Clara Deseris one of the most prolificand influential climate scientists of her generation. Her contributions span a wide range of topics encompassing both past and future climate, ocean and atmosphere, and observations and models — truly i...

Professor Eugenia Kalnay is recognized for her exceptional contributions to numerical weather prediction; ensemble forecasting; data assimilation, including the production of global data sets for weather and climate research; and modeling the inte...

Isaac Held is recognized for his outstanding scientific contributions to the understanding of the dynamics of the Earth’s atmosphere and climate and for his pioneering insights into the structure of atmospheric circulation patterns and the i...

Kevin Trenberth is being recognized for his outstanding contributions to understanding how the climate system operates, for gaining critical insights into the nature and future of climate change, and for his unusually dedicated leadership in the ...

Ellen Druffel is an explorer and scientific pioneer. Over her career, she has developed the measurement of radiocarbon (  14C) as a tool for studying timescales of ocean carbon cycling. Her research has paralleled a technological revolution allowi...