Awards & Honors

Year

Award

2023   

1st place in the student award competition of the AMS 23rd Conference on Air-Sea Interactions:
Margarita Reza, "Reduction of Iodate in Aqueous Organic and Inorganic Aerosol Particle Proxies"

2022   

Best paper of 2022 (CHEM ANYL and CIRES Env. Chem. Divisions Best Student Paper Award):
Henning Finkenzeller: The gas-phase source mechanism of iodic acid as an atmospheric aerosol source, H. Finkenzeller, S. Iyer, X-C. He, M. Simon, T.K. Koenig, C.F. Lee, R. Valiev, V. Hofbauer, A. Amorim, R. Baalbaki, A. Baccarini, L. Beck, D.M. Bell, L. Caudillo, D. Chen, R. Chiu, B. Chu, L. Dada, J. Duplissy, M. Heinritzi, D. Kemppainen, C. Kim, J. Krechmer, A. Kuerten, A. Kvashnin, H. Lamkaddam, C. Ping Lee, K. Lehtipalo, Z. Li, V. Makhmutov, H.E. Manninen, G. Marie, R. Marten, R.L. Mauldin, B. Mentler, T. Mueller, T. Petäjä, M. Philippov, A. Ranjithkumar, B. Roerup, J. Shen, D. Stolzenburg, C. Tauber, Y.J. Tham, A. Tom´e, M. Vazquez-Pufleau, A.C. Wagner, D.S. Wang, M. Wang, Y. Wang, S.K. Weber, W. Nie, Y. Wu, M. Xiao, Q. Ye, M. Zauner-Wieczorek, A. Hansel, U. Baltensperger, J. Brioude, J. Curtius, N.M. Donahue, I. El Haddad, R.C. Flagan, M. Kulmala, J. Kirkby, M. Sipil¨a, D.R. Worsnop, T. Kurten, M. Rissanen, R. Volkamer. Nature Chemistry, 2022

2019   

Best paper of 2019 (CHEM ANYL and CIRES Env. Chem. Divisions Best Student Paper Award):
Theodore Koenig: Quantitative detection of iodine in the stratosphere, T. K. Koenig, S. Baidar, P. Campuzano-Jost, C. A. Cuevas, B. Dix, R. P. Fernandez, H. Guo, S. R. Hall, D. Kinnison, B. A. Nault, K. Ullmann, J. L. Jimenez, A. Saiz-Lopez, and R. Volkamer, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2020.

Analytical & Environmental Chemistry Division - $500 Travel Award
    Natalie Kille (2019)

Analytical Chemistry Graduate Teaching Excellence Award 
    Christopher F. Lee (Fall 2019)

American Geophysical Union (AGU) Ascent Award 2019 
    Rainer Volkamer (Fall 2019)

2018   

NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship 2018 (NESSF18) 
    Henning Finkenzeller (Spring 2018)

NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship 2018 (NESSF18) 
    Randall Chiu (Spring 2018)

2017   

Best paper of 2017 (CHEM ANYL and CIRES Env. Chem. Divisions Best Student Paper Award):
Natalie Kille: The CU mobile Solar Occultation Flux instrument: structure functions and emission rates of NH3, NO2 and C2H6, N. Kille, S. Baidar, P. Handley, I. Ortega, R. Sinreich, O. R. Cooper, F. Hase, J. W. Hannigan, G. Pfister, and R. Volkamer, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 10, 373-392, 2017.

NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship 2017 (NESSF17) 
    Henning Finkenzeller (Spring 2017)

NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship 2017 (NESSF17) 
    Randall Chiu (Spring 2017)

2016

Travel Award: International Global Atmospheric Chemistry (IGAC) Project 2016 Science Conference
    Natalie Kille (May 2016)
    Brekenridge, CO, USA

NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship 2016 (NESSF16) 
    Henning Finkenzeller (Spring 2016)

CIRES Graduate Student Research Award, 2016-2017
    Natalie Kille (Spring 2016)

Best Student Oral Presentation Award: American Meteorological Society (AMS) Annual meeting
    Theodore Koenig (January 2016)
   "Measurements of BrO and IO in the lower stratosphere: Constraints on Bry and Iy"

2015

NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship
    Ivan Ortega (Renewal 2015)

Travel award, JPL Climate Summer School 
    Natalie Kille (2015) 
    ‘Using Satellite Observations to Advance Climate Models’

2014

Best paper of 2014 (CHEM ANYL and CIRES Env. Chem. Divisions Best Student Paper Award):
Sean Coburn: Measurements of Diurnal Variations and Eddy Covariance (EC) Fluxes of Glyoxal in the Tropical Marine Boundary Layer: Description of the Fast LED-CE-DOAS instrument. S. Coburn, I. Ortega, R. Thalman, B. Blomquist, C. W. Fairall, and R. Volkamer, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 7, 3579–3595, 2014.

