EGU Awards

GeoTalk: A new view on how ocean currents move

Olivia Trani June 15, 2018

Meet Jan Zika, winner of the 2018 Ocean Sciences Division Outstanding Early Career Scientists Award, pictured here on a research vessel in the Southern Ocean. Credit: Jan Zika.

Geotalk is a regular feature highlighting early career researchers and their work. In this interview we speak to Jan Zika, an oceanographer at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. This year he was recognized for his contributions to ocean dynamics research as the winner of the 2018 Ocean Sciences Division Outstanding Early Career Scientists Award. First, could you introduce your ...[Read More]

EGU announces 2018 awards and medals

Laura Roberts-Artal October 10, 2017

Some of last year's ECS awardees with the EGU President and Vice-President at the EGU 2017 Awards Ceremony (Credit: EGU/Foto Pfluegl).

From 8th to the 14th October a number of countries across the globe celebrate Earth Science Week, so it is a fitting time to celebrate the exceptional work of Earth, planetary and space scientist around the world. Yesterday, the EGU announced the 49 recipients of next year’s Union Medals and Awards, Division Medals, and Division Outstanding Early Career Scientists Awards. The aim of the awards is ...[Read More]

Gender equality in the geosciences: is it a numbers game?

Hazel Gibson June 24, 2016

The Division Medallists from EGU 2016 (Credit: EGU/CNTV)

Here’s a tricky question for you. Try and name a woman in geoscience who has won an award for their studies in the last 5 years? How about a man? Chances are it is much easier to think of a male geoscientist who has won an award than a female one, but is that because more men win awards in geoscience than women (compared to the number of male and female geoscientists)? This was the question that w ...[Read More]