2021 Elected to the National Academy of Engineers, National Academy of Sciences, and American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2020 Mani L. Bhaumik Award for Public Engagement with Science
2019 AGU Climate Communication Prize
2018 AMS Helmut Landsberg Award
2018. UGA First Year Odyssey Seminar Teaching Award
2017 University of Georgia, Graduate Commencement Speaker
2017 AMS Charles Franklin Brooks Award
2016 Selected as SEC Academic Leadership Development Program Fellow
2016 Florida State University, Spring Undergraduate Commencement Speaker
2015 Florida State University, Graduate Made Good (Highest Alumni Honor)
2015 AAG Excellence In Media Award
2015 Franklin College of Arts and Sciences General Sandy Beaver Award for Excellence in Teaching
2014 Distinguished UGA Athletic Association Professor in the Social Sciences Departments
2014 Captain Planet Foundation Protector of the Earth Award
2013 UGA Athletic Association Professor in the Social Sciences Departments
2011 Franklin College of Arts and Sciences Excellence in Diversity Leadership Award
2011 Promoted to Full Professor at the University of Georgia
2011 Received the AMS Charles Anderson Award
2011 Outstanding Alumni Award, FSU Black Alumni Association
2010 Awarded tenure at the University of Georgia
2010 Nominated to attend 2010 UGA Teaching Academy Faculty Symposium
2009 Inducted as a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society**
2007 Contributing Author to Nobel Prize Winning IPCC AR4**
2005 Black Enterprise Magazine “Hot List”
2005 Network Journal Magazine “Forty under 40” recipient
2004 Recipient of Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)**
2004 NASA.GSFC Group Award for Contributions to the JASON Project
2004 Special Act Award (NASA OES)
2003 Peer Award for Scientific Research
2002 Recipient of NASA New Investigator Program Award
2001 Laboratory for Atmospheres Outreach Award
2001 NASA/GSFC Group Achievement Award
2001 Special Act Award for superior performance of a special act (Horizon team)
2001 Special Act Award for superior performance of a special act (Outreach Initiatives) NASA Performance. (FY03,FY00,FY98,FY97,FY96,FY95,FY94)
1999 1st African American to receive PhD in Meteorology from Florida State University**
1999 NASA/GSFC Special Act Award for superior performance
1999 NASA/GSFC Group Achievement Award-AGS Imager Team
1987-1993 American Meteorological Society (AMS)/TRW Industry Fellow
National Science Foundation (NSF) Fellow Competition (Honorable Mention)
Dolores Auzene Fellow (FSU).
Leslie N. Wilson Assistantship Recipient (FSU)
National Achievement Scholar
American Geological Institute Scholar
Chi Epsilon Pi Meteorology Honorary
Omicron Delta Kappa National Honorary
Who's Who Among College Students
2020 Mani L. Bhaumik Award for Public Engagement with Science
2019 AGU Climate Communication Prize
2018 AMS Helmut Landsberg Award
2018. UGA First Year Odyssey Seminar Teaching Award
2017 University of Georgia, Graduate Commencement Speaker
2017 AMS Charles Franklin Brooks Award
2016 Selected as SEC Academic Leadership Development Program Fellow
2016 Florida State University, Spring Undergraduate Commencement Speaker
2015 Florida State University, Graduate Made Good (Highest Alumni Honor)
2015 AAG Excellence In Media Award
2015 Franklin College of Arts and Sciences General Sandy Beaver Award for Excellence in Teaching
2014 Distinguished UGA Athletic Association Professor in the Social Sciences Departments
2014 Captain Planet Foundation Protector of the Earth Award
2013 UGA Athletic Association Professor in the Social Sciences Departments
2011 Franklin College of Arts and Sciences Excellence in Diversity Leadership Award
2011 Promoted to Full Professor at the University of Georgia
2011 Received the AMS Charles Anderson Award
2011 Outstanding Alumni Award, FSU Black Alumni Association
2010 Awarded tenure at the University of Georgia
2010 Nominated to attend 2010 UGA Teaching Academy Faculty Symposium
2009 Inducted as a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society**
2007 Contributing Author to Nobel Prize Winning IPCC AR4**
2005 Black Enterprise Magazine “Hot List”
2005 Network Journal Magazine “Forty under 40” recipient
2004 Recipient of Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)**
2004 NASA.GSFC Group Award for Contributions to the JASON Project
2004 Special Act Award (NASA OES)
2003 Peer Award for Scientific Research
2002 Recipient of NASA New Investigator Program Award
2001 Laboratory for Atmospheres Outreach Award
2001 NASA/GSFC Group Achievement Award
2001 Special Act Award for superior performance of a special act (Horizon team)
2001 Special Act Award for superior performance of a special act (Outreach Initiatives) NASA Performance. (FY03,FY00,FY98,FY97,FY96,FY95,FY94)
1999 1st African American to receive PhD in Meteorology from Florida State University**
1999 NASA/GSFC Special Act Award for superior performance
1999 NASA/GSFC Group Achievement Award-AGS Imager Team
1987-1993 American Meteorological Society (AMS)/TRW Industry Fellow
National Science Foundation (NSF) Fellow Competition (Honorable Mention)
Dolores Auzene Fellow (FSU).
Leslie N. Wilson Assistantship Recipient (FSU)
National Achievement Scholar
American Geological Institute Scholar
Chi Epsilon Pi Meteorology Honorary
Omicron Delta Kappa National Honorary
Who's Who Among College Students
