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MAL – Medal & Award Lectures

MAL1
Alexander von Humboldt Medal Lecture by Walter W. Immerzeel
Conveners: Peter van der Beek, Marian Holness
MAL2
Alfred Wegener Medal Lecture by Thomas F. Stocker
Conveners: Peter van der Beek, Marian Holness
MAL3
Arthur Holmes Medal Lecture by Michael Paul Searle
Conveners: Peter van der Beek, Marian Holness
MAL4
Jean Dominique Cassini Medal Lecture by Martin Bizzarro
Conveners: Peter van der Beek, Marian Holness
MAL5-CR
Arne Richter Award for Outstanding ECS Lecture by Kaitlin Naughten
Convener: Daniel Farinotti | Co-convener: Carleen Tijm-Reijmer
MAL6-NH
Arne Richter Award for Outstanding ECS Lecture by Nivedita Sairam
Convener: Heidi Kreibich
MAL7-NP
Arne Richter Award for Outstanding ECS Lecture by Francisco de Melo Viríssimo
Convener: Davide Faranda
MAL9
Angela Croome Award Lecture by Joshua Howgego
Conveners: Peter van der Beek, Marian Holness
MAL10
Champion(s) for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Award Lecture by Rie S. Hori
Conveners: Peter van der Beek, Marian Holness
MAL11
Katia and Maurice Krafft Award Lecture by Philip Heron
Conveners: Peter van der Beek, Marian Holness
MAL12
EGU Science for Policy Award Lecture by the Science for Policy Team of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters
Convener: Solmaz MohadjerECSECS
MAL13-SSS
Alina Kabata-Pendias Medal Lecture by Bettina Weber
Convener: Heike Knicker
MAL14-GD
Augustus Love Medal Lecture by Saskia Goes
Convener: Laetitia Le Pourhiet
MAL15-SM
Beno Gutenberg Medal Lecture by Satoshi Ide
Convener: Alice-Agnes Gabriel
MAL16-GI

This session is dedicated to the award division ceremony and medal lecture of the Christiaan Huygens Medal (2026 edition), conferred by the Geosciences Instrumentation and Data Systems (GI) Division of the European Geosciences Union.
The Christiaan Huygens Medal was established by the GI Division to recognise outstanding and sustained contributions to the advancement of geoscientific instrumentation, observational methodologies, and data systems within the scope of the Division. The medal is awarded for a major innovation, development, or discovery that has had a significant and lasting impact on its field, or for a coherent body of work carried out over an extended period that has led to substantial scientific and technological progress.

Convener: Pietro Tizzani | Co-conveners: Raffaele Castaldo, Maurizio Fedi
MAL17-PS
David Bates Medal Lecture by Patrick Irwin
Convener: Anezina Solomonidou
MAL18-ST
Hannes Alfvén Medal Lecture by Zdeněk Němeček and Jana Šafránková
Convener: Alexis Rouillard
MAL19-CL
Hans Oeschger Medal Lecture by Friederike E.L. Otto
Convener: Kerstin Treydte
MAL20-HS
Henry Darcy Medal Lecture by Sally E. Thompson
Convener: Alberto Viglione
MAL21-SSP

In this session the Stratigraphy Sedimentology and Paleontology Division (SSP) celebrates the Jean Baptiste Lamarck Medal. This year the SSP Jean Baptiste Lamarck Medal has been awarded to Benjamin Bomfleur for his contribution in the field of paleontology. A lecture by Benjamin Bomfleur will be part of this session.

Convener: Cinzia Bottini | Co-convener: Alicia FantasiaECSECS
MAL22-HS
John Dalton Medal Lecture by Thorsten Wagener
Convener: Alberto Viglione
MAL23-CR
Julia and Johannes Weertman Medal Lecture by Olaf Eisen
Convener: Daniel Farinotti | Co-convener: Carleen Tijm-Reijmer
MAL24-NP
Lewis Fry Richardson Medal Lecture by Anastasios A. Tsonis
Convener: Davide Faranda
MAL25-EMRP
Louis Néel Medal Lecture by Francois Renard
Convener: Sergio Vinciguerra
MAL26-TS

Marie Tharp Medal Lecture by Christian Teyssier

The Marie Tharp Medal is awarded to scientists in recognition of their outstanding contributions to tectonics and structural geology. It acknowledges exceptional scientific achievements in advancing the understanding of tectonic processes that shape Earth's lithosphere and research that bridges these disciplines across spatial and temporal scales.

