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The EAG operates thanks to the volunteers who serve on the various committees. If you are interested in joining a committee, please contact us.
A list of past committee members can be found in the EAG Personnel Archive.

2023 Council Nominations Committee

Name Affiliation
Chair: Raúl Fonseca
Term: 01/2023 – 12/2025
Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
Jose Miguel Nieto
Term: 01/2021 – 12/2023
University of Huelva, Spain
Bryne Ngwenya
Term: 01/2021 – 12/2023
University of Edinburgh, UK
Sophie Opfergelt
Term: 01/2022 – 12/2024
University of Louvain, Belgium
Mihály Pósfai
Term: 01/2022 – 12/2024
University of Pannonia, Hungary
Zsófia Ruszkiczay-Rüdiger
Term: 01/2022 – 12/2024
Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences, Hungary
Role of the Nominations Committee:
  • Recommend candidates for all officer and non-officer positions envisioned to become vacant the following year.
  • If required, assist with identifying members for the EAG Committees.

2023 Training and Outreach Committee

Name Affiliation
Chair: Nadia Malaspina
Term: 01/2020 – 12/2023
University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
Silvia Volante
Term: 01/2022 – 12/2024
Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
Benjamin Fosu
Term: 01/2023 – 12/2025
Geological Survey of Canada
Sebastiaan van de Velde
Term: 01/2023 – 12/2025
Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium & Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Belgium
Marion Louvel
Term: 01/2023 – 12/2025
ISTO, CNRS, Orleans, France
tbd
Role of the Training & Outreach Committee:
  • Student Sponsorship and Early Career Science Ambassador programs: review applications received for those programs and decide whether to grant sponsorship/ambassadorship.
  • Short Course and Conference Sponsorship Program: review applications received for this program and decide which event should be selected for sponsorship.
  • Distinguished Lecture Program and EAG-GS Outreach Program: recommend lecturers and assist the EAG Office where necessary.
  • Upcoming conferences: provide a regularly updated list of all future meetings of potential interest to geochemists for the EAG conference calendar webpage.

2023 Communications Committee

Name Affiliation
Chair: Janne Koornneef
Term: 01/2021 – 12/2023
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands
Gregory De Souza
Term: 01/2021 – 12/2023
ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Ichiko Sugiyama
Term: 01/2022 – 12/2024
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA
Antonio Caracausi
Term: 01/2023 – 12/2025
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Italy
Joana Cardoso Fernandes
Term: 01/2023 – 12/2025
University of Porto, Portugal
Thaïs Couasnon
Term: 01/2023 – 12/2025
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Germany
Silke Merchel
Term: 01/2023 – 12/2025
University of Vienna, Austria
Role of the Communications Committee:
  • Elements: provide or solicit contributions for EAG pages in Elements Magazine.
  • Blog and Social Media: solicit contributions for the EAG Blog and suggest geochemistry related news for social media.
  • Newsletter: provide geochemistry related articles highlighted by the media for the section ‘Geochemistry making the news’ in the EAG newsletter.
  • EAG Forum: contribute to developing content for the forum and promote it in the community.
  • Visibility: seek to promote EAG, its activities as well as the communication of geochemistry.

2023 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee

Name Affiliation
Co-Chair: Susan Little
Term: 01/2021 – 12/2023
University College London, UK
Co-Chair: Pallavi Anand
Term: 01/2021 – 12/2023
Open University, UK
Pieter Bots
Term: 01/2021 – 12/2023
University of Strathclyde, UK
Ernest Chi Fru
Term: 01/2021 – 12/2023
Cardiff University, UK
Jabrane Labidi
Term: 01/2021 – 12/2023
Université de Paris, IPGP, CNRS, France
Johanna Marin Carbonne
Term: 01/2021 – 12/2023
Université de Lausanne (UNIL), Switzerland
Elena Maters
Term: 01/2021 – 12/2023
University of Cambridge, UK
Olivier Pourret
Term: 01/2021 – 12/2023
Université of LaSalle, France
Elias Samankassou
Term: 01/2021 – 12/2023
University of Geneva, Switzerland
Mary Immaculate Neh Fru
Term: 01/2022 – 12/2024
University of Buea, Cameroon
Jonatan Romero Matos
Term: 01/2022 – 12/2024
University of Huelva, Spain
Yun-Ju (Lorena) Sun
Term: 01/2022 – 12/2024
University of Bristol, UK
Carla Tiraboschi
Term: 01/2023 – 12/2025
University of Münster, Germany
Sri Budhi Utami
Term: 01/2023 – 12/2025
Université de Liège, Belgium
Role of the DEI Committee:

Working collaboratively, the EAG and Geochemical Society DEI committees discuss, formulate, and enact changes to enhance diversity, inclusivity, and equity across varied Society activities. For example, by providing guidance advocating for an inclusive and accessible annual Goldschmidt conference, and suggesting ways to improve Award procedures. Recommendations by the DEI committees are reviewed by the EAG Council and the GS Board.

