2020 Section Awardees & Named Lectures
AGU Section Honors Overview
AGU sections recognize the outstanding work of individuals in their scientific discipline every year by hosting nearly 30 named lecture presentations and presenting more than 40 awards and prizes. Awardees are chosen for their meritorious work or service toward the advancement and promotion of Earth and space sciences. These individuals, in various career stages, represent some of the most innovative minds in their disciplines.
Atmospheric and Space Electricity Section
Atmospheric and Space Electricity Early Career Award
Atmospheric Sciences Section
Atmospheric Sciences Ascent Award
Future Horizons in Climate Science: Turco Lectureship
Jacob Bjerknes Lecture
James R. Holton Award
Jule Gregory Charney Lecture
Yoram J. Kaufman Outstanding Research and Unselfish Cooperation Award
Biogeosciences Section
Sulzman Award for Excellence in Education and Mentoring
Thomas Hilker Early Career Award for Excellence in Biogeosciences
Cryosphere Sciences Section
Cryosphere Early Career Award
John F. Nye Lecture
Earth and Planetary Surface Processes Section
G. K. Gilbert Award in Surface Processes
Luna B. Leopold Young Scientist Award
Marguerite T. Williams Award
Robert P. Sharp Lecture
Earth and Space Science Informatics Section
Greg Leptoukh Lecture
Geodesy Section
John Wahr Early Career Award
William Bowie Lecture
Geomagnetism, Paleomagnetism, and Electromagnetism Section Awards
Edward Bullard Lecture
William Gilbert Award
Global Environmental Change Section
Bert Bolin Global Environmental Change Award and Lecture
Global Environmental Change Early Career Award
Piers J. Sellers Global Environmental Change Mid-Career Award
Stephen Schneider Lecture
Tyndall History of Global Environmental Change Lecture
Hydrology Section
Horton Research Grant
Hydrologic Sciences Award
Hydrologic Sciences Early Career Award
Paul A. Witherspoon Lecture
Walter Langbein Lecture
Mineral and Rock Physics Section
John C. Jamieson Student Paper Award
Mineral and Rock Physics Early Career Award
Mineral and Rock Physics Graduate Research Award
Natural Hazards Section
Gilbert F. White Distinguished Award and Lecture
Natural Hazards Early Career Award
Natural Hazards Section Award for Graduate Research
Near-Surface Geophysics Section
GSSI Student Grant
Near-Surface Geophysics Early Career Achievement Award
Nonlinear Geophysics Section
Donald L. Turcotte Award
Ed Lorenz Lecture
Ocean Sciences Section
Harald Sverdrup Lecture
Ocean Sciences Voyager Award
Rachel Carson Lecture
William S. and Carelyn Y. Reeburgh Lecture
Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology Section
Harry Elderfield Student Paper Award
Nanne Weber Early Career Award
Willi Dansgaard Award
Planetary Sciences Section
Eugene Shoemaker Lecture
Fred Whipple Award and Lecture
Ronald Greeley Early Career Award in Planetary Sciences
Seismology Section
Beno Gutenberg Lecture
Keiiti Aki Young Scientist Award
Space Physics and Aeronomy Section
Basu United States Early Career Award for Research in Sun–Earth Systems Science
Fred L. Scarf Award
James Van Allen Lecture
Marcel Nicolet Lecture
Space Physics and Aeronomy Richard Carrington Education and Public Outreach Award
Sunanda and Santimay Basu International Early Career Award in Sun–Earth Systems Science
William B. Hanson Lecture
Study of the Earth’s Deep Interior Section
Study of the Earth’s Deep Interior Section Award for Graduate Research
Tectonophysics Section
Francis Birch Lecture
Jason Morgan Early Career Award
Volcanology, Geochemistry, and Petrology Section
Hisashi Kuno Award
Norman L. Bowen Award and Lecture
Reginald Daly Lecture
Joint Section Awards
Cesare Emiliani Lecture
Paul G. Silver Award for Outstanding Scientific Service
Joint Lecture
Carl Sagan Lecture