Geological Society Awards and Fund Winners
We offer utmost congratulations to our 2024 Award and Fund recipients:
The following people have been named as Awards and Fund winners this year:
Wollaston Medal
Prof Trond Helge Torsvik, University of Oslo
Lyell Medal
Prof Lynne Frostick CBE, University of Hull
Murchison Medal
Prof David Pyle, University of Oxford
William Smith Medal
Dr Jacqueline Skipper, Geotechnical Consulting Group LLP
Sue Tyler Friedman Medal
Dr Martina Kolbl-Ebert, Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich
Dewey Medal
Prof Rob Strachan, University of Portsmouth
Coke Medal
Prof Iain Stewart, Royal Scientific Society, Jordan
Distinguished Service Award
Jennifer Brzozowksa, Oil and Gas Authority (Retired)
R H Worth Award
Prof John Howell, University of Aberdeen
Bigsby Medal
Prof Daniela Schmidt, University of Bristol
Wollaston Fund
Dr Jennifer Jenkins, Durham University
Lyell Fund
Dr Leonardo Muniz Pichel, University of Bergen
Murchison Fund
Dr Lara Mani, University of Cambridge
William Smith Fund
Dr Luke Wedmore, Verisk Extreme Event Solutions
President’s Award
Princess Aira Buma, University of Cambridge
President’s Award
Monica Alejandra Gomez Correa, Universitat Hamburg and GeoLatinas
Awards 2025: Invitation to nominate
Fellows of the Society are invited to submit nominations for the Society’s Awards and Funds 2025. We warmly encourage nominations representative of all demographics, and in particular nominations for our Early Career Funds to recognise outstanding contributions by early career scientists.
For more information, visit www.geolsoc.org.uk/About/Awards-Grants-and-Bursaries/Society-Awards. Please contact secretary@geolsoc.org.uk with any queries.