Paul Pellas-Graham Ryder Award
Encyclopedia
The Paul Pellas-Graham Ryder Award is jointly sponsored by the Meteoritical Society
and the Planetary Geology Division of the Geological Society of America
. It recognizes the best planetary science paper, published during the previous year in a peer-reviewed scientific journal, and written by an undergraduate or graduate student (as first author). The topics covered by the award are listed on the cover of Meteoritics and Planetary Science. It has been given since 2001, and honors the memories of the incomparable meteoriticist
Paul Pellas and lunar scientist Graham Ryder
.
Meteoritical Society
The Meteoritical Society is a non-profit scholarly organization founded in 1933 to promote research and education in planetary science with emphasis on studies of meteorites and other extraterrestrial materials that further our understanding of the origin and history of the solar system.The...
and the Planetary Geology Division of the Geological Society of America
Geological Society of America
The Geological Society of America is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the advancement of the geosciences. The society was founded in New York in 1888 by Alexander Winchell, John J. Stevenson, Charles H. Hitchcock, John R. Proctor and Edward Orton and has been headquartered at 3300 Penrose...
. It recognizes the best planetary science paper, published during the previous year in a peer-reviewed scientific journal, and written by an undergraduate or graduate student (as first author). The topics covered by the award are listed on the cover of Meteoritics and Planetary Science. It has been given since 2001, and honors the memories of the incomparable meteoriticist
Meteoritics
Meteoritics is a science that deals with meteorites and other extraterrestrial materials that further our understanding of the origin and history of the solar system. A specialist who studies meteoritics is known as a meteoriticist....
Paul Pellas and lunar scientist Graham Ryder
Graham Ryder
Graham Ryder was an English geologist and lunar scientist.He was educated at the University of Wales, Swansea, receiving his B.Sc. in 1970. He then earned a Ph.D. in geology from Michigan State University in 1974. His post-doctoral work was performed at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.Dr...
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| Paper published | Year awarded | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2001 | Natasha Johnson |
| 2001 | 2002 | Björn Davidsson |
| 2002 | 2003 | Nicolas Dauphas |
| 2003 | 2004 | Soichi Itoh |
| 2004 | 2005 | Danielle Wyrick |
| 2005 | 2006 | James E. Richardson Jr. |
| 2006 | 2007 | Alice Toppani |
| 2007 | 2008 | Mathieu Touboul |
| 2008 | 2009 | Bethany L. Ehlmann |
| 2009 | 2010 | Vishnu Reddy |
| 2010 | 2011 | Andrew W. Beck |