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Nobel Prize

Maria Geoppert Mayer
Department of Physics
Nobel Prize in Physics, 1963
Mario Molina
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Roger Tsien
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Presidential Medal of Freedom

Mario Molina
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
1963 1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Nobel Laureate, Pioneer in Atmospheric Chemistry Mario Molina Dies
Sally Ride
Department of Physics
Sally Ride Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom

Fields Medal

Efim Zelmanov
Department of Mathematics
Fields Medalist Joins UCSD Mathematics Faculty

National Medal of Science

Marye Anne Fox
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Harold Urey
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Simons Fellows/Investigators

Kenneth Intrilligator
Department of Physics
Adrian Ioana
Department of Mathematics
Melvin Leok
Department of Mathematics
James McKernan
Department of Mathematics
Cristian Popescu
Department of Mathematics
Rayan Saab
Department of Mathematics
Andrej Zlatos
Department of Mathematics 

National Academy of Sciences

Robert C. Dynes
Department of Physics
Marye Anne Fox
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Nigel Goldenfeld
Department of Physics
Terence Hwa
Department of Physics 
Andrew McCammon
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry 
Cliff Kubaik
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Herbert Levine
Department of Physics
Brian Maple
Department of Physics 
J. Andrew McCammon
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Mario Molina
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Kim Prather
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Lu Sham
Department of Physics 
Susan Taylor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Mark Thiemens
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Roger Tsien
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Ruth Williams
Department of Mathematics

Efim Zelmanov
Department of Mathematics

American Association for the Advancement of Science

Steven Boggs
Department of Physics
Michael Burkart
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Massimiliano Di Ventra
Department of Physics
Peter Ebenfelt
Department of Mathematics
Vicki Grassian
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Benjamin Grinstein
Department of Physics
David Kleinfeld
Department of Physics
Natalia Komarova
Department of Mathematics
Elizabeth Komives
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Tadeusz Molinski
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Lu Sham
Department of Physics 
Wei Xiong
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Ivan Schuller
Department of Physics 

Breakthrough Prize

James McKernan
Department of Mathematics 

Guggenheim Fellowship

Neal Devaraj
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Akif Tezcan
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Other Distinctions

American Mathemaical Society Fellows
Jim Agler, Department of Mathematics
Peter Ebenfelt, Department of Mathematics
James McKernan, Department of Mathematics
Lei Ni, Department of Mathematics
Christian Popescu, Department of Mathematics 

American Physical Society Fellows
Richard Averitt, Department of Physics
Michael Fogler, Department of Physics
Elizabeth Jenkins, Department of Physics
Brain Keating, Department of Physics
Wouter-Jan Rappel, Department of Physics
Lu Sham, Department of Physics
Massimo Vergassola, Department of Physics 
Congjun Wu, Department of Physics 

American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Fellows
Edward Dennis, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Susan Taylor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Blavatnik National Laureate in Chemistry
Neak Devaraj, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Chemical Pioneer Award
Vicki Grassian, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Cottrell Scholars
Dmitri Basov, Department of Physics
Seth Cohen, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Eva-Maria Schoetz Collins, Department of Physics
Joshua Figueroa, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Alex Frano, Department of Physics
Kamil Godula, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Kim Griest, Department of Physics 
Dusan Keres, Department of Physics
Alexis Komor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Elena Koslover, Department of Physics 
Vivek Sharma, Department of Physics 

National Academy of Engineering
Kim Prather, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Searle Scholars
Daniel Donoghue, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Mark Herzik, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Tatyana Sharpee, Department of Physics
Douglas Smith, Department of Physics

Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Fellows
Fan Chung Graham, Department of Mathematics
Michael Holst, Department of Mathematics
Ruth Williams, Department of Mathematics

Young Investigator Research Award
Monica Allen, Department of Physics
Chunhui Du, Department of Physics