
The Christiaan Huygens Medal is presented to Martin Hürlimann for his outstanding work in innovative instrumentation and analysis methods in the field of nuclear magnetic resonance to characterize fluid saturated porous media with geophysical application to sub-surface measurements.

The Julius Bartels Medal is presented to Hermann Lühr for his leadership roles in ground and space magnetometry in Europe, in particular as Principal Investigator of the magnetic field investigation of the CHAMP mission that has yielded much new information on a wide range of terrestrial magnetic phenomena.