Recently, it was learned from the International Lithosphere Program (ILP) that after rigorous evaluation by the ILP Awards Committee, Professor Wang Lu of the State Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, our university, has been awarded the 2026 Evgueni Burov Medal. ILP President Professor Hans Thybo has officially sent notification of the award. This marks the first time the medal has been conferred upon a scholar from China and Asia since its inception, achieving a breakthrough for our nation in this prestigious international academic honor.

The Evgueni Burov Medal is established by the International Lithosphere Program (ILP) under the auspices of the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) and the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG). It is a preeminent academic award in the field of solid Earth sciences. Named after the renowned geophysicist Evgueni Burov, the medal recognizes mid-career scientists who have made outstanding contributions to solid Earth science. The award places emphasis on the innovative achievements and academic value of the recipient's research in lithosphere dynamics, as well as the impact of these contributions on advancing the discipline, alongside a comprehensive evaluation of their academic service. This year's selection of Researcher Wang Lu resulted from nominations by five senior international scientists and election by the ILP Awards Committee, in recognition of her "outstanding scientific contributions based on field observations that elucidate the impact of melting processes on the lithosphere and reveal key evidence for Archean plate tectonic styles."

Wang Lu is a Research Fellow and Doctoral Supervisor at the State Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, Deputy Director of the Global Tectonics Center at our university, and serves as Editor-in-Chief of GSA Bulletin, Associate Editor of Journal of Asian Earth Sciences-X, and member of the Editorial Board of Lithos. She has been elected to the International Committee of the Geological Society of America, serves on the academic committee for the International Eclogite Conference, and is a committee member of the Petrology Committee of the Geological Society of China. She has long focused on the frontier scientific question of "how plate tectonics evolved from its initial forms to become the core driver of continental crust growth and reworking," and has established a systematic research methodology of "comparing ancient and modern, interpreting the past through the present." She has achieved a series of innovative results in the fields of plate tectonic evolution and continental crustal reworking. Deeply engaged in the international forefront of the origin and evolution of plate tectonics, she has produced original findings in areas such as the deep subduction dynamics of the Sulu orogenic belt and the Archean tectonic evolution of the North China Craton, providing key geological evidence for understanding the onset of plate tectonics and the growth of continental crust.

Researcher Wang Lu has published 113 SCI-indexed papers, including 17 as first or corresponding author over the past five years in journals such as Nature Communications, PNAS, Geology, and EPSL. She has delivered nearly 20 keynote and invited presentations at national and international conferences, including the AGU Fall Meeting and the International Eclogite Conference, and has convened six special conference sessions. Her honors include the Silver Hammer Award of the Geological Society of China and the Second Prize of the Hubei Natural Science Award.

This award represents international academic recognition of Researcher Wang Lu's scholarly contributions and underscores the global impact of our university and the State Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources in the fields of geodynamics and lithosphere research. The laboratory will continue to address major national strategies and global scientific frontiers, conducting pioneering, original, and leading-edge research to make greater contributions to the innovative advancement of Earth sciences.

近日，从国际岩石圈计划（ILP）获悉，经国际岩石圈计划奖项委员会严格评选，我校地质过程与成矿预测全国重点实验室王璐教授被授予2026 年度叶夫根尼・布罗夫（Evgueni Burov）奖章。ILP主席汉斯・提博教授已正式发来获奖通知。这是该奖章自设立以来，首次授予中国及亚洲学者，实现了我国在该国际重要学术奖项上零的突破。

叶夫根尼・布罗夫奖章由国际地质科学联合会（IUGS）、国际大地测量学与地球物理学联合会（IUGG）下属国际岩石圈计划（ILP）设立，是固体地球科学领域权威学术奖项。该奖章以著名地球物理学家叶夫根尼·布罗夫的名字命名，旨在表彰在固体地球科学领域做出杰出贡献的职业生涯中期科学家。该奖项重视获奖者在岩石圈动力学领域研究的创新性成果与学术价值，以及这些成果对学科发展的推动作用，并结合其学术服务贡献进行综合评价。本次王璐研究员获奖，系经五位国际资深科学家提名、ILP 奖项委员会选举产生，表彰其“基于野外观察，在揭示熔融作用对岩石圈的影响、发现太古宙板块构造样式关键证据方面的杰出科学贡献”。

王璐为我校地质过程与成矿预测全国重点实验室研究员、博士生导师、全球大地构造中心副主任，同时担任《美国地质学会会刊》（GSA Bulletin）主编，《亚洲地质-X》(Journal of Asian Earth Science-X)副主编，《岩石学》(Lithos) 编委，入选美国地质学会国际委员会委员，国际榴辉岩会议学术委员和中国地质学会岩石专业委员会委员。她长期聚焦“板块构造如何从其初始形态演化成为大陆地壳生长和再造的核心驱动力”这一国际前沿科学问题，建立了“古今对比、以今论古”的系统研究方法，在板块构造演化与大陆地壳再造领域取得了一系列创新性成果。她长期深耕板块构造起源与演化国际前沿，在苏鲁造山带深俯冲动力学、华北克拉通太古宙构造演化等方向取得系列原创成果，为理解板块构造启动与大陆地壳生长提供了关键地质证据。

王璐研究员发表 SCI 论文 113 篇，近5年以第一或通讯作者在Nature Communications、PNAS、Geology、EPSL等期刊发表论文17篇。她应邀在美国地球物理联合会（AGU）年会、国际榴辉岩会议等国内外会议作大会主题报告和特邀报告近20次，并召集学术会议专题6次；曾获中国地质学会银锤奖、湖北省自然科学二等奖等。

此次获奖，是国际学术界对王璐研究员学术贡献的肯定，彰显了我校及地质过程与成矿预测全国重点实验室在地球动力学和岩石圈研究领域的国际影响力。实验室将继续面向国家重大战略和全球科学前沿，开展前沿性、原创性、引领性研究，为地球科学创新发展贡献更大力量。