Nier Prize

Summary

The Nier Prize is named after Alfred O. C. Nier. It is awarded annually by the Meteoritical Society and recognizes outstanding research in meteoritics and closely allied fields by young scientists. Recipients must be under 35 years old at the end of the calendar year in which they are selected.[1] The Leonard Medal Committee recommends to the Council candidates for the Nier Prize.

Nier Prize
Awarded forOutstanding research in meteoritics and closely allied fields by young scientists.
First awarded1996

Nier Prize Winners edit

Year Name[2]
1996 Laurie Leshin
1997 Timothy McCoy
1998 Gopalan Srinivasan
1999 Byeon-Gak Choi
2000 Meenakshi Wadhwa
2001 Larry Nittler
2002 Dante Lauretta
2003 Steven Desch
2004 Scott Messenger
2005 Nicolas Dauphas
2006 Matthieu Gounelle
2007 Thorsten Kleine
2008 Shogo Tachibana
2009 Gordon Osinski
2010 Daniel Glavin
2011 Fred Ciesla
2012 Fréderic Moynier
2013 Audrey Bouvier
2014 James M. D. Day
2015 Pierre Beck
2016 Greg Brennecka
2017 Francis McCubbin
2018 Lydia Hallis[3]
2019 Aki Takigawa
2020 Thomas Kruijer
2021 Nan Liu
2022 Arya Udry
2023 Jessica Barnes
2024 Elishevah van Kooten

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "The Nier Prize". Meteoritical Society. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  2. ^ "The Nier Prize winners". Meteoritical Society. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  3. ^ "UH planetary scientists internationally recognized". University of Hawai'i. Retrieved 27 August 2023.