The Award Winner 2022
The international committee for the Else-Ragnhild Neumann Award for Women in Geosciences concluded that Jessica McBeck’s scientific work deserves recognition because of her original work combining numerical modelling, laboratory experiments and utilisation of field data to get better forecasting of earthquakes.
Jessica Ann McBeck is a researcher at the Njord Centre, and Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo. She studies fracture network coalescence and strain localization in both experiments and numerical models. The long-term goal of her work is to identify the evolving characteristics of fracture networks and strain fields that may help forecast the timing of the next large earthquake.
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Outstanding early career scientist
The evaluation committee states that:
“Dr. McBeck has a most impressive publication record, and I found her combination of using numerical modelling, laboratory experiments and utilisation of field data to get better forecasting of earthquakes most interesting. It is obvious that her Ph.D. and postdoctoral research has impacted the field of geosciences in a major way.”
“Jessica McBeck has an excellent CV and several articles as first author in high impact journals. She looks as an outstanding early career scientist.”
The Award Commitee
This year, several strong candidates were nominated for the Else-Ragnhild Neumann Award for Women in Geosciences.
All nominees have been evaluated by a committee consisting of these members:
- Professor Anny Cazenave (University of Toulouse III, France)
- Professor Claudio Faccenna (Dept.of Science, Università Roma TRE, and Dept. of Geology, University of Texas at Austin)
- Head of Department Per Barth Lilje (Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Oslo)