2021 Medalists

AGU Medals Program Overview

AGU Medals are among the most esteemed in the Earth and space sciences, and the highest honors bestowed by the Union. Medalists are recognized for their scientific body of work as well as their sustained impact within the Earth and space sciences community. They remind us of the enormous impact scientific innovation can have when it is allowed to flourish.

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William Bowie Medal

James L. Burch

Southwest Research Institute

John Adam Fleming Medal

David Dunlop

University of Toronto

Walter H. Bucher Medal

Mark Harrison

University of California, Los Angeles

Maurice Ewing Medal

Eelco Johan Rohling

Australian National University

Robert E. Horton Medal

Diane M. McKnight

University of Colorado Boulder

Harry H. Hess Medal

Peter B. Kelemen

Columbia University

Roger Revelle Medal

Clara Deser

National Center for Atmospheric Research

Inge Lehmann Medal

Jean-Paul Montagner

Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris

Joanne Simpson Medal for Mid-Career Scientists

Anna M. Michalak

Carnegie Institution for Science

Jennifer Biddle

University of Delaware

Jacob Bortnik

University of California, Los Angeles

James B. Macelwane Medal

Elizabeth A. Barnes

Colorado State University

Christopher Chen

Queen Mary University of London

Ciaran J. Harman

Johns Hopkins University

Christopher Reinhard

Georgia Institute of Technology

Anja Schmidt

University of Cambridge

Devendra Lal Memorial Medal

Vimal Mishra

Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar