Gwenn E. Flowers 2024 Julia and Johannes Weertman Medal The 2024 Julia and Johannes Weertman Medal is awarded to Gwenn E. Flowers for outstanding research in the field of the theoretical and observational hydrology of glaciers, ice caps and continental ice masses. Read more
Katrina Lutz 2024 Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award The 2024 Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award is awarded to Katrina Lutz Evaluation of supraglacial lake depth estimation techniques using Sentinel-2, ICESat-2, TanDEM-X, and in situ data, along with an analysis of rapid drainage events over Northeast Greenland Read more
Laura A. Stevens 2024 Arne Richter Award for Outstanding Early Career Scientists The 2024 Arne Richter Award for Outstanding Early Career Scientists is awarded to Laura A. Stevens for outstanding research into the links between glacial hydrology and ice dynamics, and for their service to the cryosphere community. Read more
Laura Gabriel 2024 Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award The 2024 Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award is awarded to Laura Gabriel Exploring englacial hydrology with surface nuclear magnetic resonance Read more
Nora Krebs 2024 Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award The 2024 Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award is awarded to Nora Krebs Testing four Sentinel (1 and 2) and MODIS Fractional Snow Cover products for the evaluation of five Alpine Cosmic Ray Neutron Sensing sites Read more
Etienne Berthier 2023 Julia and Johannes Weertman Medal The 2023 Julia and Johannes Weertman Medal is awarded to Etienne Berthier for outstanding scientific achievements in regional and global glacier mass change and remote sensing, and for immense service to the global cryospheric community. Read more
Harry Zekollari 2023 Arne Richter Award for Outstanding Early Career Scientists The 2023 Arne Richter Award for Outstanding Early Career Scientists is awarded to Harry Zekollari for outstanding research in the field of mass balance and glacier evolution modelling, and for his service to the cryosphere community. Read more
Jelte de Bruin 2023 Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award The 2023 Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award is awarded to Jelte de Bruin Detecting permafrost freeze-thaw front propagation using time-laps ERT observations in a large column experiment Read more
Sanne Veldhuijsen 2023 Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award The 2023 Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award is awarded to Sanne Veldhuijsen The response of the Antarctic firn layer to future warming Read more
Bastien Ruols 2022 Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award The 2022 Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award is awarded to Bastien Ruols Drone-based GPR system for 4D glacier data acquisition Read more
Johanna Klahold 2022 Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award The 2022 Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award is awarded to Johanna Klahold Diffraction imaging of alpine glacier GPR data Read more
Michelle Maclennan 2022 Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award The 2022 Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award is awarded to Michelle Maclennan Climatology and Surface Impacts of Atmospheric Rivers on West Antarctica Read more
Regine Hock 2022 Julia and Johannes Weertman Medal The 2022 Julia and Johannes Weertman Medal is awarded to Regine Hock for outstanding scientific achievements on the study of glacier mass balance and immense service to the global cryospheric community. Read more
Romain Millan 2022 Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award The 2022 Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award is awarded to Romain Millan for contributions to cryospheric sciences through the development of new methods to map ocean and subglacial topography, and methods to quantify dynamic changes in flowing ice. Read more
Calvin Beck 2021 Virtual Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (vOSPP) Award The 2021 Virtual Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (vOSPP) Award is awarded to Calvin Beck Assessing the time-step dependency of calculating supraglacial debris thermal diffusivity from vertical temperature profiles Read more
Christine L. Batchelor 2021 Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award The 2021 Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award is awarded to Christine L. Batchelor for her contributions to cryospheric sciences by her studies on glacial history and palaeo-ice sheet reconstructions. Read more
