A medal awarded annually by the American Geophysical Union

American Geophysical Union

The American Geophysical Union is a nonprofit organization of geophysicists, consisting of over 50,000 members from over 135 countries. AGU's activities are focused on the organization and dissemination of scientific information in the interdisciplinary and international field of geophysics...

 "to be awarded annually for significant contributions by outstanding young scientists." It is named after James B. Macelwane

James B. Macelwane

James B. Macelwane, S.J. was an American seismologist.Father Macelwane organized the Jesuit Seismological Service, whose central station is in St. Louis, Missouri.-External links:*...

, a Jesuit priest and one of the pioneers of seismology

Seismology

Seismology is the scientific study of earthquakes and the propagation of elastic waves through the Earth or through other planet-like bodies. The field also includes studies of earthquake effects, such as tsunamis as well as diverse seismic sources such as volcanic, tectonic, oceanic,...

. The medal is regarded as the highest honor for young scientists in the field of Geological and Planetary Sciences.

Medal recipients

Year	Recipient	Photo
2010	David B. Lobell
2010	Rosalind E. Rickaby
2010	Jasper A. Vrugt Jasper A. Vrugt Jasper A. Vrugt is a Dutch scientist/engineer/applied mathematician known for his work in the earth sciences: surface hydrology, soil physics, hydrogeophysics, hydrometeorology, and geophysics...
2009	Peter J. Huybers
2009	Miaki Ishii
2009	Benjamin P. Weiss
2008	James Badro
2008	Emily E. Brodsky
2008	Diane E. Pataki
2007	Amy C. Clement
2007	Jeanne Hardebeck
2007	Francis Nimmo Francis Nimmo Francis Nimmo is a Planetary Science Associate Professor at the University of California Santa Cruz. Nimmo attended Wolverhampton Grammar School and received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Geological Sciences from Cambridge University in 1993 and completed his Ph.D...
2006	Daniel J. Frost
2006	Jerry Goldstein Jerry Goldstein Jerry Goldstein is a space physicist whose research has focused on the Earth's plasmasphere, a high-altitude extension of the ionized portion of the planet's upper atmosphere...
2006	Jun Korenaga
2005	Paul Asimow
2005	A. Hope Jahren
2005	James T. Randerson
2004	Robin M. Canup Robin M. Canup Robin M. Canup is an American astrophysicist. She received her B.S. from Duke University and her PhD from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Her main area of research concerns the origins of planets and satellites. In 2003 she won the Harold C...
2004	Daniel Sigman Daniel Sigman Daniel Sigman is an American geoscientist, and the Dusenbury Professor of Geological and Geophysical Sciences in at Princeton University. Sigman received a MacArthur Foundation "genius grant" in 2009.He graduated from Stanford University with a B.S...
2004	David W. J. Thompson
2003	Kurt M. Cuffey
2003	Guido Salvucci
2003	Lianxing Wen Lianxing Wen Lianxing Wen is a Chinese seismologist, geodynamicist and planetary scientist, who has made fundamental contributions to many discoveries in the Earth's interior. His ability to formulate new theoretical methods and apply to new seismological observations have led to some of the most fundamental...
2002	George Katul
2002	John M. Eiler
2002	Michael Manga Michael Manga Michael Manga is a MacArthur Fellow and a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Part of his work has been funded by the National Science Foundation . The award from the NSF suppored his studies of geological fluid mechanics and...
2001	Vassilis Angelopoulos Vassilis Angelopoulos Vassilis Angelopoulos is a Greek American physicist. He is a specialist on Space and Astrophysical Plasmas. He is THEMIS principal investigator at the University of California, Berkeley's Space Sciences Laboratory, in Berkeley, California...
2001	Daniel P. Schrag Daniel P. Schrag Daniel P. Schrag is Sturgis Hooper Professor of Geology, Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering, Director of the University Center for the Environment, and Director of the Laboratory for Geochemical Oceanography at Harvard University. He is also an external professor at the Santa Fe...
2001	Azadeh Tabazadeh
2000	Scott Doney
2000	Erik Hauri
2000	Quentin Williams
1999	Jeroen Tromp
1999	Rainer Hollerbach
1999	Kenneth A. Farley
1998	Tuija I. Pulkkinen
1998	Lars P. Stixrude
1997	Edouard Bard
1997	Marc Parlange
1997	Robert van der Hilst
1996	David Bercovici
1996	Dara Entekhabi
1996	David Roy Hanson
1995	Stephen Fuselier
1995	Jonathan I. Lunine Jonathan Lunine Jonathan I. Lunine is an American planetary scientist and physicist. Lunine teaches at Cornell University, where he is the David C. Duncan Professor in the Physical Sciences. Having published more than 200 research papers, Lunine is at the forefront of research into planet formation, evolution, and...
1995	Jason Phipps Morgan
1994	Jeremy Bloxham
1994	Daniel J. Jacob
1994	John E. Vidale
1993	Michael Gurnis Mike Gurnis Michael Gurnis , is the John E. and Hazel S. Smits Professor of Geophysics at the California Institute of Technology.Dr...
1993	David J. McComas
1993	Margaret A. Tolbert
1992	Eric Kunze
1992	David G. Sibeck
1992	Terry C. Wallace
1991	Thomas A. Herring
1991	Roderic L. Jones
1991	Thorne Lay
1990	Steven M. Gorelick
1990	Paul Segall
1990	Ellen M. Druffel
1989	Richard G. Gordon
1989	Seth A. Stein
1989	William R. Young
