The Else-Ragnhild Neumann Award
The award will be conferred to a woman that has impacted the field of Geosciences in a major way based on her Ph.D. and Postdoctoral research.
The award consists of a diploma and an honorarium of 50.000 NOK.
The award is named after Else-Ragnhild Neumann, Norway's first female professor of geology. It was first awarded at the Else-Ragnhild Neumann symposium / 80th anniversary on 7.12.18.
Requirements for nomination
The nominee should reside in Norway at the time of nomination. Women are eligible for the first 7 years following their degree, except in the case of significant interruptions to a research career.
Call for nominations 2023:
Nominations of candidates by deadline 15 October 2023 (pdf).
About the award
The Else-Ragnhild Neumann award honours the scientific contribution of Professor Else-Ragnhild Neumann. In 1981, she became the first female professor in Geosciences in Norway. Read more about her (in Norwegian): Et forskerliv i stein og vulkaner.
Neumann worked with the University of Oslo and are still active and publish about volcanism and links to mantle processes. She studied the Oslo region, the Canary Islands and other volcanic islands, the Siberian Traps and other areas that experienced significant magmatism.
Facts
The Else-Ragnhild Neumann Award for Women in Geosciences goes to women who have made a significant contribution to geosciences in their PhD or postdoctoral research.
Else-Ragnhild Neumann is Norway's first female professor of geology. The award was established in 2018.
Award Laureates
The 2023 award
For 2023, the award had one winner:
Prize winner Sofia Elisabeth Kjellman: for her achievements in the field of geoscience. She has a total of 11 published papers, 3 of these as a first author. She is highly active in organizing workshops and other activities, showcasing her dedication and involvement in geosciences. In addition she is involved in science communication, emphasised by the award committee.
See also: Presentation and the nomination of the award winner.
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The 2022 award
For 2022, the award had one winner, who was recognized at a CEED-symposium and conference, Oslo-Copenhagen, 7.12.2022:
Prize winner Jessica Ann McBeck: has a most impressive publication record, and her combination of using numerical modelling, laboratory experiments and utilisation of field data to get better forecasting of earthquakes is most interesting. It is obvious that her Ph.D. and postdoctoral research has impacted the field of geosciences in a major way.
See also: Presentation and the nomination of the award winner.
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The 2021 award
For 2021, the award had one winner. She was recognized at the conference "Ups and Downs on Planet Earth", organized by CEED at Voksenåsen, Oslo, 2.12.2021:
Prize winner Louise Mary Vick: has received national and international recognition within the field of geohazards and engineering geology. Her work is innovative and highly relevant to advance the understanding of the behavior of unstable mountain slopes in a changing climate.
See also: Presentation and the nomination of the award winner.
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The 2020 award
For 2020, the award had one winner. She was recognised at an digital event at Department of Geosciences, Blindern, Oslo, 18.12.2020:
Prize winner Ágnes Király: has outstanding results already obtained and on an important topic, with important implications in Geodynamics. She has a very good publication record and has given several invited lectures. The candidate is very promising young scientist.
See also: Presentation and the nomination of the award winner.
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The 2019 award
For 2019, the award had one winner, and she was recognised at a special event in Toppsenteret, Forskningsparken in Oslo, 22.11.2019:
Prize winner Andreia Plaza-Faverola: the award committee concluded the research outcome of Andreia Plaza-Faverola deserves recognition due to its originality, high quality and impact. Her research in marine geophysics is original as she links gas emission occurrences in Arctic marine environment with the effects of glaciation/deglaciation and changes in tectonic stress.
See also: Presentation and the nomination of the award winner.
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The 2018 award
The 2018 award had two winners, and they were recognised at the special symposium for Else-Ragnhild Neumann 80st anniversary on 7.12.2018:
Prize winner Anja Røyne: deserved recognition for her investigations of mineral growth in porous media, fluid and hydration and crystal growth that provides a very interesting contribution to the poorly known nano- and micro-scale processes.
Prize winner Grace E. Shephard: always make original, rigorous and very robust quantitative contribution on mantle dynamics. The analysis provides fundamental contribution on understanding the link between shallow surface process and deep mantle dynamics.
Awarded by
The prize and award "Else-Ragnhild Neumann Award for Women in Geosciences" is awarded by Centre for Planetary Habitability, in cooperation with The Department of Geosciences – University of Oslo, Norway.