2025 Division & Section Award Recipients

GSA Division   Award Name
Archaeological Geology Rip Rapp Archaeological Geology Award
Energy Geology Gilbert H. Cady Award
Engineering Geology E.B. Burwell, Jr., Award
Geoinformatics Outstanding Contributions Award
Geophysics George P. Woollard Award
Geoscience Education Biggs Earth Science Teaching Award
History and Philosophy of Geology Mary C. Rabbitt History of Geology Award
Hydrogeology O. E. Meinzer Award
GSA International Distinguished Career Award
Limnogeology Israel C. Russell Award
Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Distinguished Geologic Career Award
Planetary Geology G. K. Gilbert Award
Quaternary Geology & Geomorphology Kirk Bryan Award for Research Excellence
Sedimentary Geology Laurence L. Sloss Award
Structural Geology & Tectonics Career Contribution Award
Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Distinguished Career Award
Geology and Health Meritorious Service Award
 

2025 Rip Rapp Archaeological Geology Award

Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach
University of Texas–Austin

 

2025 Gilbert H. Cady Award

Joan S. Esterle
University of Queensland, Earth Sciences

 

2025 E.B. Burwell, Jr., Award

Jakob Matthias

Jakob Matthias

Scott McDougall

Scott McDougall

Paul M. Santi

Paul M. Santi

Awarded for: Jakob, M; McDougall, S; Santi, P; (2024). Advances in Debris-flow Science and Practice: Springer Nature Link ISBN 9783031486906.

 

2025 M. Lee Allison Award for Geoinformatics

 

2025 George P. Woollard Award

 

2025 Biggs Award for Excellence in Earth Science Teaching

 

2025 Mary C. Rabbitt History and Philosophy of Geology Award

Renee M. Clary
Mississippi State University

 

2025 O.E. Meinzer Award

Michelle A. Walvoord
U.S. Geological Survey

 

2025 GSA International Distinguished Career Award

Prosun Bhattacharya
KTH-Royal Institute of Technology Sweden

 

2025 Israel C. Russell Award

Erik T. Brown

Erik T. Brown
University of Minnesota Duluth

 

2025 Distinguished Geologic Career Award (MGPV Division)

 

2025 G. K. Gilbert Award

Scott L. Murchie
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab

 

2025 Kirk Bryan Award

 

2025 Laurence L. Sloss Award

Timothy F. Lawton

Timothy F. Lawton
Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin

 

2025 Career Contribution Award (Structural Geology & Tectonics)

Michael L. Williams
University of Massachusetts, Amherst

 

2025 Distinguished Career Award (Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division)

Pieter T. Visscher
University of Connecticut

 

2025 Meritorious Service Award (Geology and Health Division)

Malcolm Dean Siegel

Malcolm Dean Siegel
LJS Consulting