7*M Group: Awards and honors
Many 7*Mers have achieved professional distinctions.
Members of National Academies
Mihály Pósfai - Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 2010
Sumio Iijima - National Academies: U.S., 2007; Norway, 2009; Japan, 2010, China, 2011
Presidents of Professional Societies
John Armstrong - Microbeam Analysis Society (MAS), 1991
Mike O'Keefe - Microscopy Society of America (MSA), 2007
David Veblen - Mineralogical Society of America (MSA), 1997
Sumio Iijima - Japanese Microscopy Society, 2001-2003
Other Honors
Kouji Adachi was awarded the 2016 Young Researchers' Award from the Japan Association of Aerosol Science and Technology (JAAST). The award recognizes the most outstanding young researcher (under 40) to encourage continued work in the field of aerosol science and technology. The award is in recognition of Kouji's research, including his work at ASU.
Mihály Pósfai (2016) won the Széchenyi Prize, which is awarded to “the greatest Hungarian minds alive today” and is “the most prestigious state award in the sciences.” It was given in a ceremony in the Parliament Building led by the President and the Prime Minister of Hungary.
Ellen Thomas received the 2013 American Women Geoscientists Professional Excellence Award in the Academia category, “recognizing exceptional women who have made distinguished contributions in their professions throughout their careers, a commitment to mentoring, and placing emphasis on outreach and other service activities.” (http://www.awg.org/eas/awards.htm)
Ellen also received the 2012 Maurice Ewing Medal from the American Geophysical Union, awarded to an individual "for significant original contributions to the scientific understanding of the processes in the ocean; for the advancement of oceanographic engineering, technology, and instrumentation; and for outstanding service to the marine sciences." (http://sites.agu.org/honors/medals-awards/maurice-ewing-medal/?sub=recipients)
Kazu Tomeoka received the Mineralogical Society of Japan Award in 2003 and the Geochemical Association of Japan Award (“Miyake Award”) in 2011, for his research on the origin and evolution of primitive meteorites using analytical electron microscopy and experimental methods.
Jeff Post, Curator of the U.S. National Gem and Mineral Collection since 1991, was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award (2011) by the Jewelers of America "at a fancy black tie event in NYC, complete with red carpet, Hollywood celebrities, and cameras (and jewelry) flashing." http://www.jic.org/index.php?page=gem-awards-2011.
Sumio Iijima’s honors include: 1976: Bertram Eugene Warren Diffraction Physics Award, The American Crystallography Society; 1986: Minister Award, The Agency of Science and Technology, Japan; 2001: Ishikawa Carbon Award, Ishikawa Carbon Science and Technology Promotion Foundation; 2002: J.C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials, American Physical Society; 2002: Benjamin Franklin Medal in Physics, The Franklin Institute; 2002: Japan Academy Award and Imperial Award; 2005: Distinguished Scientist, Physical Sciences, Microscopy Society of America; 2008: The Kavli Prize Nanoscience 2008 (The Kavli Foundation, Norway); 2009: Order of Cultural Merits (Japanese Government)
Peter Buseck: ASU Founder’s Day Award, 2023*1. Sinclair Medal, highest award of the American Association of Aerosol Research, 2021. *2 The ASU Center for Meteorite Studies was renamed the Buseck Center for Meteorite Studies, 2021 *3, with associated symposium. Roebling Medal, highest award of the Mineralogical Society of America, 2019, with associated symposiumVisions of Minerals at the Nanoscale: Roebling Medalist Peter R. Buseck, 2019. “Buseckite” mineral named in his honor, 2012. Microscopy & Microanalysis Meeting Symposium: High-resolution Microscopy and Microanalysis of Meteorites, Minerals and Aerosols: honoring the contributions of Peter R. Buseck, 2012. ASU Outstanding Graduate Mentor Award, 1991. JEOL Award (Microbeam Analysis Society), 1980. ASU Graduate College Distinguished Research Professorship, 1978-79. Elected Fellow, Churchill College, University of Cambridge, 1978. Corning Award (Microbeam Analysis Society), 1975. NSF Science Faculty Fellowship, 1970-71.
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 1967(ck). Fellow, Meteoritical Society, 1965. Fellow, Mineralogical Society of America, 1963. Fellow, Geological Society of America, 1959.
43 papers in Science, Nature, & PNAS, six with covers.
