[2] Source: NAS Shuhai Xiao (2021) Susan M. Kidwell (2015) For her groundbreaking work on fossil preservation that has transformed our view of how the history of life is encoded in the rock record.
Alfred G. Fischer (2009) For leadership and research in the discovery of the cyclical and period nature of the sedimentary record in the geologic past and its connections with earth-system change, including biodiversity.
Steven M. Stanley (2006) For research and leadership in bivalve functional morphology and the macroevolution of disparate animals, including hominids, in the context of Earth's physical and chemical history.
Frederik J. Hilgen (2003) For his meticulous integration of various geological, geophysical, and proxy cyclostratigraphic sedimentological records in developing a late Neogene (12-0Ma) astronomical time scale.
Jan Smit (1999) For establishing the sequence of impact-generated events that occurred 65 million years ago, including ejecta fallout, tsunami propagation, geochemical disturbances, and extinction in foraminifera and dinosaurs.