Angioletta Coradini Mid-Career Award 2019
Basic data of the distinction
Type of award: Research award or other distinction
Awarded by: NASA’s Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute (SSERVI)
Award given to: Hiesinger, Harald
Announced at: 09/07/2020
Date of awarding: 15/07/2020
About the distinction
Prof. Hiesinger has been a strong collaborator with SSERVI and its research teams; his research into planetary processes and the geologic evolution of terrestrial planets and moons has advanced our understanding of the lunar chronology and helped constrain the age of the South Pole-Aitken basin and other potential lunar landing sites. He recently detailed Mission preparations for Commercial In-Situ Resource Utilization Demonstration and is engaged in wide array of other projects. In addition to being widely published and credited with numerous journal articles, his many contributions and achievements make him a highly worthy recipient of the 2020 Angioletta Coradini Mid-Career Award.
Link to the press release of the awarding organisation: https://sservi.nasa.gov/articles/sservi-announces-2020-award-winners/
About the award
The Angioletta Coradini Mid-Career Award is an annual award given by NASA’s Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute (SSERVI) to a researcher for significant, lasting accomplishments related to exploration science. The prize is presented, along with an invited lecture, at the annual Exploration Science Forum held each July at NASA Ames Research Center.
Type of award: Prize for excellent research
Website of the award or committee: https://lunarscience.arc.nasa.gov/awards/coradini#!
Zeitraum der Vergabe: since 2017