AGU

Sunanda Basu, Alik Ismail-Zadeh, Margaret Leinen, Connie Millar, and Lixin Wu were awarded the 2019 Ambassador Award at the AGU Fall Meeting Honors Ceremony, held on 11 December 2019 in San Francisco, Calif. The award is for “outstanding contributions to one or more of the following areas: societal impact, service to the Earth and space community, scientific leadership, and promotion of talent/career pool.”

Esteban Jobbágy and Michael Wysession were awarded the 2019 Spilhaus Ambassador Award Grant at the AGU Fall Meeting Honors Ceremony, held on 11 December 2019 in San Francisco, Calif. The grants support work from previous Ambassador Award recipients that address one or more of the following areas: societal impact, service to the Earth and space community, scientific leadership, and promotion of talent/career pool.

Kuljeet Kaur Marhas was awarded the 2019 Devendra Lal Memorial Medal at the AGU Fall Meeting Honors Ceremony, held on 11 December 2019 in San Francisco, Calif. The medal is for “outstanding Earth and/or space sciences research by a scientist belonging to and working in a developing country.”

Penelope L. King, Ann Pearson, and Fuqing Zhang were awarded the 2019 Joanne Simpson Medal at the AGU Fall Meeting Honors Ceremony, held on 11 December 2019 in San Francisco, Calif. The medal is for “significant contributions to Earth and space science by an outstanding mid-career scientist.”

Ulrich Christensen was awarded the 2019 Inge Lehmann Medal at the AGU Fall Meeting Honors Ceremony, held on 11 December 2019 in San Francisco, Calif. The medal is for “contributions to the understanding of the structure, composition, and dynamics of the Earth’s mantle and core.”