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2023 Drake Awards Photo Gallery

2023 Drake Awards Photo Gallery

Sep 29, 2023

Tags: Frank Drake , Drake Equation , Awards , Galleries

Bill Diamond, Thomas Zurbuchen, John Rummel, and Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Dan Lankford

Nadia Drake, Nathalie Cabrol, and Leila Drake

Some of our SETI Institute Board of Trustees: Reema Khan, Mannan Latif, Mohanjit (‘MJ’) Jolly, Dan Lankford, CEO Bill Diamond, Wendi Zhang, Amaresh Kollipara, Avery Wang, Pierre R. Schwob

CEO Bill Diamond, with two of our SETI Forward award recipients, Lana Tilke and Benjamin Fields

Trustees Pierre R. Schwob and Wendi Zhang, with Peter Michelson

Sandrine Scheller and Director of Communications, Rebecca McDonald

Daniel Lappin and Director of Development, Stephen Bourdow

Drake Award Recipient John Rummel and his family

Zachary Hafner and Trustee, Mannan Latif

Scientist Sofia Sheikh, Rhett Gentile, and Senior Astronomer, Steve Croft

2019 Drake Award Recipient Jason Wright

Ozcan Cikmaz and Reema Khan

Nathalie Cabrol, Moiya McTier, and Bill Diamond on stage

Faraz Hoodbhoy with Trustee Mohanjit Jolly

SETI Institute Scientists Doug Caldwell and Jeff Smith

Member of the SETI Institute Council of Advisors, Leonard Tramiel with Rick Rairden and Preeva Tramiel

Joseph Mente with SETI AIR Program Director Bettina Forget

Paula Kienert, Deputy Director of the Carl Sagan Center, Simon Steel, and Member of the Science Advisory Board, Br. Guy Consolmagno

Member of the Council of Advisors and founder of SETI Forward, Lew Levy with Director of Development, Stephen Bourdow

SETI AIR Program Director Bettina Forget, Executive Associate, Lindarae Polaha and Director of Grants Administration, Debbie Kolyer

Council of Advisors member Ravé Mehta and Trustee Avery Wang

Trustee Amaresh Kollipara, Council of Advisors member Cristina Star Ryan, and SETI Institute Scientist Wael Farah

Audience

CSC Director's Award Medal

Enjoying the reception at the 2023 Drake Awards

2023 Drake Awards host Moiya McTier

Nadia Drake, John Rummel, Leila Drake, and Bill Diamond on stage

Carl Sagan Center for Research Director, Nathalie Cabrol, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Dan Lankford, and Bernard Burawski

Carl Sagan Center for Research Director, Nathalie Cabrol, SETI Institute Fellow, Edna DeVore, and Amahl Drake

Recipient of the Carl Sagan Center's Director Award, Uma Gorti with Scientist and co-chair of the SETI Institute Astrobiology and Biogeosciences Science Council, Janice Bishop

Thursday, September 14, 2023
Menlo Park, CA & Virtual

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