The George Walker Award honor the memory of Professor George Walker, who was born on March 2, 1926 and died on January 17, 2005. Professor Walker’s discoveries pioneered a modern quantitative approach to physical volcanology and greatly accelerated understanding of volcanic processes. The award is supported by the George Walker Fund. The award is given every two years to a scientist up to 7 years after Ph.D acquisition. The award recognizes achievements of a recent outstanding graduate in the fields of research encompassed by IAVCEI, or also a recent graduate whose achievements in volcanology involved operating in difficult circumstances. The winner will receive a certificate with a cash award.
GEROGE WALKER AWARD PAST WINNERS
- 2004 Costanza Bonadonna
- 2008 Diana C. Roman
- 2008 Fukashi Maeno
- 2011 Josef Dufek
- 2013 Heather Wright
- 2015 Anja Schmidt
- 2017 Sébastien Biass
- 2017 Alexa Van Eaton
- 2019 Damien Gaudin
- 2019 Fabian Wadsworth