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
Ernest Henry Rutter 2011 Louis Néel Medal The 2011 Louis Néel Medal is awarded to Ernest Henry Rutter for his major experimental and field contributions to our fundamental understanding of the deformation behaviour of the Earth’s lithosphere. In particular, his systematic laboratory studies have led to a greatly improved understanding of natural rock deformation. Read more
Peter L. Olson 2011 Petrus Peregrinus Medal The 2011 Petrus Peregrinus Medal is awarded to Peter L. Olson for his insightful contributions to our understanding of the core mantle interactions by combining theory, numerical models and laboratory fluid dynamics model. Read more
Philip Benson 2011 Division Outstanding Young Scientist Award The 2011 Division Outstanding Young Scientist Award is awarded to Philip Benson for his innovative experimental simulations that have made an outstanding contribution to improving our understanding of volcano-seismic processes. Read more
Audrey Ougier-Simonin 2010 Young Scientist Outstanding Poster Paper (YSOPP) Award The 2010 Young Scientist Outstanding Poster Paper (YSOPP) Award is awarded to Audrey Ougier-Simonin Damage and cracking of synthetic and natural glasses subjected to triaxial deformation Read more
Jean Pierre Valet 2010 Petrus Peregrinus Medal The 2010 Petrus Peregrinus Medal is awarded to Jean Pierre Valet for his outstanding contribution to palaeomagnetic data acquisition from sediments and lavas – essential for interpretation of palaeosecular, excursional and transitional regimes of the Earth’s magnetic field over the last millions of years. Read more
Teng-fong Wong 2010 Louis Néel Medal The 2010 Louis Néel Medal is awarded to Teng-fong Wong for his outstanding contributions in rock mechanics. Read more
Christopher A. Jones 2009 Petrus Peregrinus Medal The 2009 Petrus Peregrinus Medal is awarded to Christopher A. Jones for his insightful contributions to our understanding of rotating convection and the mechanism of generation of the magnetic fields of the Earth and other planets. Read more
Eigil Friis-Christensen 2009 Petrus Peregrinus Medal The 2009 Petrus Peregrinus Medal is awarded to Eigil Friis-Christensen for his fundamental contributions to our knowledge of the Earth’s magnetic field from space and his innovative leadership in geomagnetism. Read more
Yves Guéguen 2009 Louis Néel Medal The 2009 Louis Néel Medal is awarded to Yves Guéguen in recognition of his outstanding contributions to mineral and rock physics, including work on the deformation of the Earth’s mantle and the complex interplay of physical, mechanical and transport properties of crustal rocks. Read more
J. Brian Evans 2008 Louis Néel Medal The 2008 Louis Néel Medal is awarded to J. Brian Evans for his internationally acclaimed path-breaking research on the rheology of rocks, his elegant experiments based on physics and materials science, and his discoveries in the relationship between deformation and fluid transport in a variety of geophysical environments. Read more
Neil D. Opdyke 2008 Petrus Peregrinus Medal The 2008 Petrus Peregrinus Medal is awarded to Neil D. Opdyke for pioneering work in magnetic stratigraphy of marine and continental sediments and its contribution to our understanding of the history of the magnetic field and its geological applications. Read more
Andy Jackson 2007 Petrus Peregrinus Medal The 2007 Petrus Peregrinus Medal is awarded to Andy Jackson for his outstanding contributions to the study and knowledge of the historical secular variation of the geomagnetic field. Read more
Friedrich Heller 2007 Louis Néel Medal The 2007 Louis Néel Medal is awarded to Friedrich Heller for his seminal contributions to environmental rock magnetism, in particular the interpretation of magnetic signatures recorded by loess and how they relate to Pleistocene climate shifts. Read more
Dennis V. Kent 2006 Petrus Peregrinus Medal The 2006 Petrus Peregrinus Medal is awarded to Dennis V. Kent for his fundamental contributions to our knowledge of the Earth’s magnetic field in the past and for his leadership in palaeomagnetism. Read more
