September 22, 2025 Jutta Zipfel

Each year at the annual meeting of the Meteoritical Society, a few of the top oral presentations by student members are selected for awards. We are pleased to announce the awardees for the 2025 meeting, selected from 36 student presentations.

The McKay Award honors the memory of Gordon A. McKay. It was endowed in 2008 thanks to the generous donations of the McKay family and many society members. We are pleased that in 2025, the McKay Award is awarded to:

The Wiley Awards have been given since 2012 and are sponsored by Wiley, the publisher of Meteoritics and Planetary Science. The five Wiley Award recipients for 2025 are:

Congratulations to the awardees for outstanding presentations! Additionally, thank you to My Riebe for chairing the committee, to Aaron Cavosie for serving as the vice chair, and to these 24 additional individuals for their judging reports:

Alexander Amanda, Anghel Simon, Barrett Thomas, Ciocco Marine, Crossley Sam, Crow Carolyn, Daly Luke, Forman Lucy, Griffin Sammy, Jones Eriit, Koike Mizuho, Manga Venkateswara, Martin Pierre-Etienne, McCain Kaitlyn, Neumann Wladimir, Norman Marc, Ostwald Amanda, Quintero Raiza, Strait Melissa, Thompson Michelle, Tkalcec Beverley, Van Kranendonk Martin, Zhang Mingming.

We all appreciate that we are able to celebrate the scientific contributions of our student members through these awards associated with our annual meeting.

Categories: Awards

Tags: Wiley Awards, McKay