Richard A. Muller has been honored by the following awards:
- 1977 Texas Instruments Foundation Founders' Prize "for
outstanding achievement in the physical sciences."
- 1978 National Science Foundation Alan
T. Waterman Award "for highly original and
innovative research which has led to important discoveries and inventions
in diverse areas of physics, including astrophysics, radioisotope dating,
and optics."
- 1982 MacArthur
Foundation Prize Fellowship
- 1984 Science Digest list of 100 Outstanding Scientists Under
Age 40
- 1985 Fellow, American Physical Society
- 1989 Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, American University
of Switzerland
- 1989 Newsweek citation as one of 25 Innovators in United
States
- 1990 Miller Professorship, University of California, Berkeley
- 1991 Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of
Science
- 1999 Distinguished
Teaching Award, University of California at Berkeley
- 1999 Fellow, California Academy of Sciences
- 2005 Citation by Chancelor Birgeneau "unsung hero" for
helping students "beyond
call of duty"
- 2008 Physics for Future Presidents
"Best Class on Campus" in student poll
- 2009 Physics for Future Presidents "Best
Class on Campus" (again)
- 2009 Noyce Prize "For Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching"
- 2009 Best Nonfiction Book,
Northern California Book Reviewers Association
- 2010 Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 2010 Northern California Excellence in Teaching Award,
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