The Director’s Awards program recognizes significant achievements of Berkeley Lab employees. Each year, these awards are given for accomplishments, leadership, collaboration, multi-disciplinary science, cross-divisional projects, and commitment to excellence in support of the Lab’s mission and strategic goals.
The 2016 recipients of the Director’s Achievement Awards were recognized this month. To see a complete list of past and current recipients, go to the Director’s Awards webpage.
Congratulations to this year’s recipients in the Earth and Environmental Sciences Area!
Outreach/Diversity – Javier Ceja Navarro

Societal Impact – Barry Freifeld, Preston Jordan, Curt Oldenburg, and Lehua Pan
For their contributions to solving the Aliso Canyon well blowout disaster in Southern California, and to making future natural gas storage profoundly safer through insistence that regulations require two or more barriers to contain gas pressure in wells.
Service Achievement based on Microbes to Biomes – Eoin Brodie, Peter Nico, and folks from BSA (not pictured)


Early Career – Haruko Wainwright
