In January 2010, she was awarded the Alexander Agassiz Medal, for "pioneering studies of the dominant photosynthetic organisms in the sea and for integrating her results into a new understanding of the global ocean."
Galardóns: Xaneiro de 2010: medalla Alexander Agassiz, por "estudos pioneiros dos organismos fotosintéticos dominantes no mar e por integrar os seus resultados a un novo entendemento do océano global".