Additionally, the EAG DEI committee supports a Twitter account (@EAG_DEI) and provides DEI-related contributions to the EAG Blog. The committee also led the first Global Geochemistry Community Survey, in 2022.

The EAG DEI Committee is composed of two Co-Chairs, one of which is a serving member of EAG Council, and further representatives from among EAG members. The Committee also has representatives on several other EAG Committees, including the Council Nominations Committee, Awards Nominations Committee, Ethics Committee, and EAG Strategy Working Group. This representation raises the profile of DEI concerns across the spectrum of EAG activities.

2023 Ethics Committee

Name Affiliation
Chair: Catherine Chauvel IPGP, France
Daniel Frost University of Bayreuth, Germany
Susan Little
University College London, UK
Derek Vance
ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Role of the Ethics Committee:

The Ethics Committee is responsible for administrating matters arising that are related to the content of EAG’s Code of Ethics as well as handling any issues or incidents reported to the committee. An incident can be reported (anonymously or not) via this form, or you can contact the committee directly at ethics@eag.eu.com.

Goldschmidt2023 Organizing and Science Committees

Organizing Committee

Name and role Affiliation
Catherine Jeandel
Co-Convenor, Organizing & Science Committee co-Chair
CNRS Toulouse University, France
Carmen Sanchez-Valle
Co-Convenor, Organizing & Science Committee co-Chair
University of Münster, Germany
Catherine Chauvel
Co-Convenor and EAG President (in 2023)
Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, France
Janne Blichert-Toft
Local Organizing Committee Chair
ENS Lyon, France
Olivier Namur
Early Career Program Leader
University of Leuven, Belgium
Sétareh Rad
Early Career Program Leader
BRGM, France
Marie-Aude Hulshoff
Chief Operating Officer
European Association of Geochemistry
Alice Williams
Science Program Manager
European Association of Geochemistry

Science Committee

Name and role Affiliation
Catherine Jeandel
Co-Convenor, Organizing & Science Committee co-Chair
CNRS Toulouse University, France
Carmen Sanchez-Valle
Co-Convenor, Organizing & Science Committee co-Chair
University of Münster, Germany
Martin Bizzarro
Science Committee Member
Centre for Star and Planet Formation, Denmark
Fidel Costa
Science Committee Member
Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, France
Christian France-Lanord
Science Committee Member
CRPG Nancy, France
Athanasios Nenes
Science Committee Member
EPFL Lausanne, Switzerland
Kazuyo Tachikawa
Science Committee Member
CEREGE Aix-en-Provence, France
Christina Wang
Science Committee Member
Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, China
Martin Whitehouse
Science Committee Member
Nordsim, Sweden
Lenny Winkel
Science Committee Member
EAWAG, Switzerland

 

2024 H.C. Urey Award Committee

Name Affiliation
Chair: Daniel Frost
Term: 07/2023 – 06/2025
University of Bayreuth, Germany
Christian France-Lanord
Term: 07/2021 – 06/2024
CRPG Nancy, France
Sue Brantley
Term: 07/2021 – 06/2024
Penn State University, USA
Vanessa Hatje
Term: 07/2022 – 06/2025
Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil
Tomohiro Usui
Term: 07/2022 – 06/2025
ISAS, JAXA, Japan
tbd
About the H.C. Urey Award

The H.C. Urey Award is presented annually, at the Goldschmidt conference, for outstanding contributions advancing geochemistry over a career.

It is named in honor of Harold Clayton Urey, an American physical chemist whose pioneering work on isotopes earned him the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1934 and later led him to theories of planetary evolution.

The H.C. Urey Award Committee is chaired by the EAG Vice-President.

