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. The topics covered by the award are listed on the cover of Meteoritics and Planetary Science. It has been given since 2002, and honors the memories of the incomparable meteoriticist Paul Pellas and lunar scientist Graham Ryder.
There have been 21 recipients of the award since its inception in 2002. The recipient's journal articles awarded have collectively been cited more than 2100 times as of December 31, 2019.
Paul Pellas-Graham Ryder Award Winners
Sources: ,| Paper published | Year awarded | Name | Institution | General Topic |
| 2000 | 2002 | Natasha Johnson | Washington University | Venus |
| 2001 | 2003 | Björn Davidsson | Uppsala University | Comets |
| 2002 | 2004 | Nicolas Dauphas | University of Lorraine | Solar Nebula |
| 2003 | 2005 | Soichi Itoh | Tokyo Institute of Technology | Chondrules |
| 2004 | 2006 | Danielle Wyrick | University of Texas, San Antonio | Mars |
| 2005 & 2006 | 2007* | James E. Richardson Jr. and Alice Toppani | University of Arizona and University of Lorraine | Asteroids and Solar Nebula |
| 2007 | 2008 | Mathieu Touboul | ETH Zurich | Moon |
| 2008 | 2009 | Bethany L. Ehlmann | Brown University | Mars |
| 2009 | 2010 | Vishnu Reddy | University of North Dakota | K-T Impact |
| 2010 | 2011 | Andrew W. Beck | University of Tennessee | Breccias |
| 2011 | 2012 | D. Alex Patthoff | University of Idaho | Enceladus |
| 2012 | 2013 | Christoph Burkhardt | ETH Zurich | Solar Nebula |
| 2013 | 2014 | Eike Beitz | Braunschweig University of Technology | Chondrules |
| 2014 | 2015 | Steven M. Battaglia | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Io |
| 2015 | 2016** | Romy D. Hanna and Tanya Harrison | University of Texas, Austin and University of Western Ontario | Murchison meteorite and Mars |
| 2016 | 2017** | Gerrit Budde and James T. Keane | University of Münster and University of Arizona | Chondrules and Pluto |
| 2017 | 2018 | Emily Worsham | University of Maryland | iron meteorites |
| 2018 | 2019 | Simon Lock | Harvard University | Moon |
| 2019 | 2020 | Sabina Raducan | Imperial College London | Asteroids |