Paul Pellas-Graham Ryder Award

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Paul Pellas-Graham Ryder Award
Awarded forBest planetary science paper of previous year by an undergraduate or graduate student.
Sponsored by Meteoritical Society and Planetary Geology Division of the Geological Society of America
First awarded2002

The Paul Pellas-Graham Ryder Award is jointly sponsored by the Meteoritical Society and the Planetary Geology Division of the Geological Society of America. [1] 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 2002, and honors the memories of the incomparable meteoriticist Paul Pellas [2] and lunar scientist Graham Ryder.

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There have been 21 recipients of the award since its inception in 2002. The recipient's journal articles awarded have collectively been cited more than 2100 times as of December 31, 2019.

Paul Pellas-Graham Ryder Award Winners

Sources: Meteoritical Society, GSA Planetary Geology Division

Paul Pellas-Graham Ryder Award Winners [3]
Paper publishedYear awardedNameInstitutionGeneral Topic
2000 [4] 2002 Natasha Johnson Washington University Venus
2001 [5] 2003 Björn Davidsson Uppsala University Comets
2002 [6] 2004 Nicolas Dauphas University of Lorraine Solar Nebula (Isotopes)
2003 [7] 2005 Soichi Itoh Tokyo Institute of Technology Chondrules
2004 [8] 2006 Danielle Wyrick University of Texas, San Antonio Mars
2005 [9] & 2006 [10] 2007* James E. Richardson Jr. and Alice Toppani University of Arizona and University of Lorraine Asteroids and Solar Nebula
2007 [11] 2008 Mathieu Touboul ETH Zurich Moon
2008 [12] 2009 Bethany L. Ehlmann Brown University Mars
2009 [13] 2010 Vishnu Reddy University of North Dakota K-T Impact
2010 [14] 2011 Andrew W. Beck University of Tennessee Breccias
2011 [15] 2012 D. Alex Patthoff University of Idaho Enceladus
2012 [16] 2013 Christoph Burkhardt ETH Zurich Solar Nebula (Isotopes)
2013 [17] 2014 Eike Beitz Braunschweig University of Technology Chondrules
2014 [18] 2015 Steven M. Battaglia University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Io (moon)
2015 [19] [20] 2016** Romy D. Hanna and Tanya Harrison University of Texas, Austin and University of Western Ontario Murchison meteorite and Mars
2016 [21] [22] 2017** Gerrit Budde and James T. Keane University of Münster and University of Arizona Chondrules and Pluto
2017 [23] 2018 Emily Worsham University of Maryland iron meteorites
2018 [24] 2019 Simon Lock Harvard University Moon
2019 [25] 2020 Sabina Raducan Imperial College London Asteroids
2020 [26] 2021 Jan Hellmann University of Münster carbonaceous chondrites

*Timing of award adjusted by presenting two in the same year.

**Jointly awarded to two recipients in the same year.

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