Jill Pasteris
Washington University in St. Louis, USA
Through her career, Professor Pasteris has been an extraordinary teacher and researcher. From early in her career, Jill was a pioneer in the use of laser Raman spectroscopy in the geosciences. Her research spanned across the fields of economic geology, mineralogy, and most recently, environmental geochemistry. She has put tremendous care and energy into decades of teaching and has been an inspiration for hundreds of students who truly love her. The contributions by Jill and those of her students to the various fields of geochemistry have indeed been remarkable.