Nier Prize
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The Nier Prize is named after Alfred O. C. Nier
and is awarded annually by the Meteoritical Society
and recognizes outstanding research in meteoritics and closely allied fields by young scientists.http://www.meteoriticalsociety.org/simple_template.cfm?code=home_awards
Recipients must be under 35 years old at the end of the calendar year in which they are selected.
Alfred O. C. Nier
Alfred Otto Carl Nier was an American physicist who pioneered the development of mass spectrometry and used it in innovative ways to establish some major scientific results.-Early career:...
and is awarded annually by the Meteoritical Society
Meteoritical Society
The Meteoritical Society is a non-profit scholarly organization founded in 1933 to promote research and education in planetary science with emphasis on studies of meteorites and other extraterrestrial materials that further our understanding of the origin and history of the solar system.The...
and recognizes outstanding research in meteoritics and closely allied fields by young scientists.http://www.meteoriticalsociety.org/simple_template.cfm?code=home_awards
Recipients must be under 35 years old at the end of the calendar year in which they are selected.
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1996 | Laurie Leshin Laurie Leshin Laurie Leshin is the Deputy Director for Science and Technology at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. She oversees strategy development at the Center, leading an inclusive process to formulate future science and technology goals, and an integrated program of investments... |
| 1997 | Timothy McCoy |
| 1998 | Gopalan Srinivasan |
| 1999 | Byeon-Gak Choi |
| 2000 | Meenakshi Wadhwa |
| 2001 | Larry Nittler |
| 2002 | Dante Lauretta Dante Lauretta Dante Lauretta is an Associate Professor of Planetary Science and Cosmochemistry at the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory. He received a B.S. in Physics and Mathematics from the University of Arizona in 1993 and a Ph.D. in Earth and Planetary Sciences from Washington... |
| 2003 | Steven Desch |
| 2004 | Scott Messenger |
| 2005 | Nicolas Dauphas |
| 2006 | Matthieu Gounelle |
| 2007 | Thorsten Kleine |
| 2008 | Shogo Tachibana |
| 2009 | Gordon Osinski |
| 2010 | Daniel Glavin |
| 2011 | Fred Ciesla |
| 2012 | Fréderic Moynier |