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The organising committee of Thermo2014, the 14th International Conference on Thermochronology, to be held in Chamonix, France 8-12th September 2014 (http://www.thermo2014.fr/) are inviting nominations for two prizes to be awarded at this meeting.
Please send your nominations to Roderick Brown ([log in to unmask]) including the nominee’s name, contact details and a short (c. 500 word) letter of nomination outlining the reasons for your nomination. The deadline for receipt of nominations is the 1st March 2014. All nominations received before the deadline will be processed and reviewed by the committee and the awards for 2014 will be announced in late March 2014.
Dodson Prize
This prize is in honour of, and is named after, Martin Dodson, the pioneer of quantitative thermochronology, who died at age 78 on 27 June 2010. The prize is awarded on behalf of the thermochronology community by the International Standing Committee on Thermochronology to a person who has made an extraordinary contribution, in any way, to the field of thermochronology and/or to the international community of thermochronologists.
Cliff, B., and M. Wilson (2010), Martin Dodson (1932–2010), Eos Trans. AGU, 91(45), 418–419, doi:10.1029/2010EO450002.
Laslett Prize
This prize is in honour of, and is named after, Geoff Laslett, a pioneer of quantitative fission track analysis and an outstanding scientist and statistician, who died on 9th January 2010. The prize is awarded on behalf of the thermochronology community by the International Standing Committee on Thermochronology to a person who has made an extraordinary contribution to the field of fission track thermochronology.
http://www.theage.com.au/national/his-numbers-opened-up-the-past-20100314-q63o.html
Kind regards,
Peter van der Beek On behalf of the Thermo2014 Organising Committee