Honors

AGU Fellows

Fellows nominations for the 2021 Class of AGU Fellows is now open until 15 April 2021

Past Fellows from the OS section and Citations. (See here for a complete list of all AGU Fellows affiliated with the OS section.)

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Honors

Upcoming Nomination Deadlines

• AGU Awards and medals: 2021 nomination cycle is now open until 15 April 2021
  
• AGU Fellows: 2021 nomination cycle is now open until 15 April 2021
  
• Sverdrup Lecture: nominations are open until 15 April 2021
  
• Rachel Carson Lecture: nominations are open until 15 April 2021
  
• Reeburgh Lecture: the Reeburgh lecture is sponsored by Biogeosciences in 2021
  
• Voyager Award: the Voyager Award is presented in even years
• Ocean Sciences Award: nominations are open until 15 April 2021
• Early Career Award: nominations are open until 15 April 2021

Rachel Carson Lecture

The Rachel Carson Lecture honors the life and work of marine biologist Rachel Carson. The person chosen to present the lecture is a female scientist who exemplifies Rachel Carson’s work with cutting-edge ocean science, especially science relevant to societal concerns. This Ocean Sciences section named lecture is presented annually during the AGU Fall Meeting.

Nominations are open until 15 April 2021.

For more information, please contact Bob Anderson, chair of the OS Honors and Recognition Committee.

Award Criteria & Nomination Requirements.

Past Lecturer

• Heidi M. Sosik, 2019. “Observing Plankton in the 21st Century: Big Data and Big Surprises” (FM19, OS32B-01)
• Claire B. Paris, 2018. “Larval Odyssey and Marine Population Connectivity, Now and Tomorrow” (FM18, OS32C-01)
• Paola M. Rizzoli, 2017. “Venice: Fifty years after the great flood of November 4, 1966” (FM17, OS33D-01)
• Virginia Armbrust, 2016. “Hidden Worlds of Marine Microbes“. (FM16, OS33A)
• Mary Jane Perry, 2015. “The Subpolar North Atlantic Spring Bloom – What Did We Learn from the NAB 2008 Autonomous Experiment? ” (FM15, OS33B) (to see the video, go here, click “Register” or “Login” as appropriate – registration is free. Once you are into the site, search content for “Rachel Carson” or “OS33B”)  (photo)
• Bess Ward, 2014. “Nitrogen Loss Processes and Nitrous Oxide Turnover in Oceanic Oxygen Minimum Zones“ (FM14, OS24B) (photo) (watch – requires AGU login)Adina Paytan, 2013. “Addressing Global Environmental Challenges through Interdisciplinary Biogeochemical Research” (To view the abstract go here, enter “OS23B-01” into the search box, scroll down to Tuesday and click “view presentation”) (FM13, OS23B)
• Nancy Rabalais, 2012. “Significance and insignificance of the 2011 Mississippi Flood to Surrounding Waters“Joanie Kleypas, 2009. “Ocean Acidification and Coral Reef Ecosystems: A Simple Concept with Complex Findings“
• Mary Silver, 2008 (webcast – look under 28 May). “Algal Toxins in the Deep Blue Sea: an Environmental Concern?“
• M. Pilar Cornejo R. de Grunauer, 2007. “Crossing the Threshold: From Climate to its Human Dimensions” (abstract unavailable – JA07 session OS44B)
• Mimi Koehl, 2006. “Hydrodynamics on the Scales of Biological Processes” (abstract unavailable – JA06 session OS24A)
• Meg Tivey, 2005 (webcast). “Seafloor Hydrothermal Vents and Their Impact on the Composition of the Ocean Crust, Ocean Chemistry, and Biological Activity in the Deep Sea“.
• Ann Gargett, 2004. “Beyond Correlations: The Search for Mechanisms Underlying Coupled Climate/Ecosystem Variability in the Oceans“
• Judith McKenzie, 2003. “The Search for Life within the Subseafloor Ocean: A Journey to ‘The Edge of the Sea‘”
• Jane Lubchenco, 2002 (webcast). “Seas the Day: Learning to Navigate Uncharted Waters“Susan Lozier, 2001. “Pathways and Climate of the Deep North Atlantic“.
• Cindy Van Dover, 2000. “Beyond The Edge of the Sea: Volcanoes and Life in the Deep Ocean“
• Sharon Smith, 1999. “The Sea of the Zanj: The Ocean’s Response to Monsoon Winds” (abstract unavailable – SM99 session OS41B)Penny Chisholm, 1998. “Relating Structure and Function in Marine Ecosytems”. (abstract unavailable – SM98 session OS22C)

