August 6, 2024 Nancy Chabot

Dear Meteoritical Society Members,
It was a pleasure to see many of you last week at our annual meeting in Brussels, Belgium, and we are extremely grateful to our 86th annual meeting hosts, chaired by Vinciane Debaille and Steven Goderis, for a spectacular meeting!

We wanted to share some announcements made at the annual meeting or available on the website:

  • Elements Editor Announced - Thank you to Cari Corrigan, for serving currently as the Editor of MetSoc Contributions to Elements, and to Emma Bullock, who will take on this role starting in 2025! Read more here.

  • 2024 Award Citations - We were delighted to honor some of our distinguished members at the Awards Ceremony in Brussels. More details and the citations are available in this news story.

  • 2025 Awards Announced – At the end of the Awards Ceremony in Brussels, recipients of the 2025 awards were announced! You can find the 2025 recipients listed here, and please consider nominating a deserving colleague for a future award.

  • Endowment Grants - Nine new Meteoritical Society Research Grants and three new Meteoritical Society Community Grants have been awarded. Thank you to the Endowment Committee for their efforts that make these opportunities possible!

  • In Memoriam – We are sorry to share the passing of Daniel J. Milton, a Fellow of the Meteoritical Society, but appreciate members who helped provide this remembrance.


Share your announcements with MetSoc members – Submission guidelines and other details are given on the society's website.


Thank you for being a part of the Meteoritical Society, and please feel free to reach out to us at any time.
Nancy Chabot, Meteoritical Society President, metsocpres@gmail.com
Jutta Zipfel, Meteoritical Society Secretary, metsocsec@gmail.com
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