W. James “Jim” Shuttleworth was awarded the 2014 Robert E. Horton Medal at the AGU Fall Meeting Honors Ceremony, held on 17 December 2014 in San Francisco, Calif. The medal is for “outstanding contributions to hydrology.”
awards
John A. Whitehead Receives 2014 Maurice Ewing Medal
John A. Whitehead was awarded the 2014 Maurice Ewing Medal at the AGU Fall Meeting Honors Ceremony, held on 17 December 2014 in San Francisco, Calif. The medal is awarded for “significant original contributions to the scientific understanding of the processes in the ocean; for the advancement of oceanographic engineering, technology, and instrumentation; and for outstanding service to the marine sciences.”
Gary A. Glatzmaier Receives 2014 John Adam Fleming Medal
Gary A. Glatzmaier was awarded the 2014 John Adam Fleming Medal at the AGU Fall Meeting Honors Ceremony, held on 17 December 2014 in San Francisco, Calif. The medal is for “original research and technical leadership in geomagnetism, atmospheric electricity, aeronomy, space physics, and related sciences.”
Bryan L. Isacks Receives 2014 Walter H. Bucher Medal
Bryan L. Isacks was awarded the 2014 Walter H. Bucher Medal at the AGU Fall Meeting Honors Ceremony, held on 17 December 2014 in San Francisco, Calif. The medal is for “original contributions to the basic knowledge of the crust and lithosphere.”
Dasgupta, Frankenberg, Perron, Shuster, and Tierney Receive 2014 James B. Macelwane Medals
Rajdeep Dasgupta, Christian Frankenberg, J. Taylor Perron, David Lawrence Shuster, and Jessica Erin Tierney were awarded the 2014 James B. Macelwane Medal at the AGU Fall Meeting Honors Ceremony, held on 17 December 2014 in San Francisco, Calif. The medal is for “significant contributions to the geophysical sciences by an outstanding early career scientist.”
Hiroo Kanamori Receives 2014 William Bowie Medal
Hiroo Kanamori was awarded the 2014 William Bowie Medal, AGU’s highest honor.
Two Students Win AGU Scholarships
Caterina Brighi is the recipient of the 2014 David S. Miller Young Scientist Scholarship, and Megan Behnke is the 2014 recipient of the David E. Lumley Scholarship.
2014 AGU Section and Focus Group Awardees and Named Lecturers
Thirty-eight scientists have been selected by AGU sections and focus groups to receive awards in 2014.