Author of one of the top 10% of most-viewed papers published by the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres in 2023
16 April 2025
ImmerseGT Hackathon 3rd Place SnapAR Award for the best use of Snap’s new Spectacles technology (News)
6 April 2025
ImmerseGT Hackathon “Lifestyle” Award, for Kääntää, an application that shows how XR can enhance everyday life. (News)
ImmerseGT Hackathon “Intelligent Immersion” Award for “Desk Buddy," a project that combines artificial intelligence and XR (News)
NCEI Certificate of Appreciation for going above and beyond to restore NCEI after Hurricane Helene.
4 April 2025
UMD CMNS Board of Visitors Distinguished Faculty Award for his work on air quality/pollution and climate change/GHGs.
3 April 2025
Author of one of the Top Ten Most Cited Articles in Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 2023
19 March 2025
AMS 2nd Place Best Student 12Lightning Poster evaluating GLM using the Raspberry Pi camera network.
16 January 2025
American Geophysical Union (AGU) Travel Grant for work with the Raspberry Pi Lightning Camera Network.
4 October 2024
NASA LaRC Silver Group Achievement Award for outstanding work on the NDACC Website Transition Team.
13 August 2024
NCEI Certificate of Appreciation for the scientific and logistical effort to assemble and release the World Ocean Atlas 2023.
5 August 2024
National Coral Reef Monitoring Program Letter of Recognition for her excellent work updating the NRCMP Visualization Tool.
14 June 2024
LEO Unseen Hero Award for his efforts to restore S-NPP after a central data processor reset.
13 June 2024
LEO Unseen Hero Award for developing the software needed to add VIIRS Cluster Radiances to CrIS files for NESDIS.
UMD CMNS Distinguished Research Scientist Award
19 April 2024
UMD CMNS Research Exellence Award for his transformative research that advanced precipitation science at NOAA.
15 April 2024
Letter of Recognition for her leadership and service in the NOAA delegation to the Lunar Calibration Workshop.
21 December 2023
NCEI Employee Awards for CISESS Scientists for the new National Coral Reef Monitoring Program data visualization tool.
6 December 2023
NCEI Employee Awards for CISESS Scientists for his key role in the completion of the World Ocean Atlas 2023.
NCEI Employee Awards for CISESS Scientists for innovation in updating NOAA Blended Seawinds to version 2.
NCEI Employee Awards for CISESS Scientists for his leadership of Ocean Acidification Program data management.
NCEI Employee Awards for CISESS Scientists for 30 years of excellence in ocean carbon data management.
NCEI Employee Awards for CISESS Scientists for her support of the State Department's Marine Science Research data
NCEI Employee Awards for CISESS Scientists for his careful incorporation of the flow of Conductivity-Temperature-Depth data.
NCEI Certificate of Recognition for efforts above and beyond to complete the Ocean Heat Content monthly climatologies.
GEO Team Impact Award for her leadership of the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Blue Planet Team.
8 November 2023
GEO Team Impact Award for her work with the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Blue Planet Team.
2nd Place Award for Undergraduate Student Presentations at NWA Conference for "Expanding Aviation Applications for GLM"
9 - 13 September 2023
NASA Exceptional Achievement for Science Award for outstanding mission-critical calibration/validation of JPSS-2
29 August 2023
CoRP Symposium Student Award for Best Presentation - Honorable Mention
27 July 2023
Henry F. Fleming Scholarship Award for outstanding undergraduate to pursue a remote sensing graduate degree
4 May 2023
Landsberg Outstanding Service Award for outstanding service to the UMD AOSC Undergraduate Program
NCEI Certificate of Appreciation for above & beyond effort to complete Ocean Heat Content monthly climatology by deadline.
17 April 2023
Google Cloud Research Innovators: selected for the 2023 cohort to have extra access to technical resources and experts.
1 March 2023
AGU Voices for Science: selected for the Science Policy cohort 2023-24 of the AGU’s Voices for Science program.
Letter of Recognition from the Deputy Director of CISESS for his presentation and work at the CISESS Mid-Term Review Panel
22 February 2023
AMS Student Speaker Honorable Mention for "Developing a Blended Lightning Dataset and its Application" (as a freshman!)