Convener: João Duarte | Co-convener: Paola Vannucchi
MAL27-SSS
Philippe Duchaufour Medal Lecture by Cornelia Rumpel
Convener: Heike Knicker
MAL28-NH
Plinius Medal Lecture by Amir AghaKouchak
Convener: Heidi Kreibich
MAL29-GM
Ralph Alger Bagnold Medal Lecture by Maarten G. Kleinhans
Convener: Kristen Cook
MAL30-GMPV
Robert Wilhelm Bunsen Medal Lecture by Giovanni Chiodini
Convener: Holly Stein
MAL31-NH
Sergey Soloviev Medal Lecture by Gerassimos A. Papadopoulos
Convener: Heidi Kreibich
MAL32-G

The Geodesy Division medal and award ceremony will feature the Geodesy Division Early Career Scientists (ECS) Award presentation given by Eva Börgens and the Vening Meinesz Medal lecture by Frank Flechtner.

Convener: Roelof Rietbroek | Co-convener: Anna Klos
MAL33-AS
Vilhelm Bjerknes Medal Lecture by Jonathan Williams
Convener: Philip Stier
MAL34-BG
Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky Medal Lecture by Thomas Stephen Bianchi
Convener: Ana Bastos
MAL35-AS
AS Division Outstanding ECS Award Lecture by Eva Pfannerstill
Convener: Philip Stier
MAL36-BG
BG Division Outstanding ECS Award Lecture by Anne Klosterhalfen
Convener: Ana Bastos
MAL38-EMRP
EMRP Division Outstanding ECS Award Lecture by Lucille Carbillet
Convener: Sergio Vinciguerra
MAL39-ERE
ERE Division Outstanding ECS Award Lecture by Wenzhuo Cao
Convener: Giorgia StasiECSECS
MAL40-G
G Division Outstanding ECS Award Lecture by Eva Boergens
Convener: Roelof Rietbroek
MAL41-GD
GD Division Outstanding ECS Award Lecture by Siavash Ghelichkhan
Convener: Laetitia Le Pourhiet
MAL42-GI

This session is dedicated to the award division ceremony and invited lecture of the GI Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award (2026 edition), conferred by the Geosciences Instrumentation and Data Systems (GI) Division of the European Geosciences Union.
The GI Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award (formerly the GI Division Outstanding Young Scientists Award) recognises outstanding scientific achievements by an Early Career Scientist in the field(s) of geoscientific instrumentation, observational methodologies, and data systems within the scope of the Division. The award is presented to researchers who have made innovative and influential contributions at an early stage of their career, demonstrating scientific excellence, originality, and strong potential for future leadership in the discipline.

Convener: Pietro Tizzani | Co-conveners: Raffaele Castaldo, Maurizio Fedi
MAL43-GM
GM Division Outstanding ECS Award Lecture by Dongfeng Li
Convener: Kristen Cook
MAL44-HS
HS Division Outstanding ECS Award Lecture by Larisa Tarasova
Convener: Alberto Viglione
MAL45-OS
OS Division Outstanding ECS Award Lecture by Tillys Petit
Convener: Joanna Staneva
MAL46-PS
PS Division Outstanding ECS Award Lecture by Hamish C.F.C. Hay
Convener: Anezina Solomonidou
MAL47-SM
SM Division Outstanding ECS Award Lecture by Kurama Okubo
Convener: Alice-Agnes Gabriel
MAL48-SSP

As every year, SSP recognizes and rewards the most outstanding ECS in SSP fields. This year the Outstanding ECS Award has been awarded to Matthias Sinnesael. The session will see the lecture by Matthias abut his research work.

Convener: Cinzia Bottini
MAL49-SSS
SSS Division Outstanding ECS Award Lecture by Layla Márquez San Emeterio
Convener: Heike Knicker
MAL50-ST
ST Division Outstanding ECS Award Lecture by Samuel Badman
Convener: Alexis Rouillard
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