Award Recipient Announced
Martha T. Muse Prize
Tinker Foundation
Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
For further information, please go to:
http://www.museprize.org
The selection committee for the 'Martha T. Muse Prize for Science and
Policy in Antarctica' announces that the 2014 prize has been awarded to
Tim Naish.
The prize, awarded by the Tinker Foundation and administered by the
Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), is presented to an
individual in the fields of Antarctic science or policy who has
demonstrated potential for sustained and significant contributions that
will enhance the understanding and/or preservation of Antarctica.
Tim Naish has been awarded the 2014 Muse Prize, for his outstanding
research in understanding Antarctica's response to past and present
climate change and the role of Antarctica's ice sheets in global
sea-level change through time. He led the first season of the ambitious
and highly successful Antarctic Drilling Program (ANDRILL) where his
international team pioneered innovative drilling technology to obtain
sedimentary records of the past 13 million years, paving the way for
further successful drilling in previously inaccessible ice-covered
areas. As Chair of the ANDRILL Steering Committee, he continued to be
actively involved in overseeing the program, including securing funding
for the next phase. More recently, he has played an influential role in
the process of translating science into policy as a lead author on the
Paleoclimate chapter of the 5th Assessment Report of the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. He is currently Director of
the Antarctic Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington, which
continues to develop and has more than trebled its capacity under his
direction.
The prize ceremony will be held during the SCAR 2014 Open Science
Conference, which will convene 25-28 August in Auckland, New Zealand.
For more information about Naish and past award recipients, please see
the Muse Prize website: http://www.museprize.org/news.html.
For more information about the Martha T. Muse Prize, contact:
Renuka Badhe
Email: rb302 [at] cam.ac.uk
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