The Nemmers Prize in Earth Sciences

Emily Brodsky

2022 Nemmers Prize in Earth Sciences Recipient

Emily Brodsky

University of California, Santa Cruz

For her “fundamental, transdisciplinary contributions to understanding the physics of earthquake networks at all scales.”

As an earthquake physicist, Emily Brodsky studies the mechanics underlying earthquakes to address questions about the processes that trigger earthquakes and the constraining forces that processes that occur inside a fault zone during slip. More »

Katherine Freeman

2020 Nemmers Prize in Earth Sciences Recipient

Katherine Freeman

Pennsylvania State University

For her pioneering and continued contributions to development of the field of compound-specific stable isotope geochemistry and its application to fundamental problems in Earth Science.

Katherine Freeman studies organic molecules from ancient organisms—such as algae, plants and microbes—and develops new methods to analyze their carbon stable isotope ratios. More »

Francis Albarède

2018 Nemmers Prize in Earth Sciences Recipient

Francis Albarède

Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon

For his fundamental applications of geochemistry to earth sciences.

Francis Albarède is a geochemist with a broad range of interests who contributed to high-temperature geodynamic processes, planetary sciences, and marine geochemistry. More »