In April, at its 27th general assembly in Nice, France, the European Geophysical Society (EGS) presented several awards.
Bengt Hultqvist, director emeritus of the Swedish Institute of Space Physics, received the Hannes Alfvén Medal for his “important contributions to auroral and magnetospheric physics and his leading role in initiating and supporting space research projects both nationally and internationally.” He currently is the secretary general of the International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy.
The David Robert Bates Medal was given to Dominique Bockelée-Morvan for her “exceptional observations and interpretations of the composition of comets.” She is a director of research with the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and is an astronomer with the Paris Observatory’s laboratory of spatial studies and instrumentation in astrophysics (LESIA).
Klaus Hasselmann received the Vilhelm Bjerknes Medal for his “pioneering contributions to the theory and modeling of ocean-atmosphere interaction and climate variability, which have improved...
