Awards & Honors Recipients

Darwin Medal

See the Darwin Medal page for more information about Darwin Medal Recipients

2020 Nancy Knowlton (14th International Coral Reef Symposium, Bremen)
2016 John Randall (13th International Coral Reef Symposium, Honolulu)
2012 Jeremy Jackson (12th International Coral Reef Symposium, Cairns)
2008 Terry Hughes (11th International Coral Reef Symposium, Fort Lauderdale)
2004 J. E. N. (Charlie) Veron (10th International Coral Reef Symposium, Okinawa)
2000 Yossi Loya (9th International Coral Reef Symposium, Bali)
1996 Ian G. MacIntyre (8th International Coral Reef Symposium, Panama)
1992 Peter W. Glynn (7th International Coral Reef Symposium, Guam)
1988 David Stoddart (Inaugural recipient)

Eminence in Research

2023 Mónica Medina, Pennsylvania State University, USA
2022 Virginia Weis, Oregon State University, USA
2022 Nicholas Polunin, Newcastle University, UK
2021 Jorge Cortés-Núñez, University of Costa Rica, Costa Rica
2021 Helmut Schuhmacher, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
2020 Joanie Kleypas, National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA
2020 Valerie Paul, Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce, USA
2018 James W. Porter, University of Georgia, USA
2018 Rolf P. M. Bak, Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Netherlands
2017 Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia
2017 Tim McClanahan, Wildlife Conservation Society
2016 Bette Willis, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia
2016 Katharina Fabricius, Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, Australia
2015 Barbara Brown, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, United Kingdom
1988 Siro Kawaguti, Okayama University, Japan

Mid-Career Scientist Award

2023 Christian Wild, Universität Bremen, Germany
2022 Christian Voolstra, Universität Konstanz, Germany
2021 Luiz Rocha, California Academy of Sciences, USA
2020 Andrew Baird, James Cook University, Australia
2019 Nicholas A. J. Graham, Lancaster University, Lancaster, England
2018 Joshua E. Cinner, James Cook University, Australia
2017 Morgan Pratchett, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia
2016 Andréa Grottoli, The Ohio State University, Ohio, USA
2015 Peter Mumby, University of Queensland, Australia

Early-Career Scientist Award

2023 Nils Rädecker, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
2022 Georgina Gurney,James Cook University, Australia
2021 Nyssa Silbiger, California State University, Northridge , USA
2020 Carly Kenkel, University of Southern California, USA
2019 Lauren T. Toth, US Geological Survey, Florida, USA
2017 Emily Darling, Wildlife Conservation Society, Canada
2015 Erinn Muller, Mote Marine Laboratory, Florida, USA

World Reef Award

2023 Nohora Galvis, Observatorio Internacional de Arrecifes Coralinos, Colombia
2022 Safira Warili Hawari Djohani, Coral Triangle Center, Indonesia
2018 Ranjeet Bhagooli, University of Mauritius, Mauritius
2017 Joseph Maina Mbui, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
2017 Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Puerto Morelos, Mexico
2016 Sangeeta Mangubhai, Wildlife Conservation Society, Fiji

Coral Reef Conservation Award

2023 Victor Bonito, Reef Explorer Fiji, Fiji Islands
2022 David Obura, CORDIO East Africa, Kenya
2021 Melanie McField, Healthy Reefs for Healthy People Initiative / Smithsonian Institution
2020 Nyawira Muthiga, Wildlife Conservation Society, Kenya
2020 Susan Mary Wells, conservation consultant, UK
2019 Alan T. White, Sustainable Ecosystems Advanced (SEA) Project, Jakarta, Indonesia
2018 Rodney (Rod) V. Salm, The Nature Conservancy, USA

Best Paper Award

See the Best Paper Award page for complete citations and links to the Best Papers.

2022: MC Buckingham, C D’Angelo, TB Chalk, GL Foster,
KG Johnson, Z Connelly, C Olla, M Saeed, and J Wiedenmann
2021: OM Williamson, CE Allen, DE Williams, MW Johnson, MW Miller, and AC Baker
2020: GM Nicholson and KD Clements
2019: HR Nelson and AH Altieri
2018: R Cunning, RN Silverstein, and AC Baker
2017: DM de Bakker, FC van Duyl, RPM Bak, MM Nugues, G Nieuwland, and EH Meesters
2016: DM Holstein, CB Paris, AC Vaz, and TB Smith
2016: AJ Frisch, M Ireland, JR Rizzari, OM Lönnstedt, KA Magnenat, CE Mirbach, and JA Hobbs
2015: R Cunning, P Gillette, T Capo, K Galvez, and AC Baker
2014: SA Wooldridge
2013: EM Graham, AH Baird, SR Connolly, MA Sewell, and BL Willis
2012: S Agostini, Y Suzuki, T Higuchi, BE Casareto, K Yoshinaga, Y Nakano, and H Fujimura
2011: HPA Sweatman, S Delean, and C Syms
2010: KE Fabricius, K Okaji and G De’ath
2009: SK Wilson, AM Dolman, AJ Cheal, MJ Emslie, MS Pratchett, and HPA Sweatman
2008: JEN Veron
2007: JC Mieog, MJH van Oppen, NE Cantin, WT Stam, and JL Olsen
2006: M Sheaves
2005: A Tribollet and S Golubic
2004: L Penland, J Kloulechad, D Idip, and R van Woesik
2003: JM Guinotte, RW Buddemeier, and JA Kleypas
2002: PL Munday
2001: WK Fitt, BE Brown, ME Warner, and RP Dunne
2000: KRN Anthony
1999: AG Grottoli, and GM Wellington
1998: G Russ and A Alcala
1997: L Muscatine, E Tambutte, and D Allemand
1995: GM Wellington and RB Dunbar
1994: WS Hantoro, PA Pirazzoli, C Jouanni, H Faure, CT Hoang, U Radtke, Causse, M Borel Best, R Lafont, S Bieda, and K Lambeck G
1993: PW Glynn
1992: TP Scoffin
1991: CW Wheeler and P Aharon
1990: G Paulay and LR McEdward
1990: PW Glynn and L D’Croz
1988: PA Pirazzoli, LF Montaggioni, B Salvat, and G Faure
1987: TJ Done

