2022 – Patricia Dove
Distinguished Professor and C.P. Miles, Professor of Science at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA.
Patricia Dove has made long-term, outstanding scientific contributions to the field of mineralogical sciences with seminal works that changed the way we think about nucleation, dissolution and growth of minerals in Earth surface environments and beyond. Dove’s research excels in the quantitative approach and the mechanistic understanding of processes. Her key finding, that mineral dissolution and growth are manifestations of identical processes, has revolutionised research on minerals in biogeochemical systems. She has inspired scientists with innovative experimental techniques and fundamental methodological developments. She pioneered truly multidisciplinary science across mineralogy, chemical physics, and biology that has spread into the materials, engineering and medical disciplines.
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