12 January 2023
NCEI Employee Awards for CISESS Scientists for her work on U. S. State Department’s Marine Scientific Research datasets.
6 December 2022
NCEI Employee Awards for CISESS Scientists for leading the CISESS World Ocean Database (WOD) project.
NCEI Employee Awards for CISESS Scientists for leading several international data management activities at NCEI.
NCEI Employee Awards for CISESS Scientists for leading global and regional ocean acidification data management at NCEI.
NCEI Employee Awards for CISESS Scientists for her years of excellence in leading the coral data management project.
NCEI Employee Awards for CISESS Scientists for his excellent support of NOAA's stewardship for satellite oceanographic data.
NCEI Employee Awards for CISESS Scientists for his excellent innovation on the NOAA/NCEI Blended Seawinds (NBS) product.
JPSS Unseen Heroes Award for work on the S-NPP central data processor reset fix as part of the ATMS SDR Team
JPSS Unseen Heroes Award for work on the S-NPP central data processor reset fix as part of the CrIS SDR Team
JPSS Unseen Heroes Award for work on the S-NPP central data processor reset fix as part of the OMPS SDR Team
JPSS Unseen Heroes Award for work on the S-NPP central data processor reset fix as part of the VIIRS SDR Team
CISESS Outstanding Student Intern of 2022 for his simple yet elegant graphical interface for Ocean Acidification Indicators.
2 December 2022
Department of Commerce Bronze Medal to NOAA's Ecosystem Indicators Working Group (EIWG), for which Abecassis was noted as a non-federal contributor.
30 November 2022
Department of Commerce Bronze Medal for innovation on a blended satellite-in situ sea surface temperature product.
Outstanding Operations Team Member Award for contributions leading to great achievements.
17 November 2022
NESDIS Collaboration Award for the advances made to the CoastWatch Satellite Data Training Courses
15 November 2022
Best Poster Award on a study of multi-year streamflow deficits at the Alabama Water Resources Conference.
22 September 2022
Letter of Recognition for leading the GOES-18 Post-Launch Product Test for the GOES-R Calibration Working Group.
15 September 2022
Letter of Recognition for innovative research to improve the Advanced Baseline Imager Navigation and Registration
Letter of Recognition for leading the implementation of a centralized operation for GOES-R Calibration Working Group.
Fulbright Specialist Program award for his collaborative work with scientists in Argentina.
6 August 2022
3rd Prize for Oral Presentation at the 2022 NOAA Cooperative Research Programs (CoRP) Science Symposium
27 July 2022
NOAA/NESDIS “You Got Caught” Award recognizes a scientist who demonstrated NOAA/NESDIS operating principles in their work.
17 July 2022
Certificate of Recognition for developing effective solutions for the expeditious mitigation of NOAA-20 and SNPP CrIS anomalies.
11 July 2022
NOAA/NESDIS “You Got Caught” Award for rapid prototyping and demonstration for a Global-Regional Validation System (GREVS).
29 June 2022
Dean's Outstanding Employee Award for her work overseeing the preparation and filing of CISESS task proposals and the administration of CISESS grant accounts.
4 May 2022
CISESS Outstanding Student Intern of 2021 for her excellent in compiling a Coral Reef Monitoring Program literature review.
18 November 2021
Letter of Recognition from the NCEI Director for her work on the new standardized Data Content training module
17 June 2021
Letter of Recognition from the NCEI Director for his work on the Mission Science Network (MSN) project to migrate systems and ensure their stability
Letter of Recognition from the NCEI Director for her work on the Mission Science Network (MSN) project to migrate systems and ensure their stability
SPIE Journal of Applied Remote Sensing 2020 Best Papers Award for Photo-Optical Instrumentation and Design (News)
17 May 2021
Dean's Outstanding Employee Award for her work (including her preparation of CISESS task proposals!)
