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A fixture at Stanford for more than four decades, Nur was pivotal in establishing rock physics as a critical part of modern geophysics, bridged the intersection of earthquakes and archaeology, and mentored dozens of graduate students on approaching science with creativity. 

The fellowship “recognizes and rewards outstanding early-career faculty who have the potential to revolutionize their fields of study.”

His citation reads, ‘for developing radar interferometry for space-born sensors that measure meter-scale topography and millimeter-scale surface deformation.'