Rebeur Paschwitz Prize
The Rebeur Paschwitz Prize (complete: Ernst von Rebeur Paschwitz Medal ) is a geophysical award given by the German Geophysical Society e. V. (DGG) is awarded.
The prize is named after Ernst von Rebeur-Paschwitz (1861–1895), who became famous for his work with the horizontal pendulum . In 1889 von Rebeur-Paschwitz was the first to record the ground movement of a teleseismic earthquake , thus doing pioneering work in the field of seismology .
The Rebeur-Paschwitz Prize is to be awarded approximately every 2 to 3 years at the annual meeting of the DGG. It was awarded for the first time in 2004. The award recognizes outstanding scientific achievements in the field of geophysics .
Award winners
- 2004 - Walter Zürn , Schiltach / Karlsruhe
- 2007 - Karl Hinz , Hanover
- 2008 - Winfried Hanka , Potsdam
- 2015 - Rongjiang Wang , Potsdam
- 2017 - Lev Vinnik , Moscow