Harald Ulrik Sverdrup Lecture

(Union Lecture designated by OS Section)

The Harald Ulrik Sverdrup Lecture honors the life and work of geophysicist, Harald Sverdrup. This Ocean Sciences section named lecture is presented at the AGU Fall Meeting in even-numbered years as well as at the Ocean Sciences Meeting in even-numbered years.

The Sverdrup Lecture is also a part of the Bowie Lecture series, which was inaugurated in 1989 to commemorate the 50th presentation of the William Bowie Medal, which is AGU’s highest honor and named for its first president. Sverdrup is a past recipient of the William Bowie medal.

The Sverdrup Lecturer is selected for exemplifying Harald Sverdrup’s work with outstanding contributions to the basic science of the atmosphere and the oceans and/or unselfish service promoting cooperation in atmospheric and oceanographic research.

Nominations are open until 15 April 2021.

For more information, please contact Bob Anderson, chair of the OS Honors and Recognition Committee.

Award Criteria & Nomination Requirements.

Past lecturers

• Mary-Louise Timmermans, 2020. “The Arctic Ocean Unraveled: Anticipating an ice-free Future” (OSM20, SDCC - 6A-F, UL)
• Raymond Schmitt, 2018. “The Surprising Skill of Sea Surface Salinity in Seasonal Prediction of Precipitation on Land” (FM18, OS33A-1)
• Sybil Seitzinger, 2018. “Nitrogen hunting from land to ocean” (OSM18)
• Susan Wijffels, 2016. “Detecting Anthropogenic Climate Forcing in the Ocean“. (FM16, OS52A)
• Fiammetta Straneo, 2016. “Glaciers on the Loose: Navigating the Perilous Waters of Ice Sheet – Ocean Interactions and Interdisciplinary Science“. (OS16) (To watch online, go here. Login or register as appropriate and choose “Society Award Lectures”. See also this photo)
• Steve Emerson, 2014. (watch – requires AGU login; photo) “Evaluating the Ocean’s Biological Carbon Pump” (FM14, OS027-O)
• Dennis Hansell, 2014. (watch) “Dissolved Organic Matter in the Ocean Carbon Cycle” (OS14)
• Lisa Levin, 2012. (watch) “Deep Margins Under Pressure: Sustaining Biodiversity and Function where Climate Change and Humans Collide” (FM12, OS53F)
• Debbie Steinberg, 2012. “Long-term Changes in the Role of Zooplankton in Ocean Biogeochemical Processes” (OS12)
• Charles Eriksen, 2010 (watch). “The Autonomous Revolution: Transforming Ocean Observation with Mobile Platforms” (FM10, OS13H)
• Robert Anderson, 2010. “Wind-Driven Upwelling in the Southern Ocean, Atmospheric CO2, and the End of the Last Ice Age” (abstract unavailable – OS10)
• Rana Fine, 2008. “Chlorofluorocarbons: The Oceans’ Inadvertent Canary” (FM08, OS42A)
• Victoria Fabry, 2008. “Ocean Acidification: Hunamkind’s Global Geochemical Experiment  with Uncertain Ecological Consequences” (OS08)
• Edouard Bard, 2006. “The Last Deglaciation as a Test Bench for Studying the Mysteries of Ocean Evolution” (FM06, OS23F)
• Barbara Hickey, 2006. “Freshwater Influences on Coastal Productivity and Harmful Algal Blooms” (sorry, link does not work!) (OS06)
• Alice L. Alldredge, 2004 (webcast – Scroll down to Wednesday). “Marine Snow and Gels: Hot Spots of Biogeochemical Cycling, Biological Activity, and Sedimentation in the Sea” (FM04, OS31B)
• Lawrence Mysak, 2004. “The Oceans and Climate: Earth System Models and Their Application to Abrupt and Not-so-abrupt Changes” (sorry, link does not work!) (OS04)
• William Jenkins, 2002. “What Oceanographers are Learning From Transient Tracers” (FM02, OS11F)
• Jorge Sarmiento, 2002. “The Ocean Carbon Cycle: How Well Do We Understand It?”
• Cindy Lee, 2000. “Particle Fluxes in the Sea” (no abstract) (FM00, OS12G)
• Michael J. McPhaden, 1998. “The 1997-98 El Nino in Review: Lessons and Challenges for Climate Research” (OS32-F)
• Paul Quay, 1997. “Is a Balanced Carbon Budget Measurable in the Surface Ocean?” (OS42-D)
• Michael S. McCartney, 1996. “The North Atlantic Ocean in Climate and Climate Change” (FM96)
• Margaret Delaney, 1995. “Paleoceanography: State of Art and the Future” (OS96)
• Kenneth S. Johnson, 1994. “The Iron Experiment: Advances in Instrumentation and a New Class of Ocean Experiments ” (FM94)
• Russ Davis, 1994. “In Situ Observation of Ocean Climate” (OS94)
• Mark Cane, 1993. “Progress in Predicting El Nino and the Southern Oscillation” (FM93)
• Eric Kunze, 1992. “Finescale Ocean Processes” (FM92)