Ruth Gates Fellowship

2023 Igor Pessoa, USA
2022 Natalia Uribe-Castaneda, Colombia
2022 Liam Lachs, UK
2021 Jordan Sims George Mason University, USA
2020 Aliyah Griffith University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
2019 Till Roethig, University of Derby, UK

Graduate Research Fellowships

See the Graduate Research Fellowships page for complete list of awards

2023

2022

Alexandra Pierre, Haiti
Bibiana Nassongole, Mozambique
Danielle Becker, USA
Li Lee, Malaysia
Michelle Taylor, UK
Shakeel Jogee, Mauritius

2021

Natalie Andersen, University of Exeter
Emily Chei, University of Hong Kong
Benjamin Farmer, Louisiana State University
Akacia Halliday-Isaac, University of Mississippi
Katherine Lawson, State University of New York
Clayton Vondriska, Arkansas State University

2020

Rachel Carlson, Stanford University
Matías Gómez Corrales, University of Rhode Island
Charlotte Page, University of New South Wales
Rodrigo Rodríguez Vázquez, Universidad Nacional Autónoma De México
Twinkle Sebastian, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, India
Kevin Wong, University of Rhode Island

2019

Jessica Bellworthy, Bar-Ilan University
Naomi Huntley, University of the Virgin Islands, St. Thomas
Igor Pessoa, Rio de Janeiro State University
Krishnaveny Saranadha, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi
Sterling Tebbett, James Cook University
Diana Ugalde, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

2018

Alexander Fordyce, University of Newcastle
Remi Ketchum, University of North Carolina>
Athira Prasad, Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur
Amanda Ramos Romero, University of Havana>
Maria Santos, University of Ryukyus
Karina Scavo Lord, Boston University

2017

Arulananthan Ashani, University of Peradeniya
Wing Chan, School of BioSciences, University of Melbourne
Erin Dillon, University of California, Santa Barbara
Yohan Louis, University of Mauritius
James Price, Ohio State University
Aida Sofia Rivera Sotelo,University of California, Davis>

2016

Archana Anand, Hong Kong University
Danielle Claar, University of Victoria
James Dimond, University of Washington
Laura Marangoni, Federal University of Rio Grande, Brazil

2007-2015

2015 Giverny Rodgers, James Cook University
2015 Benjamin Titus, The Ohio State University
2009 Rowan Trebilco, Simon Fraser University, Australia
2007 Jez Roff, University of Queensland
2007 Heidi Schuttenberg, James Cook University

Science Communication Fellows

2023 Audrey Tan, Singapore
2022 Hannah Rempel, USA
2021 Tory Chase, Villanova University, Pennsylvania, USA
2021 Denise Alcantara, Las Pinas City, Metro Manila, Philippines

ICRS Fellows

2023

2022

2021

2020

Valerie Paul³
Hollie Putnam
Mark E. Warner
Susan Mary Wells⁷
Clive Robert Wilkinson
Jens Zinke

2019

Ruth Gates^1,*
Nicholas Graham ⁵

Lauren Toth⁶
Alan White⁷

2018

Rolf Bak³
Ranjeet Bhagooli⁴
Joshua Cinner⁵
Andrew Hoey

Philip Munday
James Porter³
Rodney Salm⁷
Sue Wells

2017

Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip⁴
Emily Darling⁶
Joseph Maina Mbui⁴

Tim McClanahan³
Morgan Pratchett⁵
Christine Schonberg

2016

2015

Andrew Baird
Barbara Brown³
Erinn Muller⁶

1992-2014

Peter Glynn²
Terry Hughes²
Jeremy Jackson²

Yossi Loya²
Charlie Veron²

¹ Past ICRS President
² Darwin Medal
³ Eminence in Research Award
⁴ World Reef Award

⁵ Mid-Career Award
⁶ Early-Career Award
⁷ Coral Reef Conservation Award
* awarded posthumously

Honorary Members

1981

1981 Harry Ladd
1981 Sir (Charles) Maurice Yonge
1981 Francisco Nemenzo
Ian G. MacIntyre (USA)*

1985

1985 Siro Kawaguti (Japan)*
1985 Raymond Fosberg
1985 John Wells

1987

1987 Georg & Annelise Scheer (Germany)

1992

1992 Joseph H. Connell (USA)*
1992 Joshua I. Tracey, Jr. (USA)*

recent

Robert N Ginsburg (USA)*
Donald Kinsey (Australia)*
H Gray Multer (USA)
John (Jack) E. Randall (USA)*
David R Stoddart (UK)*

* deceased