Marilena Oltmanns 2021 Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award The 2021 Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award is awarded to Marilena Oltmanns for outstanding research in the role of the oceans in the climate system. Read more
Richard S. Lampitt 2021 Fridtjof Nansen Medal The 2021 Fridtjof Nansen Medal is awarded to Richard S. Lampitt for transformative and interdisciplinary research concerning the ocean biological carbon pump, including measures of organic particle fluxes needed to close the carbon budget in the Twilight Zone. Read more
Frédéric Le Moigne 2020 Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award The 2020 Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award is awarded to Frédéric Le Moigne for outstanding research in ocean biogeochemistry, particularly the vertical exchanges of organic carbon between the surface and the ocean’s interior: the biological carbon pump. Read more
Richard J. Greatbatch 2020 Fridtjof Nansen Medal The 2020 Fridtjof Nansen Medal is awarded to Richard J. Greatbatch for pioneering contributions to geophysical fluid dynamics and theoretical oceanography, especially mesoscale eddy parameterisations. Read more
Anne-Marie Tréguier 2019 Fridtjof Nansen Medal The 2019 Fridtjof Nansen Medal is awarded to Anne-Marie Tréguier for leading contributions to the numerical modelling of the eddying ocean from the global to the regional scale, and for crucially advancing the understanding of the influence of mesoscale eddies. Read more
Audrey Delpech 2019 Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Award The 2019 Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Award is awarded to Audrey Delpech Mid-depth circulation in the tropical Pacific Ocean Read more
Peter Landschützer 2019 Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award The 2019 Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award is awarded to Peter Landschützer for outstanding and game-changing contributions to the quantification of the evolving ocean carbon sink, its variation and its drivers. Read more
Verónica Morales-Márquez 2019 Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Award The 2019 Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Award is awarded to Verónica Morales-Márquez Relationship of extreme wave climate with long-term patterns in the North Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea Read more
Carine van der Boog 2018 Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Award The 2018 Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Award is awarded to Carine van der Boog Mechanisms Affecting the Life Cycle of Anticyclonic Eddies in the Caribbean Sea Read more
Félix Margirier 2018 Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Award The 2018 Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Award is awarded to Félix Margirier The next Deep Waters formed in the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea will be warmer and saltier than ever! Read more
Jan D. Zika 2018 Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award The 2018 Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award is awarded to Jan D. Zika for outstanding research in ocean dynamics, including fundamental advances in our understanding of the ocean’s thermocline circulation and the ocean’s role in climate. Read more
Rainer Feistel 2018 Fridtjof Nansen Medal The 2018 Fridtjof Nansen Medal is awarded to Rainer Feistel for creating the rigorous conceptual foundation of ocean thermodynamics through forming a Gibbs function for seawater. Read more
Eleanor Frajka-Williams 2017 Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award The 2017 Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award is awarded to Eleanor Frajka-Williams for her outstanding work in observational physical oceanography contributing to the understanding of a wide range of ocean processes. Read more
Jess Mead Silvester 2017 Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Award The 2017 Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Award is awarded to Jess Mead Silvester Mixing and Water Mass Transformation along the Antarctic Continental Slope Read more
Lynne D. Talley 2017 Fridtjof Nansen Medal The 2017 Fridtjof Nansen Medal is awarded to Lynne D. Talley for innovative research and leadership in observing and understanding the global ocean circulation and its role in climate. Read more
Siren Rühs 2017 Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Award The 2017 Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Award is awarded to Siren Rühs Lateral eddy diffusivity estimates from simulated and observed drifter trajectories: a case study for the Agulhas Current system Read more
