Jade Morton is an international leader in both experimental and observational ionospheric physics and has made a lasting impact on the Space Physics and Aeronomy (SPA) community. Morton is an effective and excellent communicator and a strong advocate for Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) scientific applications in ionosphere and space weather monitoring, characterization, and mitigation. Jade also has been playing a vital role in the expansion of space science education and research in developing countries. Despite her busy schedule, she has traveled to many countries (in Africa, Asia, South America, and Europe) numerous times and delivered over 50 lectures at different international workshops and summer schools, including the United Nations–sponsored international outreach and capacity-building efforts for developing nations. Jade not only delivered lectures and tutorials at these workshops and summer schools but also had inspirational (especially for the young female students and scientists) one-on-one interaction with young scientists from developing nations. She continued to mentor some of these students/postdocs by hosting them (many from developing nations) at her laboratory, exposing them not only to data analysis techniques but also to hands-on training on software and hardware developments. Some of these young students/postdocs that she mentored have become leaders of our field in developing nations. She is also a highly collaborative researcher who effectively mentors students and postdocs. She has provided expert mentoring through the graduation of approximately 30 Ph.D. and M.Sc. students, advised and hosted 20 postdocs and visiting scholars, and supervised countless undergraduate students. She assembled and led dozens of teams of undergraduate students to take part in and win top prizes for different national and international science and engineering computations. In addition to being an eminent scientist with more than 300 scientific articles, Morton takes pride in her education and outreach and capacity-building efforts. In general, her active role in the international space weather community with special devotion to developing countries, along with her strong commitment to students and postdocs from developing nations, has had significant impacts in our field. Morton has been recognized as a leader in many national and international programs, which include the 2020 Institute of Navigation’s (ION) Johannes Kepler Award (the highest honor in the field of satellite navigation), the 2020 IEEE PLANS’s Richard Kershner Award (the only female awardee since its inception), the 2021 AGU Hydrology Section Remote Sensing Technical Committee Prize, the 2021 ION Distinguished Service Award, the 2015 GPS World Magazine GPS Leadership Service Award, and many other notable awards. For all of her efforts, Jade Morton is a most deserving recipient of the 2022 SPARC Education and Public Outreach Award. —Endawoke Yizengaw, The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, Calif.

I am deeply humbled to be selected for the 2022 SPARC Education and Public Outreach Award. It has been a great honor and privilege to be a member of the Space Physics and Aeronomy community. I want to dedicate this award to a special mentor and role model, the late Patricia Doherty, who was the 2018 SPARC Award winner. Pat was an inspirational researcher, leader, and educator in space weather phenomena and their impact on technology and society. She was a champion in promoting space science and education in developing countries and selflessly gave her time to initiate and organize outreach events. Her actions positively affected countless young people, especially young women in the field of space science and Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) engineering. Recently (10–12 October 2022), I was in Trieste, Italy, giving tutorials on using GNSS measurements to monitor the ionosphere as part of the African Capacity Building Workshop. This workshop was Pat’s brainchild, which she initiated and worked tirelessly for over the past 13 years to raise the funds, to develop the programs, to find and coordinate instructors, and to arrange for facilities that are conducive to learning for attendees. Hundreds of graduate students and faculty from African countries and other developing countries have benefited from this workshop, and many of them have become leaders in the field and mentors and teachers themselves. I have personally witnessed the positive, cascading effects of Pat’s actions on the global awareness of space weather effects. Pat has passed the torch to us, and now it is our duty to continue her legacy to commit to providing opportunities and access in science to all. —Jade Morton, University of Colorado Boulder