Brindley Award

"Brindley Award"

Dr. Michael F. Hochella, Jr.

Awardee: Dr. Michael F. Hochella, Jr. with President Andrew Thomas

Award: The George W. Brindley Lecture.

Description: The G. W. Brindley Lecture Award recognizes an outstanding clay scientist, someone who is both a dynamic speaker and involved in innovative research, and charges the recipient to deliver a lecture that will infuse The Clay Minerals Society with new ideas. The speaker is challenged to deliver a lecture that Brindley himself would applaud.

Presented: June 9, 2009, at The CMS annual meeting in Billings, Mt.

Affiliation:

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Department of Geosciences
4044 Derring Hall
Blacksburg VA 24061-0420
USA

Lecture Title: "Nanominerals, Mineral Nanoparticles and Earth Systems"

Previous Recipients:

1984 - Walter Keller
1985 - J. J. Fripiat
1986 - Ralph E. Grim
1987 - S. W. Bailey
1988 - M. L. Jackson
1989 - W. D. Johns
1990 - Alain Baronnet
1991 - Thomas J. Pinnavaia
1992 - Philip Low

1993 - Dennis D. Eberl
1994 - R. C. Reynolds, Jr.
1995 - Gerhard Lagaly
1996 - Samuel M. Savin
1997 - Paul H. Nadeau
1998 - Bruce Velde
1999 - Richard Eggleton
2000 - D. M. Moore
2001 - Robert Schoonheydt

2002 - David L. Bish
2003 - Alain Manceau
2005 - Maria F. Brigatti
2006 - none
2007 - none
2008 - Robert Gilkes
2009 - M. F. Hochella Jr