EGU announces 2015 awards and medals
13 October 2014
The EGU has named the 35 recipients of next year’s Union Medals and Awards, Division Medals, and Division Outstanding Young Scientists Awards. These individuals, from both European and non-European countries, are honoured for their important contributions to the Earth, planetary and space sciences. They will receive their prizes at the EGU 2015 General Assembly, which will take place in Vienna on 12–17 April. The EGU has also announced the winners of the Outstanding Student Poster (OSP) Awards corresponding to the 2014 General Assembly.
The following individuals will receive 2015 Union Medals and Awards:
| Hubert Savenije | Alexander von Humboldt Medal |
| Sergej Zilitinkevich | Alfred Wegener Medal |
| Carlo Laj | Arthur Holmes Medal |
| Jonathan I. Lunine | Jean Dominique Cassini Medal |
| Manuele Faccenda | Arne Richter Award for Outstanding Young Scientists |
| Katrin Schroeder | Arne Richter Award for Outstanding Young Scientists |
| Francesca Pianosi | Arne Richter Award for Outstanding Young Scientists |
| Jérémie Mouginot | Arne Richter Award for Outstanding Young Scientists |
The following individuals will receive 2015 Division Medals:
| Gregory Houseman | Augustus Love Medal |
| Göran Ekström | Beno Gutenberg Medal |
| Kristine M. Larson | Christiaan Huygens Medal |
| Peter Janssen | Fridtjof Nansen Medal |
| Robert L. Lysak | Hannes Alfvén Medal |
| Nick van de Giesen | Henry Darcy Medal |
| Wolfgang Schlager | Jean Baptiste Lamarck Medal |
| Diane McKnight | John Dalton Medal |
| Sami Solanki | Julius Bartels Medal |
| Daniel Schertzer | Lewis Fry Richardson Medal |
| Michiel van den Broeke | Louis Agassiz Medal |
| Toshihiko Shimamoto | Louis Néel Medal |
| Paul Valdes | Milutin Milankovic Medal |
| Ingrid Kögel-Knabner | Philippe Duchaufour Medal |
| Alfredo M. Lagmay | Plinius Medal |
| Heather Viles | Ralph Alger Bagnold Medal |
| John C. Eichelberger | Sergey Soloviev Medal |
| Evgueni B. Burov | Stephan Mueller Medal |
| Geoffrey Blewitt | Vening Meinesz Medal |
The following individuals will receive 2015 Division Outstanding Young Scientist Awards:
| Richard Davy | Atmospheric Sciences (AS) Division |
| James Rae | Biogeosciences (BG) Division |
| Jeremy D. Shakun | Climate: Past, Present & Future (CL) Division |
| Omar Bartoli | Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology (GMPV) Division |
| Krzysztof Sośnica | Geodesy (G) Division |
| Bertrand Bonfond | Planetary and Solar System Sciences (PS) Division |
| Paulo Pereira | Soil System Sciences (SSS) Division |
| Patrick Grunert | Stratigraphy, Sedimentology and Palaeontology (SSP) Division |
The EGU Awards Committee received 121 applications for the 2015 awards, with 19% of them nominating female scientists (17% of this year’s awardees are female). For more information about the awards above, including application and selection criteria and how to apply, please check the Awards & Medals page on this website.
In addition to the Union and Division Awards and Medals, the EGU also bestows a number of poster awards to students taking part in its annual General Assembly. These OSP Awards aim to further improve the overall quality of poster presentations and foster students’ excitement to present posters at a large scientific conference. The list of recipients of the 2014 OSP Awards is now available online. For more information about the OSP awards, including application criteria and how to apply in 2015, please check the OSP page.
Contact
Alberto Montanari
Chair of the EGU Awards Committee
Email awards.medals@egu.eu
Bárbara Ferreira
EGU Media and Communications Manager
Munich, Germany
Phone +49-89-2180-6703
Email media@egu.eu