1988	Douglas R. MacAyeal
1988	Marcia McNutt Marcia McNutt Marcia Kemper McNutt is an American geophysicist. She is director of the United States Geological Survey and science adviser to the United States Secretary of the Interior....
1988	Kevin B. Quest
1987	J. Leslie Smith
1987	Toshio Terasawa
1987	Mary Lou Zoback Mary Lou Zoback Mary Lou Zoback is an American geophysicist who led the World Stress Map Project of the International Lithosphere Program.-Career:Zoback attended Stanford University, receiving her B.S. in 1974, M.S. in 1975, and Ph.D. in 1978. She did a Post-Doctoral program with the National Research Council...
1986	Bradford H. Hager
1986	Edward M. Stolper
1986	Robert A. Weller
1985	William H. Matthaeus
1985	Susan Solomon Susan Solomon Susan Solomon is an atmospheric chemist working for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Solomon was one of the first to propose chlorofluorocarbons as the cause of the Antarctic ozone hole.Solomon is a member of the U.S...
1985	John M. Wahr
1984	Mary K. Hudson
1984	Raymond Jeanloz Raymond Jeanloz Raymond Jeanloz is a professor of earth and planetary science and of astronomy at the University of California, Berkeley. Educated at the California Institute of Technology, Amherst College and at Deep Springs College, he has contributed research fundamental to understanding of the composition of...
1984	John H. Woodhouse
1983	William L. Chameides
1983	Donald J. DePaolo
1983	Thomas H. Jordan
1982	Rafael L. Bras Rafael L. Bras Dr. Rafael L. Bras is an American Civil Engineer and currently serves as Provost to the Georgia Institute of Technology.-Academic:...
1982	Donald W. Forsyth
1982	Steven C. Wofsy
1981	Ronald G. Prinn
1981	David J. Southwood
1981	Donald J. Weidner
1980	Lawrence Grossman
1980	Thomas Westfall Hill
1980	Norman H. Sleep
1979	Ralph J. Cicerone
1979	Michael C. Kelley
1979	R. Keith O'Nions
1978	John M. Edmond John M. Edmond John Marmion Edmond FRS was a professor of marine geochemistry and oceanography at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who did pioneering work on oceanic particulate matter, the oceanic carbon dioxide cycle, trace elements, and radioisotopes...
1978	Thomas E. Holzer
1977	Paul G. Richards Paul G. Richards Paul G. Richards is an English-born, American seismologist who has made fundamental contributions to the theory of seismic wave link propagation and in methods to understand how the recorded shapes of seismic waves are affected by processes of diffraction, attenuation and scattering...
1977	Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe is a Venezuelan scientist. He currently serves as the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor at Princeton University...
1977	Christopher T. Russell Christopher T. Russell Christopher Thomas Russell is head of the Space Physics Center at the Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics at UCLA, professor in UCLA's Department of Earth and Space Sciences, and Director of the UCLA Branch of the California Space Grant Consortium. He received a B.Sc. from the...
1976	John S. Lewis John S. Lewis John S. Lewis is a professor of planetary science at the University of Arizona’s Lunar and Planetary Laboratory. His interests in the chemistry and formation of the solar system and the economic development of space have made him a leading proponent of turning potentially hazardous near-Earth...
1976	Kurt Lambeck Kurt Lambeck Kurt Lambeck is Professor of Geophysics at the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia. His current research interests include the interactions between ice sheets, oceans and the solid Earth, as well as changes in ocean levels and their impact on human populations.Lambeck is also...
1976	Robert L. Parker
1975	Dan McKenzie
1975	Vytenis M. Vasyliunas
1975	Gerald Schubert
1974	Amos M. Nur
1973	R. Allan Freeze
1972	John Michael Wallace John Michael Wallace John Michael Wallace is a professor of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Washington, as well as the former director of the Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean --a joint research venture between the University of Washington and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
1971	Carl I. Wunsch Carl Wunsch Carl Wunsch is the Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physical Oceanography at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is known for his early work in internal waves and more recently for research into the effects of ocean circulation on climate.- Career :Wunsch received his Ph. D. in...
1970	Lynn R. Sykes
1969	Richard S. Lindzen
1968	Michael B. McElroy
1967	Manik Talwani
1966	Don L. Anderson Don L. Anderson Don Lynn Anderson is an American geophysicist who has made important contributions to the determination of the large-scale structure of the Earth's interior, especially using seismological methods. He is Eleanor and John R. McMillan Professor emeritus of geophysics at the California Institute of...
1965	Gordon J. F. MacDonald Gordon J. F. MacDonald Gordon James Fraser MacDonald was an American geophysicist and environmental scientist, best known for his principled skepticism regarding continental drift , and later work on possible non-anthropogenic causes for global climate change...
1964	Klaus F. Hasselmann
1963	Alexander J. Dessler
1962	James N. Brune

External links

• James B. Macelwane Medal and Medal Recipients
• James B. Macelwane, S.J. bio