The British Geophysical Association
BGA Image Competition Deadline Extended
The BGA image competition deadline has been extended to 30th September 2019. See https://britgeophysics.org/awards/bga-photo-competition/ for more details.
Bullwerwell Lecturer 2020
The BGA is delighted to announce that Dr Rebecca Bell from Imperial College London is our Bullerwell Lecturer for 2020. Rebecca is a lecturer in the Department of Earth Sciences and Engineering, and studies tectonic evolution in a variety of settings using advanced controlled source methods and drilling data. She completed her PhD in marine geophysics at the University of Southampton in 2008 and spent several years as an active source seismologist at GNS in New Zealand before moving to Imperial College
Bullerwell Lecture Nominations Open
The nomination process for the BGA’s Bullerwell Lecture is now open. See the Awards section for more details.
PGRiP 2019
Register by 9th August for the Postgraduate Research in Progress (PGRiP) meeting in Bristol to be held on 29-30 August. See Upcoming Meetings for more details.
BGA Image Competition Open
The BGA image competition is now open! For more information, see the Awards section
Bullerwell Lecture at EGU
Dr. Sanne Cottaar from Cambridge University will present the Bullerwell Lecture at EGU at 19:00-20:00, Thursday 11th April, room F2, Austria Centre. Dr. Cottaar studies the structure, composition, and dynamics of the deep Earth, and their relationship to surface processes and planet history. The talk abstract can be found at: https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2019/EGU2019-19101.pdf
Congratulations to RAS Prize Winners
Congratulations to Prof. Kathy Whaler (University of Edinburgh) for winning the RAS Service Award and Dr. Tim Craig (University of Leeds) for winning the RAS Winton award G! Congratulations also to Sierd Cloetingh, who became an Honorary RAS Fellow. The full awards list can be found at: https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/news/leading-astronomers-and-geophysicists-honoured-royal-astronomical-society
Philip England wins Bucher Medal
Congratulations to Prof. Philip England (BGA Bullerwell lecturer in 1999 ) for being awarded the AGU Walter H. Bucher Medal – see https://news.agu.org/press-release/american-geophysical-union-announces-recipients-of-the-2018-union-medals-awards-and-prizes/
Outreach Funding
The British Geophysical Association invites applications for funding for public outreach activities to promote understanding of, and engagement with, any area of geophysics. For more information go to Outreach and the menu and select ‘funding’.
PGRIP 2018 Award Winners
Congratulations to the award winners at the 2018 PGRIP meeting in Cardiff. To see the winners list visit https://britgeophysics.org/awards/pgrip-awards/
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