4 May 2021
NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office Letter of Commendation for using satellite products to analyze Bay water temperature anomalies and evaluate the effects of large, tributary scale oyster restoration (News)
23 April 2021
GOES-R Data Operational Manager Letter of Commendation for Satellite Book Club Seminar on Using GLM for Forecasting (News)
20 April 2021
Letter of Recognition from the STAR/OSPO/Satellite Analysis Branch Chief for her leadership on an initiative with Caribbean nations to develop oil spill monitoring
22 March 2021
UMD Letter of Recognition for excellent work on the National Weather Service’s National Air Quality Forecasting Capability (News)
7 December 2020
UMD Provost's Excellence Award For Professional Track Faculty Research
19 October 2020
Letter of Recognition from the Executive Officer for STAR/SOCD for her detailed work on proposals to secure three more years of funding for NOAA Coral Reef Watch
10 September 2020
Best Student Speaker for the 24th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS) (News)
4 February 2020
Letter of Recognition from NOAA Headquarters for his close work with the NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office on satellite applications
17 December 2019
NOAA National Ocean Service Rafting Award for the Coral Reef Information System (CORiS) team support to NOS and NOAA.
October 2019
NASA Group Achievement Award for the scientific investigation of ozone pollution at the land-water interface of the Chesapeake Bay
American Geophysical Union Roger Revelle Medal in recognition for outstanding contributions in atmospheric sciences.
22 August 2019
2019 Women of Color Outstanding "Technology Rising Star" Achievement Award (News)
22 July 2019
UMD AOSC Tannebaum Prize for Undergraduate Climate Science
1 May 2019
U.S. Department of Commerce Bronze Medal for developing the operational GCOM-W1 AMSR2 product system
14 May 2019
U.S. Department of Commerce Bronze Medal for innovation in SST construction methods that enable improved El Niño structures and long-term record consistency
NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO) Data Manager's Letter of Appreciation
21 February 2019
2018 NESDIS Outstanding Science and Research Employee for Capturing Key JPSS Images for Major Storms with the Snowfall Rate Product
18 December 2018
OAR’s 2018 Outstanding Scientific Paper Award (Weather) (NOAA News)
December 2018
NOAA Associate Team Member of the Month for his Work on Coral Reef Watch Satellite Products and the Coral Bleaching Outlook System Model
2018 NESDIS Outstanding Science and Research Employee for Innovation in Combining Satellite and Model Data to Create an Ocean Rain Gauge
27 November 2018
Letter of Recognition for Excellence in Supporting the NOAA-20 CrIS SDR to Validated Maturity
15 November 2018
University of Maryland Burgers Symposium for Fluid Dynamics - Best CMNS Poster
GOES-R Series Program Outstanding Communications Award (News)
1 November 2018
NOAA Educational Partnership Program Mentorship Award
24 October 2018
Edgar J. Saltzman Endowed Scholarship
September 2018
STAR JPSS Annual Science Meeting: Best Student Poster
29 August 2018
NOAA Dave Johnson Award (News)
16 March 2018
Larry R. John Memorial Scholarship
September 2017
Ann G. Wylie Dissertation Fellowship
JPSS STAR Program Award: ATMS Calibration and Validation
18 August 2017
JPSS STAR Program Award: CrIS Calibration, Validation & Reprocessing and Improvement of CrIS SDR Data Quality
JPSS STAR Program Award: Sustained Outreach to MiRS Users and Seamless Transition of MiRS ATMS Operational System
JPSS STAR Program Award: OMPS Calibration and Validation
JPSS STAR Program Award: Development of VIIRS L3U SST Product
29 June 2017
University of Maryland Undergraduate Researcher of the Year
May 2017
University of Maryland 3-Minute Thesis Competition Finalist
April 2017
Best Student Speaker for the 21st AMS Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (News)
21 February 2017
AMS Journal of Climate Top Ten Most Cited Articles over the Past Three Years (#2, #5 & #6) (News)
23 January 2017
Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Students Abroad
January 2017
AGU International Data Rescue in the Geosciences: Honorable Mention
23 December 2016
UMD Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center Best Paper of 2016
8 December 2016
NOAA NCEP Climate Prediction Center Certificate of Recognition for Development and Issuance of Week 3-4 Temperature and Precipitation Outlooks (News)
22 November 2016
