Christopher J. Spiers 2017 Louis Néel Medal The 2017 Louis Néel Medal is awarded to Christopher J. Spiers for outstanding contributions to the quantitative understanding of long-term creep and frictional properties of rocks undergoing solution-precipitation processes. Read more
John A. Tarduno 2017 Petrus Peregrinus Medal The 2017 Petrus Peregrinus Medal is awarded to John A. Tarduno in recognition of the creative and innovative character of his research, including his seminal studies on the evolution of the early Earth’s magnetic field. Read more
Marie Violay 2017 Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award The 2017 Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award is awarded to Marie Violay for her outstanding research in the field of experimental rock physics and novel understanding of the role of fluids in fault mechanics and in geothermal systems. Read more
Tao Huang 2017 Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Award The 2017 Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Award is awarded to Tao Huang Statistical study of field-aligned currents and and equivalent currents based on Swarm constellation Read more
Agris Gailitis 2016 Petrus Peregrinus Medal The 2016 Petrus Peregrinus Medal is awarded to Agris Gailitis in recognition of his wide-ranging contributions to magnetohydrodynamics including the conception and realisation of the world’s first laboratory self-exciting fluid dynamo in Riga. Read more
Luke Griffiths 2016 Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Award The 2016 Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Award is awarded to Luke Griffiths A new setup for studying thermal microcracking through acoustic emission monitoring Read more
Peter C. Lippert 2016 Division Outstanding Young Scientist Award The 2016 Division Outstanding Young Scientist Award is awarded to Peter C. Lippert for his outstanding achievements in rock physics and palaeomagnetism with fundamental insights in palaeoceanography and continental tectonics. Read more
Philip Meredith 2016 Louis Néel Medal The 2016 Louis Néel Medal is awarded to Philip Meredith for his many contributions in rock physics and geomechanics, which are of a fundamental and profound nature, and for his role in stimulating international collaboration and interdisciplinary research. Read more
Alexandra Kushnir 2015 Outstanding Student Poster (OSP) Award The 2015 Outstanding Student Poster (OSP) Award is awarded to Alexandra Kushnir What about temperature? Measuring permeability at magmatic conditions Read more
Carlo Laj 2015 Arthur Holmes Medal & Honorary Membership The 2015 Arthur Holmes Medal & Honorary Membership is awarded to Carlo Laj for seminal contributions in tectonics, marine stratigraphy (palaeoceanography) and geomagnetism (palaeomagnetism). Read more
Toshihiko Shimamoto 2015 Louis Néel Medal The 2015 Louis Néel Medal is awarded to Toshihiko Shimamoto for his outstanding contributions to fault and earthquake mechanics, in particular his research on fault weakening mechanisms at high slip rates. Read more
Ian Main 2014 Louis Néel Medal The 2014 Louis Néel Medal is awarded to Ian Main for his sustained and exceptional contributions across a wide range of topics including earthquake scaling, hazard and fluid movements in hydrocarbons reservoirs. Read more
Rob van der Voo 2014 Petrus Peregrinus Medal The 2014 Petrus Peregrinus Medal is awarded to Rob van der Voo for his prodigious contributions to palaeomagnetism, global tectonics and rock magnetism that make him a pioneer and a leading authority in the geosciences overall. Read more
Cristiana Stefan 2013 Outstanding Student Poster (OSP) Award The 2013 Outstanding Student Poster (OSP) Award is awarded to Cristiana Stefan Long-term external effects in annual means from observatory and main field models Read more
Dominique Jault 2013 Petrus Peregrinus Medal The 2013 Petrus Peregrinus Medal is awarded to Dominique Jault for outstanding research in geomagnetism and the dynamics of the Earth’s core. His seminal work linking changes in the length of day to core flows consistent with the geomagnetic secular variation helped establish a new understanding of core processes. His subsequent research has added greatly to our understanding of the Earth’s deep interior. Read more
Mark Zoback 2013 Louis Néel Medal The 2013 Louis Néel Medal is awarded to Mark Zoback for his outstanding and seminal contributions to rock physics and geomechanics, in particular for applying geomechanics to solve a wide range of problems of scientific, engineering and economic importance. Read more
Nicolas Brantut 2013 Division Outstanding Young Scientist Award The 2013 Division Outstanding Young Scientist Award is awarded to Nicolas Brantut for fundamental contributions that elucidated the role of fluids in deep geological processes. Read more
Frank J. Lowes 2012 Petrus Peregrinus Medal The 2012 Petrus Peregrinus Medal is awarded to Frank J. Lowes for innovative research in geomagnetism, notably the first experimental geodynamo model, the spatial geomagnetic power spectrum, error analysis of satellite data, and leadership in the community developing the IGRF. Read more
James R. Rice 2012 Louis Néel Medal The 2012 Louis Néel Medal is awarded to James R. Rice for his seminal contributions to our fundamental understanding of strain localization, poromechanics and friction and his elegant and systematic studies have elucidated fault mechanics and the coupling with hydrologic and thermal processes during all phases of the earthquake cycle. Read more
Mattia Pistone 2012 Outstanding Student Poster (OSP) Award The 2012 Outstanding Student Poster (OSP) Award is awarded to Mattia Pistone Rheology of Three-Phase Magmas Read more