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.
Division on Ocean Sciences
President: Karen Heywood (os@egu.eu)
Deputy President: Johan van der Molen
(johan.van.der.molen@nioz.nl)
The Ocean Sciences Division of the European Geosciences Union (EGU) has the major objective to provide an attractive and productive environment for scientists from Europe and all over the world to gain progress in the various ocean science disciplines and have beneficial interactions with other fields of Geosciences. For that purpose, we organise with the teams of conveners the ocean science part of the program of the scientific conference that his held every year during the EGU General Assembly. We give special attention to topics cross-cutting with those of other divisions. We recognise deserving colleagues in various stages of their careers with our Award program: the division awards the Fritdjof Nansen Medal to mid or full career scientists and the Outstanding Young Scientists Award for younger scientists. We also award prices to outstanding student posters at every general assembly. The division maintains very strong links with the EGU publication committee, and especially with the board of Editors of the open access journal Ocean Science (OS) l. The division also contributes with the EGU Education and Outreach committee to the organisation of relevant topical conferences and summer schools.
Recent awardees
Jan D. Zika
- 2018
- Division Outstanding Early Career Scientists Award
The 2018 Division Outstanding Early Career Scientists 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.
Carine van der Boog
- 2018
- Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Awards
The 2018 Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Awards is awarded to Carine van der Boog Mechanisms Affecting the Life Cycle of Anticyclonic Eddies in the Caribbean Sea
Félix Margirier
- 2018
- Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Awards
The 2018 Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Awards is awarded to Félix Margirier The next Deep Waters formed in the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea will be warmer and saltier than ever!
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.
Eleanor Frajka-Williams
- 2017
- Division Outstanding Early Career Scientists Award
The 2017 Division Outstanding Early Career Scientists 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.
Jess Mead Silvester
- 2017
- Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Awards
The 2017 Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Awards is awarded to Jess Mead Silvester Mixing and Water Mass Transformation along the Antarctic Continental Slope
Siren Rühs
- 2017
- Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Awards
The 2017 Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Awards is awarded to Siren Rühs Lateral eddy diffusivity estimates from simulated and observed drifter trajectories: a case study for the Agulhas Current system
Svenja Ryan
- 2017
- Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Awards
The 2017 Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Awards is awarded to Svenja Ryan Seasonal hydrography at the eastern flank of the Filchner Trough
Tyler Mixa
- 2017
- Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Awards
The 2017 Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Awards is awarded to Tyler Mixa Gravity Wave Interactions with Fine Structures in the Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere
Current issue of the EGU newsletter
This month, we have announced changes to the EGU General Assembly 2019 schedule, which aim to give more time for all presentation types. Check our news announcement for more information. If you’d like to apply for funding to attend the meeting next year, make sure to submit your conference abstract by 1 December! In other news, we have opened applications to the EGU General Assembly 2019 mentoring programme, and are advertising a job opportunity for geoscientists with science communication experience to work at the meeting.
Also this month, we opened the call for applications for EGU Public Engagement Grants, and have announced the creation of the EGU Working Group on Diversity and Equality. In addition, we opened the EGU Autumn 2018 Elections for the next EGU Treasurer: you have until 30 November to cast your vote. We’ll be announcing the results early next week.