Awards and Funding

Honors and Awards

Year Honors and Awards
2020 ........................................................................................
 
  • Science Dialog (Scialog) Fellow in Astrobiology: “Signatures of Life in the Universe” (https://rescorp.org/scialog), Co-Sponsored by the Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA) and Heising–Simons Foundation
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

                                                                                                                      

2020   •   Fulbright–NSF Arctic Initiative Scholar, Faculty Fellowship to the University of Iceland, Institute of Earth Sciences

              

2018     •   Selection by Science News as one of the Top 10 Scientists to Watch in 2018

                    (https://www.sciencenews.org/article/sn-10-scientists-to-watch-2018)

               •   Geological Society of America (GSA)'s Early Career Award (Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology and Volcanology Division)

               •   W. M. Keck Institute for Space Studies (KISS) participant in the “Tidal Heating – Lessons from Io and the Jovian System” workshop

                    (https://www.kiss.caltech.edu/workshops/tidal_heating/tidal_heating.html)

               •   Research Spotlight in the American Geophysical Union (AGU)’s journal Eos (https://eos.org/research-spotlights/tracing-the-steps-of-hydrothermal-a…)

                •   NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) Faculty Fellowship

2017      •   Invited by the Icelandic government to help develop a proposal for a new United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Site within the Central Highlands (The Vatnajökull National Park, Iceland was successfully inscribed as a World Heritage Center in 2019)

2016      •   Chair of the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth’s Interior (IAVCEI) Working Group on Volcano–Ice Interactions

2015      •   NASA Early Career Fellowship (ECF) Award

                •   Appointed to the Editorial Board of GSA’s journal Geology

                •   Vice-Chair of the IAVCEI Working Group on Volcano–Ice Interactions

2014      •   Elected Secretary of the IAVCEI Working Group on Volcano–Ice Interactions

2011      •   NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) Fellowship (2011–2013)

2010      •   Graduate Student Marshall, Spring Commencement, University of Hawai‘i

                •   University of Hawai‘i Research Council Doctoral Research Achievement Award  

                •   Mark Lierman Memorial Scholarship from the Hawai‘i Geographic Information Coordinating Council for extraordinary achievements in Geography and GIS

                •   Research Highlight in Nature Geoscience (https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo1011)

2009      •   AGU award for outstanding student presentation (Volcanology, Geochemistry, and Petrology Division)

2007      •   Icelandic Centre for Research (RANNÍS) student research grant

2006      •   GSA student research grant with an award for outstanding merit

                •   Research grant from the Graduate Student Organization, University of Hawai‘i

2005      •   Léopold Gélinas Medal from the Geological Association of Canada (GAC) for Best Undergraduate Thesis in Canada (Volcanology and Igneous Petrology Division)

2004      •   Canadian National Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)

                    Postgraduate Masters Scholarship

                •   Dalhousie University, Earth Sciences, Best Undergraduate Thesis Award

                •   AGU award for outstanding student presentation (Planetary Sciences Division)

                •   Atlantic Geoscience Society (AGS), Rupert MacNeil Award for best presentation

2003      •   Atlantic Provinces Council on the Sciences (APICS) award for best presentation

2002      •   Dalhousie University Student Work International Fund Scholarship

DR. HAMILTON'S CURRENT GRANTS

Principal Investigator (PI)

  • "RAVEN: Rover–Aerial Vechile Exploration Network", Planetary Science and Technology Through Analog Research (PSTAR) Program
  • “Pattern to process: Flood basalt emplacement parameters and their cross-sectional morphologies”, JPL Strategic University Research Partner-ship (SURP) Program (Co-PI with Dr. Laura Kerber, JPL)
  • “LIFE: Lava-Induced Fumarolic Environments”, EUROVOLC 2nd Transnational Access Call

Co-Investigator (Co-I)

  • "The Io Volcano Observer (IVO)", NASA Discovery Program, Phase A (PI: Dr. Alfred McEwen, University of Arizona)
  •  Investigating magma–cryosphere interactions and outflow channel activi-ty in Hebrus Valles, NASA Mars Data Analysis Program (PI: Dr. Jack Holt, University of Arizona)
  • “Assessing the formation and implications of self-secondary craters on Co-pernican impact ejecta”. NASA Lunar Data Analysis Program (PI: Dr. Natalia Artemieva, Planetary Science Institute)

DR. HAMILTON'S PRIOR GRANTS

Principal Investigator (PI)

  • "Lunar impact melt flows: Geological mapping, experimental simulation, and numerical modeling" NASA Solar System Workings (SSW) Program
  • “Precision geodetic constraints for terrestrial analog studies of planetary surface processes” NASA Early Career Fellowship (ECF) Program
  • "Volcanism and interior heating processes on Io" NASA Outer Planets Research (OPR) Program
  • "Sinuous channels in volcanic provinces on the Earth and Mars" NASA Planetary Geology and Geophysics (PGG) Program
  • "Volcanic plains on Mars: Lava morphologies, emplacement dynamics, and paleoenvironments in Northeastern Elysium Planitia and Central Tharsis " NASA Mars Data Analysis Program (MDAP)
  • "Thermal infrared remote sensing of active volcanic processes" University of Arizona Faculty Seed Grant

Co-Investigator (Co-I)

  • “Tephrastratigraphy in Iceland”, W. M. Keck Foundation (PI: Dr. Andrew de Wet, Franklin & Marshall College)
  • "Geologic mapping of Hrad Vallis, Mars: Investigating the hypothesized occurrence of recent mud flows on Mars during the Amazonian Era" NASA Planetary Geology and Geophysics (PGG) Program (PI: Peter Mouginis-Mark, University of Hawai‘i)
  • "Quantitative studies of lava flows and explosive volcanic eruption plumes on planetary bodies" NASA Planetary Geology and Geophysics (PGG) Program (PI: Dr. Lori Glaze, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)
  • "Simulation of inflated pahoehoe lava flows on Earth and Mars" NASA Planetary Geology and Geophysics (PGG) Program (PI: Dr. Steven Baloga, Proxemy Research)
  • “Pahoehoe lava on Mars and the Earth: A comparative study of inflated and disrupted flows”, W. M. Keck Foundation (PI: Dr. Andrew de Wet, Franklin & Marshall College)
  • “The role of external water in explosive phreatomagmatic eruptions”, National Science Foundation (NSF) Petrology and Geochemistry Program (PI: Dr. Sarah Fagents, University of Hawai‘i)

Collaborator

  • “Tidal Heating: Lessons from Io and the Jovian System”, Keck Institute for Space Studies (KISS) Program (Co-PIs: Dr. Katherine de Kleer, CalTech; Dr. Ryan Park, JPL; Dr. Alfred McEwen, University of Arizona)
  • “Field Investigation of Basaltic Lava Flows in Iceland”, NASA Early Career Fellowship Program (PI: Dr. Colin Dundas, United States Geologic Survey)
  • "Quantitative measurements of active Ionian volcanoes: Global distribution and temporal variability using Galileo NIMS, PPR, ground-based, and New Horizons data" NASA Outer Planets Research (OPR) Program (PI: Dr. Julie Rathbun, Planetary Science Institute)
  • "Stereo-derived topography for the last frontier and the final frontier" NASA Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) Program (PI: Dr. Denise Thorsen, University of Alaska—Fairbanks)
  • "Development and instability of melt decompaction layers in the Martian lithosphere and their effect on the spacing of volcanic centers" NASA Mars Fundamental Research Program (MFRP) (PI: Dr. Laurent Montesi, University of Maryland—College Park)