Scientific Awards - 2009

The Federation is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2009 CERF scientific awards. Please plan to attend the CERF 2009 conference plenary on Sunday afternoon, 1 November, to congratulate them in person. 

Odum Award for Lifetime Achievement

Walter Boynton

Professor, University of Maryland System

Center for Environmental Science (CES)

Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Solomons, MD 

Michael Kemp

Professor, University of Maryland System

Center for Environmental Science (CES)

Horn Point Laboratory, Cambridge, MD 

William A. Niering Award for Outstanding Educator

Scott Warren

Professor Emeritus

Connecticut College, New London, CT 

Cronin Award for Early Career Achievement

Malcolm Scully

Assistant Professor, Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography

Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA 

Pritchard Award for Estuaries and Coasts Geophysics Paper

“Tidal and Meteorological Forcing of Suspended

Sediment Flux in a Muddy Mesotidal Estuary” 

Jon French

Director, Coastal and Estuarine Research Unit

University College London, London, UK 

Helene Burningham

Coastal and Estuarine Research Unit

University College London, London, UK 

Thomas Benson

HR Wallingford Ltd

Wallingford, Oxon, UK 

Distinguished Service Award

Carolyn Keefe

Senior Faculty Research Assistant, University of Maryland System

Center for Environmental Science (CES)

Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Solomons, MD