Title: Geophysicist, Educator Emeritus
Company: University of Colorado
Location: Boulder, Colorado, United States
Affiliations/Associations/Societies:
- American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
- American Geophysical Union
- California Institute of Technology
- Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
- IEEE, local chapter
- Irvine Museum of Natural History (advisor, consultant)
- San Juan Institute, San Juan Capistrano, CA (trustee, 1986-1992)
- Schloss Salem, Abitur, Germany
- Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society
- Spaceship Earth Fund, Boulder, CO (president, 1987-1989)
- SPIE, The International Society for Optics and Photonics
- Transpacific Yacht Club
Achievements:
- Honoree, Distinguished Worldwide Humanitarian Award (2021)
- Recipient, Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award (2021)
- Featured Listee, “Who’s Who in the West” Marquis Who’s Who (2000-2001)
- Named Best of Session Poster, ERIM Eleventh Thematic Conference and Workshops on Applied Geologic Remote Sensing (1996)
- Inductee, Alumni Hall of Fame for Science, John Muir High School, Pasadena, CA (1995)
- Recipient, Prize Paper Award, IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society IGARSS (1991)
- Recipient, NASA Group Achievement Award, Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer (AVIRIS) Team (1990)
- Recipient, Award for Best Single Issue of a Journal, “Remote Sensing of Environment,” Elsevier Science Publishing Company, Inc. (1989)
- Recipient, NASA Space Act Award (1987)
- Co-recipient, William T. Pecora Award, NASA/Department of Interior, Washington, DC (1982)
- Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal, NASA, Washington, DC (1982)
- NASA Group Achievement Award, Shuttle Multispectral Infrared Radiometer (SMIRR) Team (1982)
- Recipient, Autometrics Award for Best Remote Sensing Paper, American Society of Photogrammetry (1982)
- NASA Group Achievement Award, ERTS Geological Analysis and Image Processing Team (1975)
- Charles E. Ives Award for Best Paper, Photographic Science and Engineering Journal (1973)
- Superior Performance Award, US Geological Survey (1962)
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