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.

Past recipients

Source: American Geophysical Union

1997 Donald Helmberger

2000 Richard J. O'Connell

2001 John H. Woodhouse

2003 Francis Anthony Dahlen

2005 Thomas H. Jordan

2007 Ho-Kwang (Dave) Mao

2009 Barbara A. Romanowicz

2011 Donald Weidner

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

2021 Jean-Paul Montagner

2022 Stephen Grand

See also

List of geophysicists

List of geophysics awards

Prizes named after people

References

American Geophysical Union awards

Awards established in 1997

Inge Lehmann Medal