Svenja Ryan 2017 Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Award The 2017 Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Award is awarded to Svenja Ryan Seasonal hydrography at the eastern flank of the Filchner Trough Read more
Tyler Mixa 2017 Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Award The 2017 Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Award is awarded to Tyler Mixa Gravity Wave Interactions with Fine Structures in the Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere Read more
Christoph Renkl 2016 Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Award The 2016 Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Award is awarded to Christoph Renkl The Alongshore Tilt of Mean Dynamic Topography and Implications for Nearshore Circulation and Regional Vorticity Balance. Read more
Erik van Sebille 2016 Division Outstanding Young Scientist Award The 2016 Division Outstanding Young Scientist Award is awarded to Erik van Sebille for his applications of Lagrangian methods in oceanography to improve the understanding of a wide range of physical, chemical and biological oceanic phenomena. Read more
John Huthnance 2016 Fridtjof Nansen Medal The 2016 Fridtjof Nansen Medal is awarded to John Huthnance for his outstanding contribution to the dynamical understanding of coastal and shelf processes and their role in forming regional ocean conditions. Read more
Kristin Burmeister 2016 Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Award The 2016 Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Award is awarded to Kristin Burmeister What caused the 2009 cold event in the Atlantic cold tongue region? Read more
Laurie Perrot 2016 Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Award The 2016 Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Award is awarded to Laurie Perrot Seasonal and interannual variabilities of coccolithophore blooms in the Bay of Biscay and the Celtic Sea observed from a 18-year time-series of non-algal Suspended Particulate Matter images Read more
Marc Buckley 2016 Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Award The 2016 Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Award is awarded to Marc Buckley Structure of the airflow above surface waves Read more
Anna-Lena Deppenmeier 2015 Outstanding Student Poster (OSP) Award The 2015 Outstanding Student Poster (OSP) Award is awarded to Anna-Lena Deppenmeier The Bjerknes feedback in the tropical Atlantic from reanalysis and CMIP5 Read more
Benedikt Ehard 2015 Outstanding Student Poster (OSP) Award The 2015 Outstanding Student Poster (OSP) Award is awarded to Benedikt Ehard Combination of lidar and model data for studying deep gravity wave propagation Read more
Katrin Schroeder 2015 Arne Richter Award for Outstanding Young Scientists The 2015 Arne Richter Award for Outstanding Young Scientists is awarded to Katrin Schroeder for her achievements in the field of experimental oceanography, to which she has contributed original ideas on the understanding of the formation and spreading of Mediterranean deep waters. Read more
Peter A. E. M. Janssen 2015 Fridtjof Nansen Medal The 2015 Fridtjof Nansen Medal is awarded to Peter A. E. M. Janssen for his outstanding contribution to the understanding of ocean wave physics and for his leadership in wind wave modelling. Read more
Sergej S. Zilitinkevich 2015 Alfred Wegener Medal & Honorary Membership The 2015 Alfred Wegener Medal & Honorary Membership is awarded to Sergej S. Zilitinkevich for creating the fundamentals of the theory of stratified planetary boundary layers. Read more
Yao Fu 2015 Outstanding Student Poster (OSP) Award The 2015 Outstanding Student Poster (OSP) Award is awarded to Yao Fu Estimating the Meridional Ekman Transport at 14.5 N in the Atlantic Ocean Read more
Isabel Jalón Rojas 2014 Outstanding Student Poster (OSP) Award The 2014 Outstanding Student Poster (OSP) Award is awarded to Isabel Jalón Rojas Trends in turbidity in the fluvial section of a highly turbid macrotidal estuary, the Gironde in SW France, based on continuous in-situ monitoring Read more
Sören Thomsen 2014 Outstanding Student Poster (OSP) Award The 2014 Outstanding Student Poster (OSP) Award is awarded to Sören Thomsen The formation of an anticyclonic mode water eddy within the Peru-Chile Undercurrent Read more
Stephen M. Griffies 2014 Fridtjof Nansen Medal The 2014 Fridtjof Nansen Medal is awarded to Stephen M. Griffies for his outstanding contribution and leadership in ocean general circulation model development and critical insights in the physical nature and parameterisation of ocean processes. Read more
