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- Mike Gurnis has been awarded the Inge Lehmann Medal by AGU!
Mike Gurnis
The Inge Lehmann Medal is given annually to a senior scientist in recognition of outstanding contributions to the understanding of the structure, composition, and dynamics of the Earth’s mantle and core. Recipients of this award typically conduct research in the following disciplines: geomagnetism, paleomagnetism and electromagnetism, mineral rock physics, seismology, study of the Earth’s deep interior, and tectonophysics.
- Early-Career Scientists Awarded Pegasi b Fellowship
Kimberly Moore
Kimberly Moore, Future GPS Post Doc in Planetary Science, has been elected a 2020 Heising Simons Foundation Pegasi b Fellow
- Early-Career Scientists Awarded Pegasi b Fellowship
Elizabeth Bailey
Elizabeth Bailey, GPS Graduate Student in Planetary Science, has been elected a 2020 Heising Simons Foundation Pegasi b Fellow
- Katherine de Kleer, Assistant Professor of Planetary Science and Astronomy, and Hufstedler Family Scholar, has been named the recipient of the 2024 Harold C. Urey Prize!
Katherine de Kleer
Katherine de Kleer, Assistant Professor of Planetary Science and Astronomy, and Hufstedler Family Scholar, has been named the recipient of the 2024 Harold C. Urey Prize, given by the Division for Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society. This prestigious prize recognizes outstanding achievements by an early career scientist in the planetary sciences field.
- George Rossman Awarded Roebling Medal!
George Rossman
George Rossman (Ph.D '71), Professor of Mineralogy, has been awarded the 2021 Roebling Medal by the Mineralogical Society of America (MSA). The Roebling Medal is the MSA's highest award, recognizing "scientific eminence as represented primarily by scientific publication of outstanding original research in mineralogy."
- Yuk Yung, Professor of Planetary Science and Jet Propulsion Laboratory Senior Research Scientist, has received the Poynting Award on Radiative Transfer!
Yuk Yung
Yuk Yung, Professor of Planetary Science and Jet Propulsion Laboratory Senior Research Scientist, has received the Poynting Award on Radiative Transfer. The Poynting Award honors the life-time contributions and achievements of a scientist who has made a landmark impact on the radiative transfer research and its applications.