Research > Departments > Physical Oceanography > Awards and Recognition Physical Oceanography - Awards and Recognition Overview | Awards and Recognition Awards and Recognition Nick Fofonoff received an Honorary Doctor of Science degree from the University of Victoria, Canada, for his “pioneering contributions to oceanography on Canada’s Pacific coast and fundamental contributions to physical oceanography.” Steve Jayne received a Zeldovich Award from the International Science Council and the Russian Academy of Sciences for contributions to space science using satellite observations. Mike McCartney received the prestigious but tongue-in-cheek American Miscellaneous Society’s Albatross Award “for describing the Atlantic circulation with bewildering simplicity.” This award includes the dubious honor of transporting a stuffed albatross home from a meeting located as remotely as possible from the winner’s laboratory. Fiamma Straneo received the Ferruccio Mosetti Prize from the University of Trieste for her work on the dynamics of convection in the ocean in the presence of sheared flow and wind. Jack Whitehead was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Promotions Dave Fratantoni, Associate Scientist Mike Spall, Senior Scientist Jiayan Yang, Associate Scientist-Tenured