Young-Ha Kim 2014 Outstanding Student Poster (OSP) Award The 2014 Outstanding Student Poster (OSP) Award is awarded to Young-Ha Kim Contributions of equatorial planetary and gravity waves to the QBO evolution in a GCM with a parameterization of convective gravity waves Read more
Harry Bryden 2013 Fridtjof Nansen Medal The 2013 Fridtjof Nansen Medal is awarded to Harry Bryden for his long-term leadership in experimental physical oceanography and in understanding the mechanisms of the general ocean circulation and heat transport. Read more
Ivy Frenger 2013 Outstanding Student Poster (OSP) Award The 2013 Outstanding Student Poster (OSP) Award is awarded to Ivy Frenger Southern Ocean Eddies as Weather Makers Read more
Roham Bakhtyar 2013 Division Outstanding Young Scientist Award The 2013 Division Outstanding Young Scientist Award is awarded to Roham Bakhtyar for the development and application of novel two-phase hydrodynamics models, based on the combination of hydrodynamic, contaminant and sediment transport, and coastal aquifer processes. Read more
Violette Zunz 2013 Outstanding Student Poster (OSP) Award The 2013 Outstanding Student Poster (OSP) Award is awarded to Violette Zunz How does internal variability influence the ability of CMIP5 models to reproduce the recent trend in Southern Ocean sea ice extent? Read more
Helen Pillar 2012 Outstanding Student Poster (OSP) Award The 2012 Outstanding Student Poster (OSP) Award is awarded to Helen Pillar The Dependence of the Atlantic Overturning Circulation on Meridional Density Gradients Read more
Johan S. Löfgren 2012 Outstanding Student Poster (OSP) Award The 2012 Outstanding Student Poster (OSP) Award is awarded to Johan S. Löfgren Remote Sensing of the Coastal Ocean with Standard Geodetic GNSS-Equipment Read more
Pierre-Yves Le Traon 2012 Fridtjof Nansen Medal The 2012 Fridtjof Nansen Medal is awarded to Pierre-Yves Le Traon for his excellent contributions to and leadership in establishing satellite altimetry as a quantitative observational technique for research on mesoscale ocean variability, ocean circulation and sea level. Read more
Bente Tiedje 2011 Outstanding Student Poster (OSP) Award The 2011 Outstanding Student Poster (OSP) Award is awarded to Bente Tiedje Potential predictability of the North Atlantic heat transport based on an oceanic state estimate Read more
Bert Rudels 2011 Fridtjof Nansen Medal The 2011 Fridtjof Nansen Medal is awarded to Bert Rudels for his leadership in developing ocean observing systems for climate research and forecasting and for fundamental contributions to our understanding of the ocean’s role in climate. Read more
Stefan Francois Gary 2011 Outstanding Student Poster (OSP) Award The 2011 Outstanding Student Poster (OSP) Award is awarded to Stefan Francois Gary Reconciling tracer and float observations of the export pathways of Labrador Sea Water Read more
Eefke M. van der Lee 2010 Young Scientist Outstanding Poster Paper (YSOPP) Award The 2010 Young Scientist Outstanding Poster Paper (YSOPP) Award is awarded to Eefke M. van der Lee Observation of interior and boundary-layer mixing processes due to near-inertial waves in a stratified basin without tides Read more
Michael J. McPhaden 2010 Fridtjof Nansen Medal The 2010 Fridtjof Nansen Medal is awarded to Michael J. McPhaden for his leadership in developing ocean observing systems for climate research and forecasting and for fundamental contributions to our understanding of the ocean’s role in climate. Read more
Jochem Marotzke 2009 Fridtjof Nansen Medal The 2009 Fridtjof Nansen Medal is awarded to Jochem Marotzke for important research work on the oceanic time- and space-variant theremohaline circulation and the development of predictive skills in modelling it. Read more
ZiYuan Hu 2009 Young Scientist Outstanding Poster Paper (YSOPP) Award The 2009 Young Scientist Outstanding Poster Paper (YSOPP) Award is awarded to ZiYuan Hu Coastal (Sub) Mesoscale Eddies in the Gulf of Lion Read more
Elizabeth Petrie 2008 Young Scientist Outstanding Poster Paper (YSOPP) Award The 2008 Young Scientist Outstanding Poster Paper (YSOPP) Award is awarded to Elizabeth Petrie Sea Level Change using Vertical Land Motion from GNSS: Higher-Order Ionospheric Effects Read more
Hao Zuo 2008 Young Scientist Outstanding Poster Paper (YSOPP) Award The 2008 Young Scientist Outstanding Poster Paper (YSOPP) Award is awarded to Hao Zuo An isopycnic model study of the circulation of Sub-Antarctic Mode Water throughout the global ocean Read more
