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EGU announces its 2024 awards and medals!

16 November 2023

The European Geosciences Union (EGU) has named the 52 recipients of next year’s Union Medals and Awards, Division Medals, and Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Awards. These individuals are honoured for their important contributions to the Earth, planetary and space sciences. They will be celebrated during the EGU General Assembly 2024, which will be held from 14–19 April.

The following individuals will receive 2024 Union Medals and Awards:

Subimal GhoshAlexander von Humboldt Medal
Stefan RahmstorfAlfred Wegener Medal
Gaia VinceAngela Croome Award
Nadia BloemendaalArne Richter Awards for Outstanding Early Career Scientists
Laura A. StevensArne Richter Awards for Outstanding Early Career Scientists
Yanhao LinArne Richter Awards for Outstanding Early Career Scientists
Daniel L. EvansArne Richter Awards for Outstanding Early Career Scientists
Claudio FaccennaArthur Holmes Medal
Mary Anne HolmesChampion(s) for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Award
Veronique DehantJean Dominique Cassini Medal
Sinelethu HashibiKatia and Maurice Krafft Award

The following individuals will receive 2024 Division Medals:

Taras GeryaAugustus Love Medal
Jaroslava PlomerováBeno Gutenberg Medal
Nemesio M. PérezChristiaan Huygens Medal
Franck MontmessinDavid Bates Medal
Stephanie HensonFridtjof Nansen Medal
Sandra Catherine ChapmanHannes Alfvén Medal
Michael SiglHans Oeschger Medal
Alberto GuadagniniHenry Darcy Medal
François RobidaIan McHarg Medal
Silvia FrisiaJean Baptiste Lamarck Medal
Paul D. BatesJohn Dalton Medal
Gwenn E. FlowersJulia and Johannes Weertman Medal
Annick PouquetLewis Fry Richardson Medal
Patrick BaudLouis Néel Medal
Peter U. ClarkMilutin Milankovic Medal
Jan Willem van GroenigenPhilippe Duchaufour Medal
Jacopo SelvaPlinius Medal
Christian France-LanordRalph Alger Bagnold Medal
Kei HiroseRobert Wilhelm Bunsen Medal
Hayley J. FowlerSergey Soloviev Medal
Yann KlingerStephan Mueller Medal
Jeffrey T. FreymuellerVening Meinesz Medal
Lucy CarpenterVilhelm Bjerknes Medal
Daniel J. ConleyVladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky Medal

The following individuals will receive 2024 Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Awards:

Eliane Gomes AlvesBiogeosciences (BG) Division
Maria A. A. RugensteinClimate: Past, Present & Future (CL) Division
Anirudh PrabhuEarth and Space Science Informatics (ESSI) Division
Sarah IncelEarth Magnetism & Rock Physics (EMRP) Division
Roberto E. RizzoEnergy, Resources and the Environment (ERE) Division
Bramha Dutt VishwakarmaGeodesy (G) Division
Anne GlerumGeodynamics (GD) Division
Fiona J. ClubbGeomorphology (GM) Division
Livia LantiniGeosciences Instrumentation and Data Systems (GI) Division
Andrea CominolaHydrological Sciences (HS) Division
Marleen C. de RuiterNatural Hazards (NH) Division
Simone BenellaNonlinear Processes in Geosciences (NP) Division
Alessandro SilvanoOcean Sciences (OS) Division
Lucia MandonPlanetary and Solar System Sciences (PS) Division
Stephen P. HicksSeismology (SM) Division
Erika PalmerioSolar-Terrestrial Sciences (ST) Division
Miguel Ángel Maté GonzálezStratigraphy, Sedimentology and Palaeontology (SSP) Division

This year the EGU Awards Committee received 218 eligible nominations, approximately 38% of which were for female nominees, although it must be noted that the gender of nominees is only assumed and not confirmed. 42% of this year’s awardees are female, with 2% preferring not to disclose their gender identity. For more information about the awards above, including a full list of the various award panel judges, application and selection criteria and how to apply, please visit the Awards & Medals page.

In addition to the Union and Division Awards and Medals, the EGU also bestows a number of awards to students taking part in its annual General Assembly. These Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Awards aim to further improve the overall quality of poster and PICO presentations and foster students’ excitement to present their research at a large scientific conference. The list of recipients of the 2023 OSPP Awards is now available online. For more information about the OSPP awards, including application criteria and how to apply in 2024, please visit the OSPP page.