The Nier Prize is named after Alfred O. C. Nier. It is awarded annually by the Meteoritical Society and recognizes outstanding research in meteoritics and closely allied fields by young scientists. Recipients must be under 35 years old at the end of the calendar year in which they are selected. The Leonard Medal Committee recommends to the Council candidates for the Nier Prize.
Nier Prize Winners
YearName1996Laurie Leshin1997Timothy McCoy1998Gopalan Srinivasan1999Byeon-Gak Choi2000Meenakshi Wadhwa2001Larry Nittler2002Dante Lauretta2003Steven Desch 2004Scott Messenger2005Nicolas Dauphas2006Matthieu Gounelle2007Thorsten Kleine2008Shogo Tachibana2009Gordon Osinski2010Daniel Glavin2011Fred Ciesla2012Fréderic Moynier2013Audrey Bouvier2014James M. D. Day2015Pierre Beck2016Greg Brennecka2017Francis McCubbin2018Lydia Hallis2019Aki Takigawa2020Thomas Kruijer2021Nan Liu2022Arya Udry2023Jessica Barnes2024Elishevah van Kooten2025Nicole Nie
See also
List of astronomy awards Glossary of meteoritics
References