2020 Harry H. HESS Medal of the American Geophysical Union to Donald B. Dingwell
19.11.2020
The 2020 Harry H. HESS Medal, top honour of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) has been awarded to Prof. Dingwell, Chair of Mineralogy and Petrology of the LMU Munich.
Prof. Dingwell´s citation receives the honour in recognition of his lifelong achievements in solid-earth sciences. His citation reads:
“For inspirational leadership in magma physics and rheology via unique, innovative experimentation designed to inform on magmatic/volcanic processes. “
Harry H. Hess is considered one of the "founding fathers" of the unifying theory of plate tectonics. He is credited, amongst other things, with having discovered sea floor spreading.
Since 1984 the Hess Medal has been conferred 29 times in recognition of outstanding achievements in research on the constitution and evolution of the Earth and other planets. The American Geophysical Union is the world´s largest geoscientific organization with over 62,000 members from 144 countries and celebrated its centennial in 2019.
The Medal will be conferred in a virtual ceremony on 9 December in lieu of this year´s annual AGU meeting.