Inge Lehmann Medal Explained

The Inge Lehmann Medal is given out by the American Geophysical Union to recognize "outstanding contributions to the understanding of the structure, composition, and dynamics of the Earth's mantle and core". The award was created in 1995 and named after seismologist Inge Lehmann who discovered Earth's inner core.^[1]

Past recipients

Source: American Geophysical Union

• 1997 Donald Helmberger^[2]
• 2000 Richard J. O'Connell
• 2001 John H. Woodhouse
• 2003 Francis Anthony Dahlen
• 2005 Thomas H. Jordan
• 2007 Ho-Kwang (Dave) Mao^[3]
• 2009 Barbara A. Romanowicz
• 2011 Donald Weidner^[4]
• 2013 Bradford H. Hager
• 2014 Thorne Lay
• 2015 Peter Olson
• 2016 Shun-ichiro Karato
• 2017 Brian Kennett
• 2018 Yoshio Fukao
• 2019 Ulrich R. Christensen
• 2020 Peter Shearer^[5]
• 2021 Jean-Paul Montagner
• 2022 Stephen Grand

See also

• List of geophysicists
• List of geophysics awards
• Prizes named after people

Notes and References

1. Web site: Inge Lehmann Medal . Honors program . American Geophysical Union . 28 February 2017.
2. Web site: Inge Lehmann Medal: Past recipients . Honors program . American Geophysical Union . 30 April 2020.
3. News: Hemley. Russell. Carnegie's Dave Mao awarded AGU's Inge Lehmann Medal. 26 November 2013. Carnegie Institution for Science news. 22 July 2007.
4. News: Donald J. Weidner to Receive 2011 Inge Lehmann Medal. 26 November 2013. Stony Brook University Happenings. 7 December 2011.
5. Web site: Announcing the 2020 AGU Union Medal, Award, and Prize Recipients. 11 November 2020.