Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: It is a pleasure to recognize excellent work by young scientists.This provides a glimpse where the future of research might be going and how young talents tackle a wide range of problems.The "Best Master's Thesis Award" from the Swiss Geological Society and the "Paul Niggli Medal" are two prizes that are awarded annually during the Swiss Geoscience Meeting.The Swiss Geoscience meeting was held in Mendrisio on November 17 th and 18 th , 2023.Since the 100 th birthday of Paul Niggli in 1988, the "Paul Niggli Medal" has been awarded by the Paul Niggli Foundation.This medal is Switzerland's most prestigious "young scientist award" in Earth Sciences; it is open to researchers that are up to 35 years old or have received their doctorate in the last 6 years, and work in the field of mineralogy, geochemistry, petrology, resource geology, or solid-earth geophysics.For further information, see the awards page on the SGS website at https://geolsoc.ch/en/awards/.
Source: Elements
Language: English
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4401396222