Planetary Sciences Section Awards and Named Lectures for the 2013 AGU Fall Meeting

Planetary Sciences Section Awards and Named Lectures for the 2013 AGU Fall Meeting

The Planetary Sciences (PS) Section is extremely pleased to announce the following:

  1. The 2013 Whipple Award for “outstanding contributions in the field of planetary science” will be given to Professor Harry “Hap” McSween of the University of Tennessee. His award will be accompanied by the Whipple Lecture. Congratulations to Hap!
  2. The 2013 Greeley Award for “significant early career contributions to planetary science” will be given to Professor Jonathan L. Mitchell of the University of California at Los Angeles. Congratulations to Jonathan!
  3. The Shoemaker Lecture, part of the AGU Bowie series, will be delivered by Dr. Michael H. Carr of the United States Geological Survey.
  4. The Sagan Lecture, co-sponsored by the Planetary Sciences and Biogeosciences sections, will be given by Dr. David H. Grinspoon of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.