The Science Innovation Award is an award bestowed annually by the European Association of Geochemistry on a scientist who has made "a particularly important and innovative breakthrough in geochemistry", and consists of a medal and certificate. The specific subject area of the award varies according to a five-year cycle:
Medal cycle
| Years |
Medal
|
| 2008, 2013 etc. |
the Nicholas Shackleton medal for work in climatology
|
| 2009, 2014 etc. |
the Samuel Epstein medal for work in isotope geochemistry
|
| 2010, 2015 etc. |
the Werner Stumm medal for work in low temperature and surface geochemistry
|
| 2011, 2016 etc. |
the Ted Ringwood medal for work in petrology and mineral physics
|
| 2012, 2017 etc. |
the Heinz A. Lowenstam medal for work in biogeochemistry
|
Former recipients of the Science Innovation Award are, in reverse chronological order:
Science Innovation Award winners
| Year |
Name(s) |
Medal
|
| 2022 |
Lenny Winkel, ETH Zürich, Switzerland |
Heinz A. Lowenstam Medal
|
| 2021 |
Fabrice Gaillard, Institute of Earth Sciences at Orléans, France |
Ted Ringwood Medal
|
| 2020 |
Kevin Russo, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, United States |
Werner Stumm Medal
|
| 2019 |
Ariel Anbar, Arizona State University, United States |
Samuel Epstein Medal
|
| 2018 |
Jess Adkins, Caltech, United States |
Nicholas Shackleton Medal
|
| 2017 |
Bo Thamrup, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark |
Heinz A. Lowenstam medal
|
| 2016 |
Jon Blundy, University of Bristol, United Kingdom |
Ted Ringwood Medal
|
| 2015 |
Philippe Van Cappellen, University of Waterloo, Canada |
Werner Stumm Medal
|
| 2014 |
James Farquhar, University of Maryland, United States |
Samuel Epstein Medal
|
| 2013 |
Jérôme Chappellaz, French National Center for Scientific Research and Joseph Fourier University, France |
Nicholas Shackleton Medal
|
| 2012 |
Katherine Freeman, Pennsylvania State University, United States and Daniel Sigman, Princeton University, United States |
Heinz A. Lowenstam medal
|
| 2011 |
Kei Hirose, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan |
Ted Ringwood Medal
|
| 2010 |
William H. Casey, UC Davis, United States |
Werner Stumm Medal
|
| 2009 |
John M. Eiler, Caltech, United States |
Samuel Epstein Medal
|
| 2008 |
R. Lawrence Edwards, University of Minnesota, United States |
Nicholas Shackleton Medal
|