Erik Loebel 2021 Virtual Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (vOSPP) Award The 2021 Virtual Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (vOSPP) Award is awarded to Erik Loebel Automated extraction of calving front locations from multi-spectral satellite imagery using deep learning: methodology and application to Greenland outlet glaciers Read more
Linda Thielke 2021 Virtual Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (vOSPP) Award The 2021 Virtual Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (vOSPP) Award is awarded to Linda Thielke Thermal sea ice classification during the MOSAiC expedition Read more
Martyn Tranter 2021 Julia and Johannes Weertman Medal The 2021 Julia and Johannes Weertman Medal is awarded to Martyn Tranter for his outstanding fundamental contributions in the innovative and emerging field of glacial biogeochemistry, leading to the paradigm shift in recognizing bio-albedo effects. Read more
Anna E. Hogg 2020 Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award The 2020 Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award is awarded to Anna E. Hogg for outstanding research in the field of satellite remote sensing of the cryosphere and her contributions to science communications. Read more
Julienne C. Stroeve 2020 Julia and Johannes Weertman Medal The 2020 Julia and Johannes Weertman Medal is awarded to Julienne C. Stroeve for her fundamental contributions to improved satellite observations of sea ice, better understanding of causes of sea ice variability and change, and her compelling communication to the wider public. Read more
Andreas Kääb 2019 Louis Agassiz Medal The 2019 Louis Agassiz Medal is awarded to Andreas Kääb for innovative and multidisciplinary contributions to the field of remote sensing of the cryosphere, with applications in glacier mass balance, permafrost and geohazards. Read more
Bartosz Kurjanski 2019 Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Award The 2019 Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Award is awarded to Bartosz Kurjanski Cool deltas – Sedimentary environments of the Salpausselka I and II moraine ridges near Lahti, Finland Read more
Gregory Church 2019 Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Award The 2019 Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Award is awarded to Gregory Church Detecting and characterising an englacial conduit network within a temperate Swiss glacier using active seismic and ground penetrating radar Read more
Marie Dumont 2019 Arne Richter Award for Outstanding Early Career Scientists The 2019 Arne Richter Award for Outstanding Early Career Scientists is awarded to Marie Dumont for outstanding contributions to the field of snow sciences. Read more
Fanny Brun 2018 Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Award The 2018 Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Award is awarded to Fanny Brun Can ice cliffs explain the “debris-cover anomaly”? New insights from Changri Nup Glacier, Nepal Read more
Frank Pattyn 2018 Louis Agassiz Medal The 2018 Louis Agassiz Medal is awarded to Frank Pattyn for his unsurpassed contributions to the understanding of large-scale ice-sheet dynamics and his leadership in the internationally coordinated efforts to improve ice-sheet models. Read more
Mathieu Morlighem 2018 Arne Richter Award for Outstanding Early Career Scientists The 2018 Arne Richter Award for Outstanding Early Career Scientists is awarded to Mathieu Morlighem for his outstanding research in the field of ice-sheet modelling and his contribution to the dissemination of modelling methods and knowledge in the cryospheric community. Read more
Sandra Vázquez-Martín 2018 Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Award The 2018 Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Award is awarded to Sandra Vázquez-Martín Ground-based in-situ snowfall speed measurements: Microphysical properties of snowflakes Read more
Eric Rignot 2017 Louis Agassiz Medal The 2017 Louis Agassiz Medal is awarded to Eric Rignot for fundamental innovations in the remote sensing of glacier flow, leading to the first assessments of the mass balance of the ice sheets of Antarctica and Greenland. Read more
Flavien Beaud 2017 Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Award The 2017 Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Award is awarded to Flavien Beaud Numerical modelling of esker formation in semi-circular subglacial channels Read more
Louis Quéno 2017 Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Award The 2017 Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Award is awarded to Louis Quéno Forecasting and modelling ice layer formation on the snowpack due to freezing precipitation in the Pyrenees Read more
Ricarda Winkelmann 2017 Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award The 2017 Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award is awarded to Ricarda Winkelmann for her innovative contributions to glaciology and the study of the interactions between climate and glaciation. Read more