Reeburgh Lecture

The goal of the William S. and Carelyn Y. Reeburgh Lecture is to recognize a prominent scientist who is making an impact in the fields of Ocean Sciences or Biogeosciences with novel field or laboratory measurements and to create opportunities for AGU members to interact with well-known and accomplished scientists and peers by sponsoring an annual lecture at the AGU Fall Meeting, alternating between the Biogeosciences and Ocean Sciences sections.

The Lecture will be given in even years in Ocean Sciences and in odd years in Biogeosciences at the Fall Meeting. The first OS Reeburgh Lecture was presented at the 2016 Fall Meeting.

Nominations for the OS version of the award are being accepted by the AGU Ocean Sciences section. Please submit your nomination package or Reeburgh Lecture inquiries to Bob Anderson, Ocean Sciences honors and recognition chair.

Award Criteria & Nomination Requirements.

Past Awardees

• Colleen Hansel, 2019 (BGS). “Beyond the Light: The Biological Production and Biogeochemical Consequences of Dark Reactive Oxygen Species in the Ocean“. (FM19, B43L)
• Allan Devol, 2018 (OS). “Denitrification in the Eastern Tropical North Pacific“. (FM18, OS43G)
• Katherine H. Freeman, 2017 (BGS). “Following Carbon Isotopes from Methane to Molecules“. (FM17, B52D)
• Ronald Oremland, 2016 (OS). “Acetylene Fermentation: Primordial Biogeochemistry, the Search for Life in the Outer Solar System, and maybe some Earthly Bioremediation too“. (FM16, OS52C)
• Gary King, 2015 (BGS). “ Extreme Halophiles and Carbon Monoxide: Looking Through Windows at Earth’s Past and Towards a Future on Mars“ (FM15, B11M)

Ocean Sciences Award

Established in 1982, the Ocean Sciences Award is presented in alternate years. Initially it was awarded for outstanding service to the ocean sciences. In 2013 the scope of this award was changed to reward outstanding leadership or service to the ocean sciences.

