About the Science Innovation Award
The EAG Science Innovation Award recognizes scientists who have recently made a particularly important and innovative breakthrough in geochemistry. The geochemical research must be highly original and contribute in a significant fashion to our understanding of the natural behaviour of the Earth or planets. Such a contribution must be in the form of a widely recognized important piece of innovative scientific research published in a peer-reviewed journal.
The EAG Science Innovation 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 2021 Science Innovation Award, candidates should have started their PhD in 1990 at the earliest.
The EAG Science Innovation Award subject area differs from year to year, according to the following five-year cycle:
2021 Alfred Edward “Ted” Ringwood Medal honoring his work in petrology and mineral physics
2022 Heinz Lowenstam Medal honoring his work in biogeochemistry
2023 Nicholas Shackleton Medal honoring his work in climatology
2024 Samuel Epstein Medal honoring his work in isotope geochemistry
2025 Werner Stumm Medal honoring his work in low temperature and surface geochemistry
The award is presented annually at the Goldschmidt Conference and consists of an engraved medal, an honorarium (1000 Euros), a certificate and inclusion as a Geochemistry Fellow.
Recipient of the 2021 Science Innovation Award: Fabrice Gaillard
Institute of Earth Sciences at Orléans, France
Fabrice Gaillard is recognized for his pioneering achievements and contribution to shaping experimental physics of melt, as a prominent tool for describing and understanding the evolution of major Earth and planets reservoirs. More specifically, for his creative and impactful research on electrical conductivity, redox and volatile in magmas. Read more
The 2021 EAG Science Innovation Award is named in honor of Alfred Edward “Ted” Ringwood for his work in petrology and mineral physics. The 2021 Science Innovation Award will be presented at the Goldschmidt2021 Conference.
Former recipients of the Science Innovation Award
- 2020 Kevin Rosso, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA – Citation by Benjamin Gilbert and Mike Hochella and Response by Kevin Rosso
- 2019 Ariel Anbar, Arizona State University, USA – Samuel Epstein Medal – Citation by Tim Lyons and Response by Ariel Anbar
- 2018 Jess Adkins, Caltech, USA – Nicholas Shackleton Medal
- 2017 Bo Thamdrup, University of Southern Denmark – Heinz Lowenstam Medal
- 2016 Jon Blundy, University of Bristol, UK – Ted Ringwood Medal
- 2015 Philippe Van Cappellen, University of Waterloo, Canada – Werner Stumm Medal
- 2014 James Farquhar, University of Maryland, USA – Samuel Epstein Medal
- 2013 Jérôme Chappellaz, French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and University Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France – Nicholas Shackleton Medal
- 2012 Katherine Freeman, PennState University, USA and Daniel Sigman, Princeton University, USA – Heinz 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