Vening Meinesz Medal
{{Short description|European award for research in geodesy}}
The Vening Meinesz Medal is an annual award for outstanding research in geodesy.
Background
The medal, inaugurated in 1994, has been awarded by the European Geosciences Union (EGU) since 2004, and before that by the European Geophysical Society (EGS).{{cite web|title=Vening Meinesz Medal|website=Awards & medals, European Geosciences Union (EGU)|url=https://www.egu.eu/awards-medals/vening-meinesz/}} The medal is named in honor of Felix Andries Vening Meinesz, a Dutch geophysicists and geodesist, famous for his invention enabling precise measurements of gravity at sea.{{cite book|author=Vlaar, Nicolaas Jacob|year=1966|title=Vening Meinesz, a Pioneer in Earth Sciences, AGU Geophysical Monograph 60|pages=xi–xvi|url=https://www.egu.eu/awards-medals/portrait/vening-meinesz/|publisher=International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG)}} (reprinted at EGU website) The portrait medal was designed by the Hungarian artist {{ill|József Kótai|hu|Kótai József}}, renowned for his work as a medalist, goldsmith, and silversmith.
The medal should not be confused with the NWO Vening Meinesz Prijs, a prize given, every two years, to outstanding young scientists who work in the geosciences and are employed in the Netherlands.{{cite web|title=Vening Meinesz Prijs|website=Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO)|url=https://www.nwo.nl/vening-meinesz-prijs}}
Recipients
- 1998 {{ill|Reiner Rummel|de}}
- 1999 Anny Cazenave
- 2000 Ivan I. Mueller
- 2002 Georges Balmino
- 2002 {{ill|Christoph Reigber|de}}
- 2003 Véronique Dehant
- 2004 John M. Wahr
- 2005 Martine Feissel-Vernier
- 2006 {{ill|Gerhard Beutler|de}}
- 2007 Thomas A. Herring
- 2008 {{ill|Carl Christian Tscherning|de|Christian Tscherning}}
- 2009 Susanna Zerbini
- 2010 Philip L. Woodworth
- 2011 {{ill|Harald Schuh (geodesist)|lt=Harald Schuh|de|Harald Schuh (Geodät)}}
- 2012 Che-Kwan Shum
- 2013 Zuheir Altamimi
- 2014 Reinhard Dietrich
- 2015 Geoffrey Blewitt
- 2016 Srinivas Bettadpur
- 2017 Isabella Velicogna
- 2018 {{ill|Markus Rothacher|de}}
- 2019 Tonie van Dam
- 2020 {{ill|Willi Freeden|de}}
- 2021 Christopher Jekeli
- 2022 Peter J. G. Teunissen
- 2023 {{ill|Jürgen Müller (geodesist)|lt=Jürgen Müller|de|Jürgen Müller (Geodät)}}
- 2024 Jeffrey T. Freymueller{{cite web|url=https://www.egu.eu/news/987/egu-announces-its-2024-awards-and-medals/ |title=EGU announces its 2024 awards and medals! |date=16 November 2023|website=News, European Geosciences Union (EGU)}}