Nominations are open until 15 April 2021.

Nomination Criteria.

Past Awardees

• Paula S. Bontempi, 2019 (photo)
• Douglas C. Webb, 2017 
• Don Rice, 2015 
• Eric Lindstrom, 2013
• Jim Swift, 2011
• Reiner Schlitzer, 2010
• H. Lawrence Clark, 2008
• Worth Nowlin, 2006
• Bilal Haq, 2004
• Thomas Kinder, 2004
• Richard B. Lambert, Jr., 1999
• Polly A. Penhale, 1997
• Donald F. Heinrichs, 1996
• Mary Hope Katsouros, 1996
• Robert Heinmiller, 1995
• Neil R. Andersen, 1994
• Nicholas Paul Fofonoff, 1989
• John A. Knauss, 1988
• Gordon R. Hamilton, 1987
• J. Michael Hall, 1986
• Curtis A. Collins, 1985
• W. Stanley Wilson, 1984
• Wayne V. Burt, 1984
• Feenan D. Jennings, 1984
• Robert E. Wall, 1983
• Richard C. Vetter, 1983
• Eugene C. LaFond. 1982

Early Career Award

The Early Career Award is given to a member of the Ocean Sciences Section in recognition of significant contributions to and promise in the ocean sciences. The awardee must be in the first ten post-doctoral degree years of their career. One award will be given at the Fall Meeting every other year, beginning in 2002. The award will include a grant for travel to AGU meetings funded by the contributions of members of the Ocean Sciences Section. The award consists of a certificate; travel support, funded by the contributions of AGU Ocean Sciences section members, to attend the AGU Fall Meeting during the award presentation year; and an Eos announcement.

Award recipients are chosen by the Ocean Sciences Honors Committee. 

For more information, please contact Bob Anderson, chair of the OS Honors and Recognition Committee.

Nomination Criteria

Past Awardees

• Nicole S. Lovenduski, 2019 (photo)
• Kristopher Karnauskas, 2017 
• Angel White, 2015 
• Andrew Thompson, 2013
• Baylor Fox-Kemper, 2011
• Josh Willis, 2011
• Kelly Benoit-Bird, 2008
• Andreas Schmittner and Claudia Benitez-Nelson, 2006
• Adina Paytan, 2004
• Craig Carlson, 2002

Voyager Award

Established in 2013, the goal of this award is to recognize significant contributions in the ocean sciences within 10 to 20 years post-degree, including, for example, the awardee’s research impact, innovative interdisciplinary work, educational accomplishments (mentoring), societal impact, or other relevant contributions, and to acknowledge that the awardee shows exceptional promise for continued leadership in ocean sciences. It is awarded bi-annually and presented at the Oceans Section Luncheon/Reception of the Fall Meeting every other year.

Nominees must be a member or affiliate of the AGU Ocean Sciences Section.

Award Criteria & Nomination Requirements.

Nominations can be submitted using Open Water (AGU login required). For more information, please contact Bob Anderson, chair of the OS Honors and Recognition Committee.

Past Awardees

• Andrea G Grottoli, 2018
• Laurent Bopp, 2016
• Benjamin Horton, 2014

Outstanding Student Presentation Award

• Fall Meeting 2019
• Fall Meeting 2018
• Fall Meeting 2017
• Fall Meeting 2016
• Fall Meeting 2015 (Use this link. Or go here and scroll down to “Ocean Sciences”.)
• Fall Meeting 2014 (Scroll down to “Ocean Sciences”. Or go here and scroll down to “Ocean Sciences”. Or go here for photos and citations.)
• Fall Meeting 2013 (pdf)
• Fall Meeting 2012 (pdf)
• Fall Meeting 2011 (pdf)
• Fall Meeting 2010 (pdf)
• Fall Meeting 2009 (pdf)
• Fall Meeting 2008 (pdf)
• Joint Assembly 2008 (pdf)
• 2006-2007