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
• David Hillis (Integrative Biology) - 2008
• Alan Lambowitz (Cell and Molecular Biology) - 2004
• Allan MacDonald (Physics) - 2010
• Nancy Moran (Integrative Biology) - 2004
• William Press (Integrative Biology, Computer Science) - 1994
• Lester Reed (Chemistry & Biochemistry, deceased) - 1973
• Peter Rossky (Chemistry & Biochemistry) - 2011
• Harry Swinney (Physics) - 1992
• John Tate (Mathematics, retired) - 1969
• Karen Uhlenbeck (Mathematics, retired) - 1986
• Steven Weinberg (Physics) - 1972

National Academy of Engineering

• J Strother Moore (Computer Science) - 2007
• C. Grant Willson (Chemistry & Biochemistry) - 1992
• Simon Lam (Computer Science) - 2007

NATIONAL ACADEMY OF INventors

• George Georgiou (Molecular Biosciences) - 2015
• Jonathan Sessler (Chemistry) - 2015

Institute of Medicine

• George Georgiou (Molecular Biosciences) - 2011

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
• Lester Reed (Chemistry & Biochemistry, deceased)
• 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
• Austen Riggs (Biology)
• Peter Rossky (Chemistry)
• Stanley Roux (Molecular Biosciences) - 2014
• Mike Ryan (Biology)
• Roy Schwitters (Physics)
• Jonathan Sessler (Chemistry)
• Beryl Simpson (Biology)
• H Eldon Sutton (Biology)
• Harry Swinney (Physics)
• Guy Thompson (Biology)
• Philip "Uri” Treisman (Mathematics) - 2017
• Steven Weinberg (Physics)
• Robert F Williams (Mathematics, Emeritus)

Other Major International Awards

• Abel Prize - John Tate (retired) (2010)
• Alan Waterman Award - Scott Aaronson (2012)
• Dirac Medal - George Sudarshan (2010)
• Eminent Ecologist Award - Eric Pianka (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)
• Shaw Prize in Mathematical Sciences - Luis Cafferelli (2018)
• Turing Award - E. Allen Emerson (2007)
• Wolf Prize - John Tate (retired) (2002), Allen Bard (2008), Luis Cafferelli (2012)

Texas Academy of Science Distinguished Scientists 

• 2016 Gary Garrett (Integrative Biology)
• 2012 Larry Gilbert (Integrative Biology)
• 2006 Eric R. Pianka (Integrative Biology)
• 1999 Norman Hackerman (Chemistry, deceased)
• 1998 Clark Hubbs (Zoology, deceased)
• 1987 Richard C. Starr (Botany, deceased)
• 1980 Ilya Prigogine (Physics, deceased)