz (Cell and Molecular Biology) - 2004
- Allan MacDonald (Physics) - 2010
- Nancy Moran (Integrative Biology) - 2004
- William Press (Integrative Biology, Computer Science) - 1994
- Peter Rossky (Chemistry & Biochemistry) - 2011
- Harry Swinney (Physics, retired) - 1992
- Karen Uhlenbeck (Mathematics, retired) - 1986
- Steven Weinberg (Physics) - 1972
National Academy of Engineering
- Simon Lam (Computer Science) - 2007
- Jay Misra (Computer Science) - 2018
- J Strother Moore (Computer Science) - 2007
- C. Grant Willson (Chemistry & Biochemistry) - 1992
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF INventors
- George Georgiou (Molecular Biosciences) - 2015
- Jonathan Sessler (Chemistry) - 2015
Institute of Medicine
- George Georgiou (Molecular Biosciences) - 2011
ABEL PRIZE
- Karen Uhlenbeck (Mathematics) - 2019
TURING AWARD
- E. Allen Emerson (Computer Science) - 2007
Fellows of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
- Rick Aldrich (Neurobiology)
- Allen Bard (Chemistry & Biochemistry)
- James Bull (Integrative Biology)
- Luis Caffarelli (Mathematics)
- David Crews (Integrative Biology)
- Björn Engquist (Mathematics) - 2015
- George Georgiou (Molecular Biosciences) - 2015
- David Hillis (Integrative Biology)
- Mark Kirkpatrick (Integrative Biology)
- Alan Lambowitz (Cell & Molecular Biology)
- Allan MacDonald (Physics)
- Nancy Moran (Integrative Biology)
- Eric Pianka (Integrative Biology) - 2014
- Peter Rossky (Chemistry & Biochemistry)
- Michael Ryan (Integrative Biology)
- Roy Schwitters (Physics)
- Beryl Simpson (Integrative Biology)
- Harry Swinney (Physics)
- Karen Uhlenbeck (Mathematics)
- Steven Weinberg (Physics)
National Medals of Science
- Allen Bard (Chemistry) - 2011
- Steven Weinberg (Physics) - 1991
- Karen Uhlenbeck (Mathematics) - 2000
National Medal of Technology and Innovation
- C. Grant Willson (Chemistry) - 2007
Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
- J Aggarwal (Computer Science)
- Richard Aldrich (Neuroscience) - 2014
- Eric Anslyn (Chemistry)
- Chandrajit Bajaj (Computer Science) -2008
- Herbert Berk (Physics)
- George Bittner (Biology)
- James Browne (Computer Science)
- James Chelikowsky (Physics) - 2007
- Jeff Chen (Biology)
- David Crews (Biology)
- Inderjit Dhillon (Computer Science & Mathematics) - 2016
- Harriet Dinerstein (Astronomy)
- Ron Elber (Chemistry)
- Andy Ellington (Chemistry)
- Neal Evans (Astronomy)
- Larry Faulkner (Chemistry)
- Norma Fowler (Biology)
- George Georgiou (Biology)
- Lawrence Gilbert (Biology)
- Kristen Harris (Neuroscience) - 2016
- Richard Hazeltine (Physics)
- Brent Iverson (Chemistry) - 2011
- Kenneth Johnson (Chemistry)
- Daniel Johnston (Neuroscience) - 2016
- Mark Kirkpatrick (Integrative Biology) - 2016
- Michael Krische (Chemistry) - 2017
- Robert Krug (Biology) - 2012
- Joseph Lagowski (Chemistry)
- Alan Lambowitz (Biology)
- Hung-Wen Liu (Chemistry)
- Paul Macdonald (Biology)
- Bassett Maguire (Biology)
- Edward Marcotte (Chemistry)
- Stephen Martin (Chemistry)
- Nancy Moran (Integrative Biology) - 2007
- Howard Ochman (Integrative Biology)
- Raymond Orbach (Physics) - 1982
- Eric Pianka (Integrative Biology)
- Keshav Pingali (Computer Science)
- William Press (Computer Science, Integrative Biology) - 2013
- Mark Raizen (Physics) - 2019
- Austen Riggs (Biology)
- Peter Rossky (Chemistry)
- Stanley Roux (Molecular Biosciences) - 2014
- Mike Ryan (Biology)
- Roy Schwitters (Physics)
- Jonathan Sessler (Chemistry)
- Beryl Simpson (Biology)
- Peter Stone (Computer Science) - 2018
- H Eldon Sutton (Biology)
- Harry Swinney (Physics)
- Guy Thompson (Biology)
- Philip "Uri” Treisman (Mathematics) - 2017
- Steven Weinberg (Physics)
- Robert F Williams (Mathematics, Emeritus)
MacArthur Foundation Fellows
- Livia S. Eberlin (2018)
- David Hillis (1999)
- Nancy Moran (1997)
- Philip Uri Treisman (1992)
- Karen Uhlenbeck (1983)
Other Major International Awards
- Alan Waterman Award - Scott Aaronson (2012)
- Eminent Ecologist Award - Eric Pianka, retired (2015)
- Enrico Fermi Award - Allen Bard (2014)
- InBev-Baillet Latour Health Prize - Robert Krug (2002)
- International Prize for Biology - Nancy Moran (2010)
- Japan Prize - C. Grant Willson (2013)
- King Faisal International Prize in Science - Allen Bard (2019)
- Moore Inventor Fellow - Livia Eberlin (2018)
- Priestley Medal - Allen Bard (2002)
- Shaw Prize in Mathematical Sciences - Luis Cafferelli (2018)
- Stark Draper Prize -C. Grant Willson (2020)
- Wolf Prize - Allen Bard (2008), Luis Cafferelli (2012), Allan MacDonald (2020)
Texas Academy of Science Distinguished Scientists
- 2019 David Lambert (Astronomy)
- 2016 Gary Garrett (Integrative Biology)
- 2012 Larry Gilbert (Integrative Biology)
- 2006 Eric R. Pianka (Integrative Biology)