Invited Talk: Earth Observations for Ocean Atmosphere Interactions Science Meeting
    Sean Coburn (October 2014) 
    "Deriving vertical profiles of free tropospheric trace gases from ground based measurements: Implications 
    for oxidation of atmospheric mercury" 
    Frascati, Italy

CIRES Graduate Research Fellowship 
    Eleanor Waxman (Fall 2014)

CIRES Graduate Student Travel Fellowship 
    Theodore Koenig (September 2014)

KIT Distinguished International Scientist Fellowship Award
    Rainer Volkamer (September 2014) 
    In recognition of excellence in creative works related to atmospheric chemistry, environmental sustainability and climate.

Earth Observation Travel Grant Award 
    Sean Coburn (September 2014) 
    Ocean Atmosphere Interactions Science 2014 meeting 

Tenured Faculty at University of Colorado, Boulder
    Rainer Volkamer (August 2014)

ISI Highly Cited Researcher 
    Rainer Volkamer (2014) 
    Highly Cited Researchers 2014 represents some of world’s leading scientific minds. Rainer earned the distinction as one 
    of only 159 researchers in the Geosciences worldwide, whose reports are "officially designated by Essential Science 
    Indicators℠ as Highly Cited Papers — ranking among the top 1% most cited for their subject field and year of publication, 
    earning them the mark of exceptional impact. 

Young Scientists Travel Grant - IGAC Science Conference on Atmospheric Conference
    Ivan Ortega (April 2014)
    Brazil, Natal. 

STEM Chateaubriand Fellow 
    Laura Gonzalez (May 2014)

NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship
    Ivan Ortega (renewal 2014)

2013

Graduate Teaching Award for Analytical Chemistry 
    Eleanor Waxman (Spring 2013) 

Attended The First Sino-European School on Atmospheric Chemistry (SESAC) 
    Sunil Baidar (May 2013) 
    Taicang, China

Analytical Chemistry Graduate Teaching Excellence Award
    Laura Gonzalez (August 2013) 

Graduate Teaching Award for General Chemistry 
    Eleanor Waxman (Fall 2013) 

CGSA Travel Grant 
    Eleanor Waxman (Fall 2013)

United Government of Graduate Students - Travel Grant Award
    Laura Gonzalez (October 2013)

NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship 
    Ivan Ortega (renewal 2013). Sean Coburn (renewal 2013)

ESRL-CIRES Graduate Research Fellowship 
    Sunil Baidar (renewal 2013)

Fulbright Fellowship 
    Natalie Kille (2013)

2012

AGU Outstanding Student Paper Award
    Siyuan Wang
    "Souces and sinks of OVOCs in the tropical troposphere during TORERO"

Graduate Teaching Award for General Chemistry 
    Eleanor Waxman (Fall 2012) 

NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship 
    Ivan Ortega (2012). Sean Coburn (renewal 2012)

Fulbright Junior Research Award 
    Siyuan Wang (2012-2013)

NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship 
    Sean Coburn (renewal 2012)

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship 
    Eleanor Waxman (renewal 2012)

ESRL-CIRES Graduate Research Fellowship 
    Sunil Baidar (renewal 2012)

2011

CIRES Graduate Student Research Fellowship 
    Ryan Thalman (2011)

Mission Scientist and Principal Investiagor - TORERO Project
    Rainer Volkamer (2011)

Atmospheric Science Collaboration and Enriching NeTworks (ASCENT) Workshop - Sponsored Participant 
    Barbara Dix (2011)

NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship 
    Sean Coburn (2011)

ESRL-CIRES Graduate Research Fellowship
    Sunil Baidar (renewal 2011)

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship 
    Eleanor Waxman (renewal 2011)

NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship (NESSF08) 
    Ryan Thalman (renewal 2011)

2010

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship 
    Eleanor Waxman(renewal 2010)

ESRL-CIRES Graduate Research Fellowship 
    Sunil Baidar (renewal 2010)

NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship (NESSF08) 
    Ryan Thalman (renewal 2010)

2009

ESRL-CIRES Graduate Research Fellowship
    Sunil Baidar (2009)

Graduate Teaching Award for Analytical Chemistry 
    Eleanor Waxman (Spring 2009) 

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship 
    Eleanor Waxman (2009) 

NSF-CAREER Young Investigator Award
    Rainer Volkamer (2009)

NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship (NESSF08) 
    Ryan Thalman (renewal 2009)

2008

Graduate Teaching Award for General Chemistry 
    Eleanor Waxman (Fall 2008) 

NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship (NESSF08) 
    Ryan Thalman (2008)

2007

Graduate Teaching Excellence Award for General Chemistry 
    Ryan Thalman (2007-2008)