Assistant Professor Jessica Barnes was profiled by Nature magazine (10 July 2019) as a researcher whose work will shape the next 50 years of lunar research.

Assistant Professor Lynn Carter was named a recipient of a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.

Assistant Professor Kristopher Klein received the 2019 NASA Early Career Investigator Program (Heliophysics) Award in the first year of the program.

Professor Amy Mainzer has been elected Vice Chair of the American Astronomical Society's Division for Planetary Sciences. The position is a one-year term (2019-2020).

Professor Adam Showman was elected a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU); this honor is reserved for 0.1% for the AGU's membership each year. Professor Showman was recognized at Honors Tribute during the fall 2019 AGU meeting.