2021 Award nominations: several changes introduced
Recognition of scientific excellence, achievement and contributions is important at all stages of a scientist’s career. Should you know of any deserving colleagues, nominate them for the EAG Urey, Houtermans or Science Innovation awards, the Geochemistry Fellowship or the R. Berner Lecture.
Several changes have been made to nomination requirements and eligibility for the 2021 awards, and nominators are encouraged to consider achievements in the broadest sense. See the nominations page for further information on the different awards and how to submit a nomination.
Nomination deadline for Geochemistry Fellows and R. Berner Lecture: 31 October
Nomination deadline for EAG Award: 15 November
Find out more and make a nomination
EAG Short Course and Conference Sponsorship: apply by 30 November
The Short Course and Conference Sponsorship Program is open to EAG members organizing a short course or small conference in Europe focused on special topics or techniques from the broad field of geochemistry.
For the 2021 program, applications for online as well as hybrid and in-person events will be considered. If you a member organizing an event in 2021, submit your application by 30 November. Find out more
Council elections: your vote matters
Two councillor positions will open in the 2021 Council and EAG members are invited to cast their vote and select their favourite candidates – see the slate of candidates.
EAG councillors are crucial for determining the future of the association and of the Goldschmidt Conference, so your vote matters!
Voting will close on 28 October. Find out more
New editor at Geochemical Perspectives Letters
The Geochemical Perspectives Letters editorial board are delighted to welcome Tanja Bosak (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA), an experimental geobiologist who uses modern microbes to understand the formation and preservation of morphological, compositional and isotopic biosignatures throughout Earth history. Find out more
New partnership between EAG and IAVCEI
The EAG works with many other learned societies to promote geochemistry internationally and is pleased to announce a new partnership with the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth’s Interior (IAVCEI), offering benefits to members of both organizations and strengthening the links between our communities. Find out more
EAG Deadlines
31 October: Geochemistry Fellows and R. Berner Lecture nomination deadline
15 November: Urey, Science Innovation and Houtermans Awards nomination deadline
30 November: EAG Short Course and Conference Sponsorship application deadline
1 December: EAG Student Sponsorship application deadline
Goldschmidt2021 Deadlines
1 February: Grant application deadline (submission not open yet)
12 February: Abstract deadline (submission not open yet)
| Posted on | Position | Employer | Contact | Application deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 October | Type: PhD position PhD position (m/f/d) nutrient recycling and microbial communities |
Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht (HZG), Germany | Ms. Stella Knufinke | 12 November |
| 20 October | Type: PhD Position Open PhD position in Geomicrobiology: the biogeochemical fate of marine plastic |
Dept of Geosciences & Natural Resource Management – IGN, University of Copenhagen, Denmark | Nicole Posth | 12 November |
| 15 October | Type: Faculty Assistant Professor (tenure track) in biogeochemistry of terrestrial ecosystems and environmental change |
Faculty of Geosciences and the Environment – UNIL, Switzerland | Frédéric Herman | 15 December |
| 1 October | Type: PhD Position Open PhD position in Biogeochemistry: ‘Iron catalyzed formation of methyl radicals as a common source of environmentally important volatile organic compounds’ |
University of Heidelberg, Institute of Earth Sciences, Biogeochemistry Group, Germany | Prof. Dr. Frank Keppler | 25 October |
Activity coefficients of siderophile elements in Fe-Si liquids at high pressure
K. Righter, R. Rowland II, S. Yang, M. Humayun
Zirconium isotopic composition of the mantle through time
S.Y. Tian, F. Moynier, E.C. Inglis, J. Creech, M. Bizzarro, J. Siebert, J.M.D. Day, I.S. Puchtel
The vanadium isotope composition of Mars: implications for planetary differentiation in the early solar system
S.G. Nielsen, D.V. Bekaert, T. Magna, K. Mezger, M. Auro
Wehrlites from continental mantle monitor the passage and degassing of carbonated melts
S. Aulbach, A.-B. Lin, Y. Weiss, G.M. Yaxley
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This is a somewhat unusual Geochemical Perspectives issue in that it covers a broad range of academic, governmental, policy, wine, and celestial activities touched on during a 40 year career. From personal experience, Larry Meinert recounts his academic development, work in the US Congress, management of the energy and mineral resource functions of the US Geological Survey, helping to shape high level governmental policy, exploring resource issues beyond Earth to the Moon, Mars, and Asteroids, and last but not least the making of fine wine. READ MORE
Geochemical Perspectives is an Open Access EAG publication.
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