Argentine Ministry of Science, Technology and Productive Innovation RAICES Award for International Cooperation in Science, Technology and Innovation (News)
25 October 2016
University of Maryland Division of Research's Research Leaders Award
19 October 2016
University of Maryland Division of Research's Research Leader Award
2017 Class of Fellows of the American Meteorological Society
4 October 2016
U.S. Department of Commerce Gold Medal (News)
30 September 2016
National Weather Association Annual Meeting Third Place Winner for Undergraduate Student Posters
15 September 2016
NOAA/NESDIS/Center for Satellite Applications and Research Individual Award
23 June 2016
NOAA/NESDIS/Center for Satellite Applications and ResearchTeam Award
National Atmospheric Deposition Program Letter of Commendation
2 June 2016
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Bronze Medal (for providing the authorative source of sea surface temperatures for climate research)
24 May 2016
Ecological Society of America Innovations in Sustainability Science Award
23 March 2016
AMS Certificate of Outstanding Achievement for Ability and Creativity in an Atmospheric Science Exhibit at the Eleanor Roosevelt High School Science and Engineering Fair
February 2016
Third Place for Student Oral Presentation at the AMS 6th Annual Conference on Research to Operations
January 2016
AMS Journal of Hydrometeorology Editor's Award
Third Place Winner for Poster Presentation in the 6th Annual AMS R2O Conference Student Competition
UMD Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center Best Paper of 2015
11 December 2015
NESDIS Outstanding Science and Research Employees of the Year for STAR’s Satellite Meteorology and Climatology Division (News)
10 December 2015
Best Paper for the International TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder (TOVS) Study Conference (News)
3 November 2015
NOAA/NESDIS/Center for Satellite Applications and Research Team Award for Innovation (Real-Time Aerosol Products Algorithmn)
3 September 2015
Water Resources Research Journal's Editor's Choice Award for 2014
15 July 2015
American Meteorological Society Joanne Simpson Mentorship Award
15 June 2015
Early Career Fellow of the Ecological Society of America
18 May 2015
Humboldt Research Award by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation of Germany
20 May 2015
Best Paper Award for the 6th Annual NOAA Testbeds and Proving Grounds Workshop
16 May 2015
10 May 2015
Dissertations Initiative for the Advancement of Climate Change Research: New Generation Polar Research Leader
9 May 2015
Second Place in the Category of Earth and Planetary Science at the 67th Annual Prince George's Area Science Fair
21 March 2015
Robert Goddard NASA Group Achievement Award for Outstanding GPM Precipitation Retrieval Algorithm
2015
American Geophysical Union Yoram J. Kaufman Unselfish Cooperation in Research Award
15 December 2014
NOAA National Ocean Service Assistant Administrator Special Recognition Group Award for Hurricane Sandy Recovery Efforts
December 2014
Sigma Xi Young Investigator Award
NOAA National Ocean Service Letter of Commendation for work on the Chesapeake Bay Operational Forecast System
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Technology Transfer Award
4 November 2014
NOAA National Ocean Service Group Peer Recognition "Rafting" Award
October 2014
Water Resources Research Journal's Editor's Choice Award for 2015 (News)
21 July 2014
NOAA National Oceanographic Data Center Certification of Appreciation the first automated archive process with an Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS)
16 June 2014
NOAA/NESDIS/Center for Satellite Applications and Research Leadership Award (News)
30 May 2014
NOAA/NESDIS/Center for Satellite Applications and Research Team Award for CrIS SDR (News)
NOAA/NESDIS/Center for Satellite Applications and Research Publication Award (News)
Robert Goddard NASA Group Achievement Award for efforts to deploy a Lightning Mapping Array in Sao Paulo, Brazil as part of the CHUVA field campaign
2014
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Bronze Medal for the first satellite-based operational snowfall rate product
20 May 2014
University of Maryland Graduate School Ann Wylie Green Fund Fellowship (News)
20 April 2014
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship (News)
14 April 2014
UMD Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center Employee of the Year
15 December 2013
University of Maryland Henry E. Fleming Undergraduate Scholarship (News)
2013-2014
University of Maryland Rick Jordan Undergraduate Scholarship Award (News)