I received the 2022 Howie Award (Best Paper) of the Mineralogical Society (for my paper 'Gold particle geomicrobiology: Using viable bacteria as a model for understanding microbe–mineral interactions' ). This paper was one of a group selected by the editors of the two Society journals with the winner chosen by the Society’s Awards Panel). Scoring was based on the following criteria: novelty, inter-disciplinarity, applicability, and how the science is advanced by the new work. The award will take the form of a bursary (£1000), including attendance at an international conference (to be agreed with the Society) to present a paper which will be entitled the ‘R.A. Howie Memorial Lecture’.
