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.