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GRADUATE

v 2004 National Aeronautics and Astronautics Society.

Ø Educator Associate

v 2004 AAAS National Lesson Plan Competition:

Ø “Amazing Ash” Top Ten in the USA. $500 travel award

v 2004 AAAS National Peer Reviewed Poster Session

Ø See Science Magazine vol 304 No. 5669 page 365

v 2003 NASA Educator Astronaut Nominee

Ø Teachers in Space

UNDERGRADUATE

v 2000 UCSC Honors Thesis: June 2000:

Ø Clay and Creation: Interdisciplinary Views on Origin of Life

v 2000 UCSC Deans’ Award Division of Natural Sciences

Ø Department of Chemistry. Highest Honor

v 2000 First NASA Astrobiology Meeting.

Ø Scientific poster displayed at NASA Headquarters.

v 2000 AAAS National Graduate Poster Competition.

Ø Honorable Mention. Undergraduate in the competition.

v 2000 Academic Excellence Honors Program

Ø (ACE Honors) Organic Chemistry, Calculus

v 2000 SACNAS National Conference Poster Competition

Ø First Annual Award for Excellence in Geoscience

v 2000 UCSC Oakes College Service Award

Ø Volunteer and Panel Activities

v 1999 UC Presidents Undergraduate Fellowship

Ø (Highest Honors) for original student initiated research

v 1998 NASA/SKILL Honors Faculty: Earth Systems Science

Ø (Scientific Knowledge for Indian Learning and Leadership)

v 1996 UCSC Chancellor’s Award:

Ø A Gathering of Courage (Highest Honors)

v 1996 Dean’s Award: A Gathering of Courage

Ø (Highest Honors; Social Sciences Division)