{"id":498,"date":"2020-11-15T15:18:59","date_gmt":"2020-11-15T15:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iavceivolcano.org\/guidelines-for-iavcei-awards\/krafft-medal\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T10:51:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T10:51:43","slug":"krafft-medal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.iavceivolcano.org\/awards\/krafft-medal\/","title":{"rendered":"Krafft Medal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Krafft Medal is awarded every 4 years at the IAVCEI General Assembly and honours those who have served the community and contributed to a better understanding and communication of volcanic hazards and to the reduction of volcanic risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Krafft Medal honours the memory of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Katia_and_Maurice_Krafft\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Katia and Maurice Krafft<\/a>. Katja was born on 17 April 1942 in Soultz-Haut-Rhin, France. Maurice was born on 25 March 1946 in Guebwiller, France. They were killed on 3 June 1991 while photographing and filming pyroclastic density currents on Mount Unzen, Japan. The Kraffts were pioneers in filming, photographing and recording volcanoes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"block-image aligncenter\"><div class=\"loading-placeholder shine\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\/ 0.962962962963\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 243px) 100vw, 243px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/krafft1.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/krafft1.jpg 243w, https:\/\/www.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/krafft1-145x140.jpg 145w\" width=\"243\" height=\"234\" src=\"\/\/:0\" class=\"lazyload\" alt=\"Krafft Medal\" style=\"\"   loading=\"lazy\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"243\" height=\"234\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/krafft1.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\" alt=\"Krafft Medal\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/krafft1.jpg 243w, https:\/\/www.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/krafft1-145x140.jpg 145w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 243px) 100vw, 243px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/noscript><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Krafft&nbsp;Medal (front)<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em><strong><strong><em>PREVIOUS KRAFFT MEDAL winners<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"block-list\">\n<li>2004 Tom SIMKIN<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2008 Christopher G. NEWHALL<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2013 Shigeo ARAMAKI<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2017 Hugo DELGADO GRANADOS<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2017 Marta CALVACHE<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2023 John PALLISTER<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"block-image aligncenter\"><div class=\"loading-placeholder shine\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\/ 1\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/krafft2.gif\" width=\"237\" height=\"237\" src=\"\/\/:0\" class=\"lazyload\" alt=\"Krafft Medal\" style=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"237\" height=\"237\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/krafft2.gif\" class=\"lazyload\" alt=\"Krafft Medal\" style=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/noscript><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Krafft&nbsp;Medal (back)<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Krafft Medal is awarded every 4 years at the IAVCEI General Assembly and honours those who have served the community and contributed to a better understanding and communication of volcanic hazards and to the reduction of volcanic risk. 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