Past Awards
Best Student Paper Awards have the year marked with **. Award recipients are selected by the OGD's Best Paper Award Committee.
| Year | Authors | Title | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | K. French, C. Hallmann, J. Hope, P. Schoon, A. Zumberge, Y. Hoshino, C. Peters, S. George, G. Love, J. Brocks, R. Buick, and R. Summons | Reappraisal of hydrocarbon biomarkers in Archean rocks | PNAS 112 (2015), pp. 5915-5920 |
| 2013 | A. Gilbert, R.J. Robins, G.S. Remaud, and G.G. Tcherkez | Intramolecular 13C pattern in hexoses from autotrophic and heterotrophic C3 plant tissues. | PNAS 109 (2012), pp.18204-9 doi:10.1073/pnas.1211149109 |
| 2011 | P.V. Welander, M.L. Coleman, A.L. Sessions, R.E. Summons, and D.K. Newman | Identification of a methylase required for 2-methylhopanoid production and implications for the interpretation of sedimentary hopanes | PNAS 107 (2010), pp.8537-42 |
| 2010 | A. Amrani, A.L. Sessions, and J.F. Adkins | Compound-Specific δ34S Analysis of Volatile Organics by Coupled GC/Multicollector-ICPMS | Anal. Chem. 81 (21), (2009), pp.9027-9034 |
| 2009 | D.M. Jones, I.M. Head, N.D. Gray, J.J. Adams, A.K. Rowan, C.M. Aitken, B. Bennett, H. Huang, A. Brown, B.F.J. Bowler, T. Oldenburg, M. Erdmann and S.R. Larter | Crude-oil biodegradation via methanogenesis in subsurface petroleum reservoirs | Nature 451 (2008), pp.176-180 |
| 2008 | V. Thiel, J. Toporski, G. Schumann, P. Sjövall, and J. Lausmaa | Analysis of archaeal core ether lipids using Time of Flight-Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (ToF-SIMS): Exploring a new prospect for the study of biomarkers in geobiology | Geobiology 5 (2007), pp.75-83 |
| 2007 | Y. Hebting, P. Schaeffer, A. Behrens, P. Adam, G. Schmitt, P. Schneckenburger, S.M. Bernasconi, and P. Albrecht | Biomarker Evidence for a Major Preservation Pathway of Sedimentary Organic Carbon | Science 312 (2006), pp.1627-1631 |
| 2006 | M. Dumitrescu and S. Brassel | Biogeochemical assessment of sources of organic matter andpaleoproductivity during the early Aptian Oceanic Anoxic Event at Shatsky Rise, ODP Leg 198 | Organic Geochemistry 36 (2005) |
| 1997** | Silvio Pantoja, C. Lee, J.F. Marecek | Hydrolysis of peptides in seawater and sediment. | Marine Chemistry 57, pp. 25-40 (1997) |
| 1996 | E. Laws, B. Popp, R. Bidigare, M. Kennicutt and S. Macko | Dependence of phytoplankton carbon isotope composition on growth rate and [CO2]aq: Theoretical consideration and experimental results | GCA 59 (1995), pp.1131-1138 |
| 1996** | S. Shouten | A novel triterpanoid carbon skeleton in immature sulfur-rich sediments | GCA 59 (1995), pp.953-958 |
| 1995 | J. Seewald | Evidence for metastable equilibrium between hydrocarbons under hydrothermal conditions | Nature 370 (1994), pp.285-287 |
| 1995 | I.M. Cozzarelli, M.J. Baedecker, R.P. Eganhouse and D.F. Goerlitz (best student paper) |
The Geochemical evolution of low-molecular-weight organic acids derived from the degradation of petroleum contaminants in groundwater | GCA 58 (1994), pp.863-877 |
| 1993 | L.C. Price and J.L. Clayton | Extraction of whole versus ground source rocks: Fundamental petroleum geochemical implications including oil-source rock correlations | GCA 56 (1992), pp.1213-1222 |
| 1992 | S. Derenne, C. Largeau, E. Casadevall, C. Berkaloff and B. Rousseau | Chemical evidence of kerogen formation in source rocks and oil shales via selective preservation of thin resistant outer walls of microalgae: Origin of ultralaminae | GCA 55 (1991), pp.1041-1050 |
| 1991 | F.D. Mango | The origin of light hydrocarbons in petroleum: A kinetic test of the steady-state catalytic hypothesis | GCA 54 (1990), pp.1315-1323 |
| 1990 | K.E. Peters, J.M. Moldowan, A.R. Driscole and G.J. Demaison | Origin of Beatrice oil by co-sourcing from Devonian and Middle Jurassic source rocks, Inner Moray Firth, United Kingdom | AAPG Bulletin 73[4] (1989), pp.455-471 |
| 1989 | J.S. Sinninghe Damsté, W.I.C. Bijpstra, J.W. de Leeuw and P. A. Schenck | The occurrence and identification of series of organic compounds in oils and sediment extracts: II. Their presence in samples from hypersaline and non-hypersaline palaeoenvironments and possible application as source, palaeoenvironmental and maturity indicator | GCA 53 (1989), pp.1323-1341 |
| 1989 | J.S. Sinninghe Damsté, W.I.C. Bijpstra, A.C. Kockvan Dalen, J.W. de Leeuw and P. A. Schenck | Quenching of labile functionalized lips by inorganic sulphur species: Evidence from the formation of sedimentary organic sulphur compounds at the early states of diagenesis | GCA 53 (1989), pp.1343-1355 |
| 1987 | R.E. Summons and T.G. Powell | Identification of aryl isoprenoids in source rocks and crude oils: Biological markers for the green sulphur bacteria | GCA 51 (1987), pp.557-566 |
| 1985 | M.D. Lewan | Evaluation of petroleum generation by hydrous pyrolysis experimentation | PTRSL, Series A, 315 [1531] (1985), pp.123-132 |
| 1984 | T.C. Hoering | Thermal reactions of kerogen with added water, heavy water and pure organic substances | Organic Geochemistry 5 (1984), pp.267-278 |
| 1983 | A.S. Mackenzie and D.P. Mackenzie | Isomerization and aromatization of hydrocarbons in sedimentary basins formed by extensions | Geological Magazine 120 (1983), pp.417-470 |
| 1982 | F.J. Sansone and C.S. Martens | Volatile fatty acid cycling in organic-rich marine sediments | GCA 46 (1982), pp.1575-1589 |
| 1981 | B.R.T. Simoneit, S. Brenner, K.E. Peters, I.R. Kaplan | Thermal alteration of Cretaceous black shales by diabase intrusions in the Eastern Atlantic. II. Effects on bitumen and kerogen | GCA 45 (1981), pp.1581-1602 |
| 1979 | C. Lee, J.W. Farrington and R.B. Gagosian | Sterol geochemistry of sediments from the western North Atlantic Ocean and adjacent coastal areas | GCA 43 (1979), pp.35-46 |
| 1977 | R. Ishiwatari, M. Ishiwatari, I.R. Kaplan and B.G. Rohrback | Thermal alteration of young kerogen in relation to petroleum genesis | Nature 264 (1976), pp.347-349 |
| 1977 | J.I. Hedges and P.L. Parker | Land-derived organic matter in surface sediments from the Gulf of Mexico | GCA 40 (1976), pp.1019-1029 |