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  • NASA Award | NASA Group Achievement Award | Mars 2020 Science Team (2023)
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  • JPL Explorer Award (2022)
  • JPL Voyager Award | Mars 2020 Project (2021)
  • NASA Award | NASA Group Achievement Award | Mars 2020 Science Operations Development Team (2021)
  • NASA Award | NASA Group Achievement Award | Mars 2020 Rover Operations Activities for Science Team Training (ROASTT) Team (2021)
  • The Edward Stone Award for Outstanding Research Publication | Evidence for plunging river plume deposits in the Pahrump Hills member of the Murray formation, Gale crater, Mars (2021)
  • NASA Award | NASA Early Career Public Achievement Medal (2021)
  • JPL Voyager Award | Mars 2020 Project (2020)
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  • JPL Voyager Award | Mars 2020 Project (2019)
  • JPL Voyager Award | Mars Exploration Directorate (2018)
  • NASA Award | NASA Software of the Year Award | JPL OnSight Team Collaborator (2018)
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  • JPL Voyager Award | Leadership of the MSL Curiosity Pahrump Hills Campaign (2015)
  • NASA Award | NASA Group Achievement Award | MSL Prime Mission Science and Operations Team (2013)
  • Professional Society and External Organization Awards | Forbes | 30 under 30: Science and Healthcare (2013)
  • Scholarly Award (2012)
  • Scholarly Award (2008)
  • Professional Society and External Organization Awards | Mineralogical Society of America | American Mineralogist Undergraduate Award (2008)

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