2023 Science Innovation Award Committee

Name Affiliation
Chair: Edouard Bard
Term: 07/2022 – 06/2023
Collège de France et CEREGE, France
Jérôme Chappellaz
Term: 07/2022 – 06/2023
CNRS Grenoble, France
Sidney Hemming
Term: 07/2022 – 06/2023
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, USA
Wajih Naqvi
Term: 07/2022 – 06/2023
Indian Institute of Technology, India
Yair Rosenthal
Term: 07/2022 – 06/2023
Rutgers University, USA
Daniel Sigman
Term: 07/2022 – 06/2023
Princeton University, USA
Liz Sikes
Term: 07/2022 – 06/2023
Rutgers University, USA
About the Science Innnovation Award

The Science Innnovation Award is bestowed annually to a scientist within 30 years from the start of PhD, which must be completed. Eligibility is determined by the status of the candidate at the close of the year in which nominations are received and not the year the award is presented; hence, for the 2023 Science Innovation Award, candidates should have started their PhD in 1992 at the earliest.

The 2023 Science Innovation Award has been named in honor of Nicholas Shackleton for his work in climatology.

The subject area differs from year to year therefore the Science Innovation Award Committee is renewed every year.

2024 F.G. Houtermans Award Committee

Name Affiliation
Chair: Derek Vance
Term: 07/2023 – 06/2025
ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Olivier Namur
Term: 07/2021 – 06/2024
University of Leuven, Belgium
Lenny Winkel
Term: 07/2021 – 06/2024
ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Maud Boyet
Term: 07/2022 – 06/2025
University Clermont-Auvergne, France
tbd
tbd
F.G. Houtermans Award

The Houtermans award is bestowed annually to a scientist within 12 years from the start of PhD, which must be completed. Eligibility is determined by the status of the candidate at the close of the year in which nominations are received and not the year the award is presented.

It is named in honor of Friedrich Georg Houtermans, a Dutch-Austrian-German physicist.

The Houtermans Award Committee is chaired by the EAG Past President.

2023 Geochemistry Fellows Award Committee

Name Affiliation
Chair: Maria Dittrich
Term: 07/2020 – 06/2023
University of Toronto, Canada
Daniela Rubatto
Term: 07/2020 – 06/2023
University of Bern, Switzerland
Wendy Mao
Term: 07/2021 – 06/2024
University of Stanford, USA
Holly Stein
Term: 07/2021 – 06/2024
Colorado State University, USA and and University of Oslo, Norway
Xiang-dong Li
Term: 07/2022 – 06/2025
Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Wajih Naqvi
Term: 07/2022 – 06/2025
Indian Institute of Technology, India
Derek Vance
EAG President
ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Sumit Chakraborty
GS President
Ruhr Universität at Bochum, Germany
About the Geochemistry Fellows

In 1996, the Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry established the honorary title of Geochemistry Fellow, to be bestowed upon outstanding scientists who have, over some years, made a major contribution to the field of geochemistry. Recipients of the Urey, Goldschmidt, Treibs, Patterson and Science Innovation Awards become Fellows automatically.

2023 Award Nominations Committee

Name Affiliation
Chair: Kate Kiseeva
Term: 01/2019 – 12/2024
University College Cork, Ireland
Ernest Chi Fru
Term: 01/2021 – 12/2023
Cardiff University, UK
Carlos Garrido
Term: 01/2021 – 12/2023
Instituto Andaluz de Ciencias de la Tierra, CSIC, Granada, Spain
Caroline Peacock
Term: 01/2021 – 12/2023
University of Leeds, UK
Istvan Kovacs
Term: 01/2022 – 12/2024
Institute of Earth Physics and Space Science, Budapest, Hungary
Carlos Rocha
Term: 01/2022 – 12/2024
Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Sæmundur Halldórsson
Term: 01/2023 – 12/2025
University of Iceland, Iceland
Ambre Luguet
Term: 01/2023 – 12/2025
University of Bonn, Germany
Raúl Fonseca
Term: 01/2023 – 12/2025
Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
About the Award Nominations Committee

The role of the Award Nominations Committee is to identify candidates and solicit nominations for all the EAG Awards and Geochemistry Fellows.

EAG Strategy Working Group

Name Affiliation
Chair: Dan Frost University of Bayreuth, Germany
Liane G. Benning German Research Center for Geosciences GFZ, Germany
Maud Boyet University of Clermont-Ferrand, France
Catherine Chauvel Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, France
Kate Kiseeva University College Cork, Ireland
Johanna Marin Carbonne University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Olivier Namur University of Leuven, Belgium
Derek Vance ETH Zürich, Switzerland
About the EAG Strategy Working Group

The role of this Working Group is to think of possible future initiatives for the society, evaluate ideas and proposals received from other groups or members, and assess which ones should be implemented.