Benjamin Reuter 2016 Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Award The 2016 Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Award is awarded to Benjamin Reuter Causes of snow instability variations at the basin scale Read more
Bert Wouters 2016 Arne Richter Award for Outstanding Young Scientists The 2016 Arne Richter Award for Outstanding Young Scientists is awarded to Bert Wouters for setting a benchmark for the analysis and interpretation of GRACE satellite data and for making significant contributions to ice-sheet research, glacier and ice-cap mass-balance studies. Read more
Philip Kraaijenbrink 2016 Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Award The 2016 Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Award is awarded to Philip Kraaijenbrink Multi-temporal high resolution monitoring of debris-covered glaciers using unmanned aerial vehicles Read more
Thierry Fichefet 2016 Louis Agassiz Medal The 2016 Louis Agassiz Medal is awarded to Thierry Fichefet for outstanding engagement and development of the state-of-the-art Louvain-la-Neuve sea ice model. Read more
Jérémie Mouginot 2015 Arne Richter Award for Outstanding Young Scientists The 2015 Arne Richter Award for Outstanding Young Scientists is awarded to Jérémie Mouginot for his fundamental contributions in remote sensing of the cryosphere. Read more
Michiel R. van den Broeke 2015 Louis Agassiz Medal The 2015 Louis Agassiz Medal is awarded to Michiel R. van den Broeke for fundamental contributions to model mass balance on the ice sheets with the Regional Atmospheric Climate Model (RACMO) model. Read more
Saurabh Vijay 2015 Outstanding Student Poster (OSP) Award The 2015 Outstanding Student Poster (OSP) Award is awarded to Saurabh Vijay Seasonal changes of surface velocity and elevation of Columbia Glacier, Alaska using time-series TerraSAR-X/TanDEM-X data Read more
Anja Diez 2014 Outstanding Student Poster (OSP) Award The 2014 Outstanding Student Poster (OSP) Award is awarded to Anja Diez Investigation of crystal anisotropy using seismic data from Kohnen Station, Antarctica Read more
Dorthe Dahl-Jensen 2014 Louis Agassiz Medal The 2014 Louis Agassiz Medal is awarded to Dorthe Dahl-Jensen for her outstanding scientific contributions in polar glaciology and her leadership in international projects that have extended climate records from Greenland ice cores back into the last interglacial. Read more
Florent Dominé 2013 Louis Agassiz Medal The 2013 Louis Agassiz Medal is awarded to Florent Dominé for his outstanding contributions to snow and ice physics, including cross-disciplinary studies leading to a fundamental and quantitative understanding of how snow physical properties influence the uptake, retention, and reactivity of chemical species on snow and sea ice. Read more
Joanna Fredenslund Levinsen 2013 Outstanding Student Poster (OSP) Award The 2013 Outstanding Student Poster (OSP) Award is awarded to Joanna Fredenslund Levinsen Validation and inter-comparison of surface elevation changes derived from altimetry over the Jakobshavn Isbræ drainage basin, Greenland – Round Robin results from ESA’s Ice_Sheets_CCI Read more
Xavier Fettweis 2013 Arne Richter Award for Outstanding Young Scientists The 2013 Arne Richter Award for Outstanding Young Scientists is awarded to Xavier Fettweis for fundamental contributions in understanding and quantifying the current and future surface mass balance of the Greenland ice sheet. Read more
Gaël Durand 2012 Division Outstanding Young Scientist Award The 2012 Division Outstanding Young Scientist Award is awarded to Gaël Durand for his contributions in the understanding of polar ice dynamics from micro-scale to macro-scale. Read more
Ian Joughin 2012 Louis Agassiz Medal The 2012 Louis Agassiz Medal is awarded to Ian Joughin for outstanding contributions to the study of the dynamics and mass balance of polar ice sheets using differential SAR interferometry and other techniques that he has helped to pioneer. Read more
Narelle van der Wel (Baker) 2012 Outstanding Student Poster (OSP) Award The 2012 Outstanding Student Poster (OSP) Award is awarded to Narelle van der Wel (Baker) The influence of subglacial hydrology on the flow of Kamb Ice Stream Read more
Johannes J. Fürst 2011 Outstanding Student Poster (OSP) Award The 2011 Outstanding Student Poster (OSP) Award is awarded to Johannes J. Fürst Effect of fast dynamics on the centennial mass loss of the Greenland Ice Sheet Read more
Julian A. Dowdeswell 2011 Louis Agassiz Medal The 2011 Louis Agassiz Medal is awarded to Julian A. Dowdeswell for outstanding contributions to the study of polar ice masses and to the understanding of the processes and patterns of sedimentation in glacier-influenced marine environments. Read more
