Dear Meteoritical Society Members,
We wanted to share some MetSoc business and community-provided announcements in this monthly email for October 2026:
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Nominations are Open for 2027 Awards – It's not too early to nominate a deserving colleague for a MetSoc award! Nominations are due February 15, 2027, for the Leonard Medal, Barringer Award, Nier Prize, Service Award. Pellas-Ryder Award nominations are due January 31, 2027. Visit the Awards page of the website for details.
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Renew Your MetSoc Membership for 2027 – Membership renewals are now open for 2027. Visit this page to renew, and more details can be found here. Student membership is only $10 and early career membership is $40. The new category for retired lifetime membership is only $800.
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Policy on the use of AI – Please see our policy on the use of AI in manuscript preparation and in review.
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Asteroid (15708) Metsoc – The Meteoritical Society now has its own asteroid! For more details see here.
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Membership Forum - Visit the Membership Forum for exchange and networking with your colleagues.
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Latest Endowment Grant reports –
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From Chloe Kadir, The University of Machester, on: “A comprehensive survey of meteorite flux to Earth using the Global Meteor Network" (Research Grant).
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From Myrto Simopoulou, Agricultural University of Athens, on "Study of shock feature distribution in ordinary chondrites and hydrocode modelling at mesoscale" (Research Grant).
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From Nicola Allen, ETH Zurich, on "Unlocking the origins and histories of interplanetary dust particles" (Research Grant).
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From David King, Auburn University, on "Enhancing public understanding of Wetumpka impact structure, Alabama USA" (Community Grant).
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In Memoriam – We are sorry to share the passing of Michael J. Gaffey (1945– 2026), recipient of the 2006 Leonard medal. We thank those who contributed to this remembrance.
COMMUNITY SUBMITTED ANNOUNCEMENTS
2026 Annual Meeting of the Extraterrestrial Materials Analysis Group - The Extraterrestrial Materials Analysis Group (ExMAG) cordially invites you to attend our 2026 Annual Meeting scheduled on Nov 3rd (US time) or Nov 4th (Asia time). The goals of this annual meeting are to: i) connect the sample community with curations in different countries; ii) discuss issues that the sample community is facing; iii) summarize the findings to advocate for solutions to high-priority issues.
The 2026 Annual Meeting will be fully virtual. It is divided into an Asia optimized portion and an US/Europe optimized portion, each is about 3 hr 30 min. The draft agenda is here. If you are interested in attending, please register, no later than October 30, 2026, here so we can share updates and meeting links to the registered participants. Please mark your calendar and attend the session that best suits your time zone.
Submitted by Yang Liu on behalf of ExMAG
Job announcement – Open-rank tenure-track professorship in Earth and Planetary Geochemistry, Institute of Earth Sciences (ISTE), University of Lausanne, Switzerland.
The Faculty of Geosciences and the Environment (FGSE) at the University of Lausanne (UNIL) is inviting applications for a full-time open-rank tenure-track professorship (assistant, associate or full) in Earth and Planetary Geochemistry. The position will be based at the Institute of Earth Sciences (ISTE) and will ideally start in August 2027.
We are seeking a professor to develop research and teaching in Earth and Planetary Geochemistry, deepening our understanding of the chemical and geological processes on Earth and other planetary bodies, including moons and asteroids. This position will be closely integrated into the new NCCR Genesis project, which is hosted by ISTE, as well as the teaching and research collaboration with the University of Geneva in Earth Sciences (ELSTE).
Applicants must hold a PhD in Geosciences, Planetary Science, or a related field by the date of appointment. For best consideration, all application materials must be received by 30 October 2026, see link here.
Submitted by Maria Schönbächler (ETH Zurich)
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Guy Consolmagno, Meteoritical Society President, metsocpres@meteoritical.org
Jutta Zipfel, Meteoritical Society Secretary, metsocsec@meteoritical.org
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