The EMU Medal Committee calls upon the member societies and all European mineralogists for nominations for the EMU Research Excellence Medal 2025.
The medal is presented to a young mid-career scientist who has made significant contributions to research in mineralogy and whose professional and societal activities contribute to strengthening scientific links in Europe. Nominees will normally have completed their PhDs between 7 to 15 years (or equivalent once career breaks have been accounted for) of the closing date for nominations.
The European Journal of Mineralogy (EJM) is pleased to offer to the recipient/recipients the possibility to publish as first author one open access article free of charge.*
The deadline for applications is 1st of July 2025, 12:00 (CEST).
The Nomination Package should be composed of:
- A letter (limit: 2 pages) from the nominator, highlighting the candidate’s merit and outstanding achievement in mineralogy.
- A complete curriculum vitae, including a list of published articles and book reviews, but excluding conference and seminar abstracts, and papers not yet been formally accepted for publication.
- A maximum of 3 supporting letters (limit: 2 pages) from established researchers in the field of mineralogy or closely related fields. We encourage international support.
Nomination package not including these items will not be considered by the EMU Medal Committee.
Past nominations must be resubmitted with an updated CV or will not be considered further.
We recommend that nominators support only one candidate per year.
The complete nomination package, concatenated as a single pdf file, must be sent by email to the Chair of the Medal Committee, Sylvie Demouchy, sylvie.demouchy@uca.fr.
The award ceremony is held before the medal talk given during an international meeting of relevance to Mineralogical Sciences selected according to the winner’s expertise. EMU will provide partial support for the travel expenses.
* the manuscript must be submitted no later than 3 years after the date of the announcement of the attribution of the Medal is made.
Medallist Committee
| Chair | Sylvie Demouchy |
| Members | Fabrizio Nestola István Kovács |
Medallists
| 2024 | Martha Pamato and Jakub Plášil |
| 2023 | José Alberto Padrón-Navarta |
| 2022 | Jakub Kierczak |
| 2021 | Sylvain Bernard and Matteo Alvaro |
| 2020 | Oliver Plümper |
| 2019 | Nadège Hilairet |
| 2018 | Katharina Marquardt |
| 2017 | Marc Blanchard |
| 2016 | Sylvie Demouchy |
| 2015 | István Kovács |
| 2014 | Encarnación Ruiz-Agudo |
| 2013 | Diego Gatta and Razvan Caracas |
| 2012 | Richard Harrison |
| 2011 | Sébastien Merkel |
| 2010 | Fabrizio Nestola |
| 2009 | Max Wilke |
| 2008 | Anders Meibom |
| 2007 | Artem R. Oganov |
| 2006 | Luca Bindi and Bruno Lanson |
| 2005 | David Dobson |
| 2004 | Martin Kunz |
| 2003 | Eugen Libowitzky |
| 2002 | John P. Brodholt and Sergey V. Krivovichev |
| 2001 | Stefano Poli |
| 2000 | Leonid Dubrovinsky and Björn Winkler |
| 1999 | Alessandro Pavese and Mihály Pósfai |
| 1998 | Ross John Angel |
| 1997 | Simon A.T. Redfern |
| 1996 | Alan B. Woodland |
| 1995 | Christian Chopin and Philippe Gillet |