The Meteoritical Society is delighted to be honoring some of our distinguished members with the society's annual awards. An Awards Ceremony was held on July 16 during the annual meeting in Perth, Australia. Citations have been published in Meteoritics and Planetary Science and are linked below. The Awards Ceremony will also recognize the previously announced awardees of the 2025 Pellas-Ryder Award and the 2024 McKay and Wiley Awards. Congratulations to the highly deserving awardees, and thank you to all our members who took the time to nominate our colleagues for consideration and who serve on award committees.
Leonard Medal Recipient: Conel M. O'D. Alexander
The Leonard Medal is given to individuals who have made outstanding original contributions to the science of meteoritics or closely allied fields. The Meteoritical Society presents the 2025 Leonard Medal to Conel Alexander for his major contributions to understanding the sources and behavior of organic material and water in the solar system, the nature and origin of chondrites, and presolar grains. Full citation: https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.70026
Barringer Medal Recipient: Sarah Stewart
The Barringer Medal is given for outstanding work in the field of impact cratering and/or work that has led to a better understanding of impact phenomena. The Meteoritical Society presents the 2025 Barringer Medal to Sarah Stewart for her outstanding achievements in the field of high energy-density physics and numerical modeling of impact crater formation to understand hypervelocity impact phenomena in the solar system. Full citation: https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.70004
Nier Prize Recipient: Nicole Xike Nie
The Nier Prize is given for significant research in the field of meteoritics and closely related fields by an early career scientist under the age of 35 or whose PhD was awarded <7 years ago. The Meteoritical Society presents the 2025 Alfred O. Nier Prize for a distinguished young scientist to Nicole Xike Nie for her experimental and theoretical investigations of the origins of volatile elements in chondrites, the Moon and Earth that significantly advanced the fields of meteoritics and planetary science. Full citation: https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.14365
Service Award Recipient: Rhiannon Mayne
The Service Award honors members who have advanced the goals of the Society to promote research and education in meteoritics and planetary science in ways other than by conducting scientific research. The Meteoritical Society presents the 2024 Service Award to Rhiannon Mayne for her work to significantly grow and increase the accessibility of the Monnig Collection to the community work to keep the Monnig Gallery open and public engagement strong and increasing for over a decade service to the Society and community through various committee service roles. Full citation: https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.70009