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Honorary members of the Geological Society
Honorary members of the Geological Society
Honorary members of the Geological Society
Awards
Prof. Gedalia Gvirtzman Award
Dr. Peretz Grader Award for Young Researchers
Prof. Rafael Freund Award
Applied Research Award
Medal of the Geological Society
Medal of the Geological Society
The Geological Society Medal is awarded as a commendation to a member or several members who have made an outstanding contribution in the field of geology and earth sciences for society in Israel over the past three years. Special emphasis in the considerations of the award committee is given to activities in public frameworks that include the formal and informal education system, environmental organizations, and planning institutions. Considerations for this award also include initiatives in the field of geological site conservation and popular scientific writing on geological issues.
Award Committee:
The jury for awarding the medal consists of three members, including the president of the company, who also serves as chairman of the committee.
Winners:
2023 -Michael Beyth
2022 - Alan Matthews
2021 - Amos Frumkin
2020 - John K. Hall
2018 - Avraham Starinski
2017 - Yoav Avni
2016 - Gideon Almagor
2015 - Ezra Zilberman and Amir Eidelman
2013 - Doron Mor
2010 - Yuli Zaslavsky
2009 - Emmanuel Mazor
2005 - Avi Shapira
2003 - Akiva Flexer
2002 - Hanan Ginat
2001 - Nir Orion
Dr. Peretz Grader Award for Young Researchers
The late Dr. Peretz Grader served as Director of the Petroleum Department at the Ministry of Development and Director of the Petroleum Department at the Geological Survey, and perished in a plane crash in Iran during his work. The Geological Society will award the prize in the name of the late Dr. Peretz Grader once a year to a member of the association whose age does not exceed 36 years on the day of receiving the prize for public publication of an original essay in the field of earth sciences.
Award Committee:
The IGS president will serve as chairman of the committee and will be joined by up to three additional members (at least one), with proven research experience in the field of earth sciences.
Winners:
2023 - Yuval Shmilovich
2022 - Roi Ram
2021 - Emily Tran & Nurit Weber
2020 - Nir Galili and Yoav Ben Dor
2019 - Danna Titelboim
2018 - Ido Sirota
2017 - Michael Anenburg
2016 - Chen Gruber
2015 - Imri Oz
2014 - Yonatan Goldsmith
2013 - Ran Nof
2012 - Navot Morag
2011 - Ron Shaar
2010 - Itay Reznik
2009 - Liran Goren
2008 - Goni Yagoda-Biran
2007 - Roi Granot and Adi Torfstein
2006 - Ronnie Kamai
2005 - Orit Sivan and Adva Avital
2004 - Elisa Kagan
2003 - Anton Vaks and Nicholas Waldmann
2002 - Yuval Bartov and Daniel Glik
2001 - Betina Shilman and Yariv Hamiel
2000 - Amir Sagi and Michael Tsesarsky
1999 - Noa Bechor
1998 - Meir Abelson and Galit Kadan
1997 - Sigal Abramovitch and Zohar Gvirtzman
1996 - Nadia Teutsch
1995 - Alex Beker and Shaul Horowitz
1994 - Rami Weinberger
1993 - Rani Calvo
1992 - Shmulik Marco
1991 - Yehudit Harlavan
1990 - Haim Gvirtzman and Avi Burg
1989 - Amotz Agnon and Oded Navon
1988 - Itai Gavrieli
1987 - Ditza Kempler and Aldo Shemesh
1986 - Dov Avigad
1985 - Ronit Nativ
1984 - Gadi Shamir
1983 - Miriam Bielski
1982 - Chaim Binyamini
1981 - David Bonen
1980 - Laura Buchbinder and David Shafranek
1979 - Ezra Zilberman
1977 - Binyamin Z. Begin and Zeev Reches
1976 - Zvi Ben-Avraham and Yoram Shoham
1975 - Yehezkel Druckman
1973 - Yitzhak Levi
1972 - Yehoshua Kolodny
1971 - Eli Gavish and Uri Kafri
1968 - Avraham Lerman and A. Aharoni
1967 - Eitan Sass and Yaakov Nathan
1966 - Yaakov Karcz and Zvi Garfunkel
1962 - Lisa Heller-Kallai and Rafael Freund
The John K. Hall Geological Society Award for Research and Applied Work Infrastructure in the Earth Sciences
The award, initiated by Dr. John K. Hall, is given every two years as a token of appreciation for research activities that have significantly contributed to the creation and advancement of knowledge infrastructures and database development. The award will be given to a friend or friends who have been involved in the construction and processing of databases in the fields of geology, oceanography, geomorphology and the environment, which serve as a basis for research in earth sciences and related science and technology fields. The databases must be open and available to all.
