source: NASonline.org

Congratulations to EPSS Professor Edward Young, who was chosen for the 2024 J. Lawrence Smith Medal, awarded by the National Academy of Sciences every 3 years for recent original and meritorious research on meteoric bodies. 

Dr. Young’s investigations have elucidated our understanding of oxygen isotopes in meteorites, evaporation and condensation in meteoritic materials, the origin of short-lived radionuclides in the solar nebula, and models for aqueous alteration processes in meteorite parent bodies. Dr. Young has helped us better understand the formation of the Earth-Moon system, terrestrial planets, white dwarfs, asteroids, and exoplanets. His interdisciplinary work includes aspects of atmospheric chemistry, geochemistry, meteoritics, and astronomy. 

Read more at the National Academy of Sciences website.