The Dana Medal, established in 1998, is awarded by the

Mineralogical Society of America The Mineralogical Society of America (MSA) is a scientific membership organization. MSA was founded in 1919 for the advancement of mineralogy, crystallography, geochemistry, and petrology, and promotion of their uses in other sciences, industr ...

and is named in honor of the contributions made by

James Dwight Dana James Dwight Dana FRS FRSE (February 12, 1813 – April 14, 1895) was an American geologist, mineralogist, volcanologist, and zoologist. He made pioneering studies of mountain-building, volcanic activity, and the origin and structure of continent ...

(1813–1895) and

Edward Salisbury Dana Edward Salisbury Dana (November 16, 1849 – June 16, 1935) was an American mineralogist and physicist. He made important contributions to the study of minerals, especially in the field of crystallography. Life and career E. S. Dana was born in ...

(1849–1935) to the science of mineralogy. It recognizes outstanding scientific contributions through original research in the mineralogical sciences by an individual in the midst of his or her career.

Recipients

Source: *2001 – George R. Rossman *2002 – Michael F. Hochella, Jr. *2003 – Mark S. Ghiorso *2004 – R. James Kirkpatrick *2005 – William D. Carlson *2006 – Rodney C. Ewing *2007 – Frank S. Spear *2008 – Thomas Armbruster *2009 – Ronald E. Cohen *2010 – Jillian F. Banfield *2011 – Ross John Angel *2012 – Roberta Rudnick *2013 – Max W. Schmidt *2014 – Patricia M. Dove *2015 – Marc M. Hirschmann *2016 – Patrick Cordier *2016 - Sumit Chakraborty *2017 - Thomas W. Sisson *2018 - Jörg Hermann *2019 - Matthew J. Kohn *2020 - Daniela Rubatto

References

{{Reflist Mineralogy Geology awards Awards established in 1998

Recipients

See also

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