Paul Pellas-Graham Ryder Award

Paul Pellas-Graham Ryder Award: The Paul Pellas-Graham Ryder Award is jointly sponsored by the Meteoritical Society and the Planetary Geology Division of the Geological Society of America. It recognizes the best planetary science paper, published during the previous year in a peer-reviewed scientific journal, and written by an undergraduate or graduate student (as first author). The topics covered by the award are listed on the cover of Meteoritics and Planetary Science. It has been given since 2001, and honors the memories of the incomparable meteoriticist Paul Pellas and lunar scientist Graham Ryder.

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Graham Ryder — (January 28,1949–January 5, 2002) was an English geologist and lunar scientist.He was educated at the University of Wales, Swansea, receiving his B.Sc. in 1970. He then earned a Ph.D. in geology from the Michigan State University in 1974. His… … Wikipedia
Meteoritical Society — The Meteoritical Society is a non profit scholarly organization founded in 1933 to promote research and education in planetary science with emphasis on studies of meteorites and other extraterrestrial materials that further our understanding of… … Wikipedia

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