Anirudh Prabhu 2024 Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award The 2024 Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award is awarded to Anirudh Prabhu for his outstanding contributions to the fields of Earth and planetary informatics, data science, astrobiology, and geosciences at large. Read more
Fabian Schumacher 2024 Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award The 2024 Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award is awarded to Fabian Schumacher Assessing the area of applicability of spatial prediction models through a local data point density approach Read more
François Robida 2024 Ian McHarg Medal The 2024 Ian McHarg Medal is awarded to François Robida for his outstanding work in establishing internationally standardised geoinformation technologies and services, which enable global geoscience data sharing and underpin modern data-intensive research. Read more
Maximilian Söchting 2023 Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award The 2023 Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award is awarded to Maximilian Söchting Lexcube: An Interactive Earth Science Data Cube Visualization Read more
Christopher Kadow 2022 Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award The 2022 Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award is awarded to Christopher Kadow for outstanding and innovative research in climate informatics, including modelling, prediction, climate change, and the applications of artificial intelligence/machine learning in the field of climate science. Read more
Melanie Lorenz 2022 Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award The 2022 Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award is awarded to Melanie Lorenz FID GEO: Promoting Open Science for Geosciences Read more
Mikhail Kanevski 2022 Ian McHarg Medal The 2022 Ian McHarg Medal is awarded to Mikhail Kanevski in recognition of outstanding pioneering innovative research in the field of environmental data mining, in integrating geostatistics and machine learning algorithms and other digital transformations. Read more
Alice Fremand 2021 Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award The 2021 Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award is awarded to Alice Fremand for her major contributions towards establishing the data centre for geothermal data in Alsace (Centre de Données de Géothermie Profonde, CDGP) as a state-of-the-art research data repository. Read more
Christian Scharun 2021 Virtual Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (vOSPP) Award The 2021 Virtual Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (vOSPP) Award is awarded to Christian Scharun Modeling methane from the North Sea region with ICON-ART Read more
Paul Wessel 2020 Ian McHarg Medal The 2020 Ian McHarg Medal is awarded to Paul Wessel for outstanding contributions to developing open-source software, including Generic Mapping Tools (GMT), for the Earth and space sciences that have enabled thousands of research projects and papers. Read more
Stefano Nativi 2019 Ian McHarg Medal The 2019 Ian McHarg Medal is awarded to Stefano Nativi for outstanding contributions to international Earth science informatics through enabling interoperability of disparate data types, thus laying the foundations for global interdisciplinary science. Read more
Stephen Camilleri 2019 Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Award The 2019 Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Award is awarded to Stephen Camilleri Investigating the relationship between earthquakes and online news Read more
Kerstin A. Lehnert 2018 Ian McHarg Medal The 2018 Ian McHarg Medal is awarded to Kerstin A. Lehnert for exceptional contributions to the advancement of informatics and, in particular, her pioneering efforts on open, transparent and reproducible science. Read more
Christopher Kadow 2016 Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Award The 2016 Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Award is awarded to Christopher Kadow Freva – Freie Univ Evaluation System Framework for Scientific Infrastructures in Earth System Modeling Read more
Helen Glaves 2016 Ian McHarg Medal The 2016 Ian McHarg Medal is awarded to Helen Glaves in recognition of her distinguished research in information technology applied to marine geoscience and, in particular, to her contribution to advance data sharing across different disciplines and organisational boundaries. Read more
Jonathan I. Lunine 2015 Jean Dominique Cassini Medal & Honorary Membership The 2015 Jean Dominique Cassini Medal & Honorary Membership is awarded to Jonathan I. Lunine for his key discoveries and his seminal contributions in planetary sciences and exobiology, his leadership and instrumental participation in the design and implementation of space-exploration missions, and his pivotal role in space-science policy. Read more
Matevz Vucnik 2015 Outstanding Student Poster (OSP) Award The 2015 Outstanding Student Poster (OSP) Award is awarded to Matevz Vucnik Portable air quality sensor unit for participatory monitoring: an end-to-end VESNA-AQ based prototype Read more
András Zlinszky 2014 Outstanding Student Poster (OSP) Award The 2014 Outstanding Student Poster (OSP) Award is awarded to András Zlinszky Simultaneous colour visualizations of multiple ALS point cloud attributes for land cover and vegetation analysis Read more
Philipp Glira 2014 Outstanding Student Poster (OSP) Award The 2014 Outstanding Student Poster (OSP) Award is awarded to Philipp Glira Accuracy analysis of height difference models derived from terrestrial laser scanning point clouds Read more
Alessandro Annoni 2013 Ian McHarg Medal The 2013 Ian McHarg Medal is awarded to Alessandro Annoni for his contribution to information technology applications to the management of geospatial data, promoting their openness and valorisation. Read more
Kristin Vogel 2012 Outstanding Student Poster (OSP) Award The 2012 Outstanding Student Poster (OSP) Award is awarded to Kristin Vogel Graphical Models as Surrogates for Complex Ground Motion Models Read more
Peter Fox 2012 Ian McHarg Medal The 2012 Ian McHarg Medal is awarded to Peter Fox for his contribution to recognizing the fundamental importance of establishing informatics as a genuine discipline within the Earth Sciences. Read more
Monique Petitdidier 2011 Ian McHarg Medal The 2011 Ian McHarg Medal is awarded to Monique Petitdidier for her exemplar work in support of African scientists and her recognition of the importance of outreach and ‘science citizenship’. Read more
