Science Innovation Award

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The Science Innovation Award is an award bestowed annually by the European Association of Geochemistry on a scientist who has made "a particularly important and innovative breakthrough in geochemistry", and consists of a medal and certificate. The specific subject area of the award varies according to a five year cycle:

Medal cycle
YearsMedal
2008, 2013 etc. the Nicholas Shackleton medal for work in climatology
2009, 2014 etc. the Samuel Epstein medal for work in isotope geochemistry
2010, 2015 etc. the Werner Stumm medal for work in low temperature and surface geochemistry
2011, 2016 etc. the Ted Ringwood medal for work in petrology and mineral physics
2012, 2017 etc. the Heinz A. Lowenstam medal for work in biogeochemistry

Former recipients of the Science Innovation Award are, in reverse chronological order:

Science Innovation Award winners
YearName(s)Medal
2012 Katherine Freeman, Pennsylvania State University, USA and Daniel Sigman, Princeton University, USA Heinz A. Lowenstam medal
2011 Kei Hirose, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan Ted Ringwood Medal
2010 William H. Casey, UC Davis, USA Werner Stumm Medal
2009 John M. Eiler, Caltech, USA Samuel Epstein Medal
2008 R. Lawrence Edwards, University of Minnesota, USA Nicholas Shackleton Medal

References

- accessed 21 February 2012.

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