*1 https://news.asu.edu/20230315-founders-day-2023-honoring-past-celebrating-present-inventing-future
Members of National Academies
Mihály Pósfai - Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 2010
Sumio Iijima - National Academies: U.S., 2007; Norway, 2009; Japan, 2010, China, 2011
Presidents of Professional Societies
John Armstrong - Microbeam Analysis Society (MAS), 1991
Mike O'Keefe - Microscopy Society of America (MSA), 2007
David Veblen - Mineralogical Society of America (MSA), 1997
Sumio Iijima - Japanese Microscopy Society, 2001-2003
Other Honors
Kouji Adachi was awarded the 2016 Young Researchers' Award from the Japan Association of Aerosol Science and Technology (JAAST). The award recognizes the most outstanding young researcher (under 40) to encourage continued work in the field of aerosol science and technology. The award is in recognition of Kouji's research, including his work at ASU.
Mihály Pósfai (2016) won the Széchenyi Prize, which is awarded to “the greatest Hungarian minds alive today” and is “the most prestigious state award in the sciences.” It was given in a ceremony in the Parliament Building led by the President and the Prime Minister of Hungary.
Ellen Thomas received the 2013 American Women Geoscientists Professional Excellence Award in the Academia category, “recognizing exceptional women who have made distinguished contributions in their professions throughout their careers, a commitment to mentoring, and placing emphasis on outreach and other service activities.” (http://www.awg.org/eas/awards.htm)
Ellen also received the 2012 Maurice Ewing Medal from the American Geophysical Union, awarded to an individual "for significant original contributions to the scientific understanding of the processes in the ocean; for the advancement of oceanographic engineering, technology, and instrumentation; and for outstanding service to the marine sciences." (http://sites.agu.org/honors/medals-awards/maurice-ewing-medal/?sub=recipients)
Kazu Tomeoka received the Mineralogical Society of Japan Award in 2003 and the Geochemical Association of Japan Award (“Miyake Award”) in 2011, for his research on the origin and evolution of primitive meteorites using analytical electron microscopy and experimental methods.
Jeff Post, Curator of the U.S. National Gem and Mineral Collection since 1991, was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award (2011) by the Jewelers of America "at a fancy black tie event in NYC, complete with red carpet, Hollywood celebrities, and cameras (and jewelry) flashing." http://www.jic.org/index.php?page=gem-awards-2011.
Sumio Iijima’s honors include: 1976: Bertram Eugene Warren Diffraction Physics Award, The American Crystallography Society; 1986: Minister Award, The Agency of Science and Technology, Japan; 2001: Ishikawa Carbon Award, Ishikawa Carbon Science and Technology Promotion Foundation; 2002: J.C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials, American Physical Society; 2002: Benjamin Franklin Medal in Physics, The Franklin Institute; 2002: Japan Academy Award and Imperial Award; 2005: Distinguished Scientist, Physical Sciences, Microscopy Society of America; 2008: The Kavli Prize Nanoscience 2008 (The Kavli Foundation, Norway); 2009: Order of Cultural Merits (Japanese Government)
Peter Buseck: ASU Founder’s Day Award, 2023*1. Sinclair Medal, highest award of the American Association of Aerosol Research, 2021. *2 The ASU Center for Meteorite Studies was renamed the Buseck Center for Meteorite Studies, 2021 *3, with associated symposium. Roebling Medal, highest award of the Mineralogical Society of America, 2019, with associated symposiumVisions of Minerals at the Nanoscale: Roebling Medalist Peter R. Buseck, 2019. “Buseckite” mineral named in his honor, 2012. Microscopy & Microanalysis Meeting Symposium: High-resolution Microscopy and Microanalysis of Meteorites, Minerals and Aerosols: honoring the contributions of Peter R. Buseck, 2012. ASU Outstanding Graduate Mentor Award, 1991. JEOL Award (Microbeam Analysis Society), 1980. ASU Graduate College Distinguished Research Professorship, 1978-79. Elected Fellow, Churchill College, University of Cambridge, 1978. Corning Award (Microbeam Analysis Society), 1975. NSF Science Faculty Fellowship, 1970-71.
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 1967(ck). Fellow, Meteoritical Society, 1965. Fellow, Mineralogical Society of America, 1963. Fellow, Geological Society of America, 1959.
43 papers in Science, Nature, & PNAS, six with covers.
*1 https://news.asu.edu/20230315-founders-day-2023-honoring-past-celebrating-present-inventing-future