Peter Koons elected AGU Fellow

New AGU Fellow Peter Koons (left) alongside School of Earth and Climate Sciences director Scott Johnson at the Fellow induction ceremony in December 2014.
New AGU Fellow Peter Koons (left) alongside School of Earth and Climate Sciences director Scott Johnson at the Fellow induction ceremony in December 2014.

At the 2014 Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco, Professor Peter Koons was honored as one of the 2014 AGU Fellows. AGU Fellows are recognized as those “who have made exceptional scientific contributions and attained acknowledged eminence in the fields of Earth and space sciences. Peter’s citation for fellowship reads: “For his insightful work on interactions between diverse processes that form active mountain belts.” This is a high honor, reflecting Peter’s many career accomplishments.

AGU has published the full list of 2014 fellows, and their website describes the fellowship program in more detail.