Award Committee:
The award committee will consist of three members, including the IGS president, who will also serve as the committee's chairman. The committee members will be elected by the board for one year, and it will be possible to extend their term for a maximum of two more years.
Winners:
2022 - Yosefh Yechieli and Gidon Baer
2020 - Gideon Tibor
2016 - Baruch Derin
2014 - Lorian Fleischer
2012 - Amihai Sneh
Award of the Israeli Geological Society in the Name of the Late Professor Raphael Freund
The late Prof. Rafael (Rafi) Freund worked as a professor of geology at the Institute of Earth Sciences at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and served as president of the Israeli Geological Society from 1964 to 1968. Prof. Freund was one of the first to recognize the importance of plate tectonics and its importance to local geology. Beyond the academic teaching, he spread the science of geology among the general interested population and amateurs as well as working in the field of economic geology as part of his role as a board member of the National Oil Exploration Company.
The prize in the name of Prof. Raphael Freund will be awarded annually to a member or several members of the Geological Society for an excellent essay written in the field of earth sciences and published in the three years prior to the award. Alternatively, the award will also be given for a cumulative and outstanding scientific contribution in the field of the award winner or award winners, which is reflected in a number of significant essays published during the five years prior to the award date.
The Committee:
The committee comprises 4 members with explicit research experience in the field of Earth science and includes the president of the society as its chair. Members of the committee are elected for a single year, and their service in the committee may be extended by an additional 2 years. Award nominees will not serve as members of the committee.
2023 - Sigal Abramovich
2022 - Orit Sivan
2021 - Einat Aharonov
2020 - Yigal Erel
2019 - Dov Avigad
2018 - Meir Abelson
2017 - Yael Kiro
2016 - Uri Schattner
2015 - Roi Granot
2014 - Boaz Lazar
2013 - Jonathan Erez
2012 - Avraham Starinski and Amitai Katz
2011 - Ari Matmon and Naomi Porat
2010 - Vladimir Lyakhovsky
2009 - Rivka Amit, Yehouda Enzel and David Sharon
2008 - Alon Ziv
2007 - Amotz Agnon and Shmuel Marco
2006 - Alan Matthews
2005 -Gidi Steinitz, Binyamin Z. Begin and Naama Gazit-Yaari
2004 - David Soudry
2003 - Rami Weinberger
2002 - Oded Navon
2001 - Miriam Bar-Matthews, Avner Ayalon and Aharon Kaufman
2000 - Amihai Sneh, Yosef Bartov, Tuvia Weissbrod and Marcelo Rosensaft
1999 - John K. Hall
1998 - Yoram Eshet
1997 - Ahuva Almogi-Labin
1996 - Zeev Reches
1995 - Inna Dubroskina
1994 - Mordechai Stein
1992 - Gideon Baer
1991 - Yehoshua Kolodny
1990 - Amos Bein
1987 - Haggai Ron and Zvi Garfunkel
1986 - Yaakov Bentor
1985 - Yair Rotstein and Zvi Ben Avraham
1984 - Zeev Reiss
1983 - Avraham Parnes
1982 - Eytan Sass
1981 - Aharon Horovitz
1980 - Dan Gill and Dov Bahat
1979 - Shulamit Gross
The late Gedaliah Gvirtzman Prize for Young Researchers
The Geological Society will award the Geological Society Prize once a year in the name of the late Prof. Gedaliah Gvirtsman, a pioneer of geological research in Israel, a senior researcher at the Geological Survey, and the founder of geology studies at Bar Ilan University.
The purpose of the award is to honor and encourage the excellence of researchers in the early stages of their scientific endeavors. The prize will be awarded by the Geological Society for the publication of a certified work or an acknowledged scientific work up to two years from the time of publication. The list of nominees for the award will be gender-balanced and will include at least 30% of each gender. If the search committee has not obtained a representative list as aforesaid, then it shall address this in its decision and report the matter to the General Assembly.
The prize will be awarded to the Geological Society for the publication of a certified work or an acknowledged scientific work up to two years from the time of publication.
Award Committee:
Will be composed of four members who have proven research experience in the field of earth sciences. The president of the company will be one of the members of the committee and will serve as chairman. In the event of a tie-in a decision, the vote of the chairman of the committee will be considered a double vote.