Each year AGU honors individuals for their outstanding achievements, contributions, and service to the Earth and space science community. AGU medals are the highest honors bestowed by the Union. They recognize individuals for their scientific body of work and sustained impact within the Earth and space science community. AGU Union awards and prizes recognize individuals who have demonstrated excellence in scientific research, education, communication, and outreach.
This distinguished group of honorees—scientists, leaders, educators, journalists, and communicators—embodies AGU’s mission of promoting discovery in Earth and space science for the benefit of society.
On behalf of AGU’s Honors and Recognition Committee, the selection committees, and AGU leaders and staff, we are pleased to present the recipients of AGU’s 2018 Union medals, awards, and prizes.
We appreciate everyone who has shown support and commitment to AGU’s Honors Program. Our dedicated volunteers gave valuable time as members of selection committees to choose this year’s Union medals, awards, and prizes recipients. We also thank all the nominators and supporters who made this possible through their steadfast efforts to nominate and recognize their colleagues.
Celebrate at the Fall MeetingWe look forward to celebrating our honorees’ profound contributions at this year’s Honors Ceremony and Banquet, to be held on Wednesday, 12 December, at Fall Meeting 2018 in Washington, D. C.
Please join us in congratulating our esteemed class of 2018 Union honorees listed below.
—Eric Davidson, President, AGU; and Mary Anne Holmes (email: agu_unionhonors@agu.org), Chair, Honors and Recognition Committee, AGU
MedalsWilliam Bowie Medal Daniel N. Baker, University of Colorado Boulder
James B. Macelwane Medal Steven J. Davis, University of California, Irvine Walter W. Immerzeel, Utrecht University Isaac R. Santos, Southern Cross University Drew L. Turner, The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, Calif. Caroline Ummenhofer, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
John Adam Fleming Medal Forrest S. Mozer, University of California, Berkeley
Walter H. Bucher Medal Philip C. England, University of Oxford
Maurice Ewing Medal Nicklas G. Pisias, Oregon State University
Robert E. Horton Medal Dennis P. Lettenmaier, University of California, Los Angeles
Harry H. Hess Medal Timothy L. Grove, Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Roger Revelle Medal Isaac Held, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Inge Lehmann Medal Yoshio Fukao, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)
Charles A. Whitten Medal David T. Sandwell, University of California, San Diego
Joanne Simpson Medal for Mid-Career Scientists Olivier Bachmann, ETH Zurich Endawoke Yizengaw, Boston College
AwardsAmbassador Award Esteban Jobbágy, Universidad Nacional de San Luis and Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas Rosaly M. C. Lopes, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology Christopher M. Reddy, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Edward A. Flinn III Award Richard P. Hooper, Tufts University
William Kaula Award Alberto Montanari, University of Bologna
Waldo E. Smith Award M. Meghan Miller, UNAVCO
Charles S. Falkenberg Award Rebecca Bergquist Neumann, University of Washington
Athelstan Spilhaus Award C. Alex Young, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
International Award Giuliano Francesco Panza, Accademia dei Lincei and Accademia dei XL, Rome; and Olim University of Trieste
Excellence in Earth and Space Science Education Award Mark A. Chandler, Center for Climate Systems Research
Africa Award for Research Excellence in Earth Science Ahzegbobor Philips Aizebeokhai, Covenant University
Africa Award for Research Excellence in Space Science Frédéric Ouattara, Université Norbert Zongo
Science for Solutions Award Kyle Frankel Davis, Data Science Institute, Columbia University
Walter Sullivan Award for Excellence in Science Journalism–Features Douglas Fox, High Country News
David Perlman Award for Excellence in Science Journalism–News Shannon Hall, Freelance Science Journalist
PrizesAsahiko Taira International Scientific Ocean Drilling Research Prize Brandon Dugan, Colorado School of Mines
Climate Communication Prize Michael E. Mann, Pennsylvania State University
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