As prize winner of the Wollaston Medal 2024, Trond Helge Torsvik is in good company! Previous prize winners include Charles Darwin and University of Oslo's first rector, Waldemar Christopher Brøgger.
The Wollaston Medal is a scientific award for geology, and is the highest award granted by the Geological Society of London.
In connection with the formal presentation and celebration of the Awards and Funds at the Geological Society in june, an interview with Torsvik was published in the society's magazine GEOSCIENTIST's summer issue.
Read the interview:
The fourth revolution – Plumes, plates, and climate. Geoscientist, summer issue of 2024. VOL. 34 | NO. 02. (interview is found at pages 22-23)
The Geological Society of London
The Geological Society of London, known commonly as the Geological Society, is a learned society based in the United Kingdom. It is the oldest national geological society in the world and the largest in Europe, with more than 12,000 Fellows. The Society was founded on 13 November 1807. (Wikipedia)
The Geological Society of London honour scientific contributions to the geosciences and the geoscience profession. The Society's premier medal is the Wollaston Medal. See the award and fund winners for 2024 here: The Geological Society: Society awards 2024.