The Best Paper Award is presented by the Organic Geochemistry Division to the authors of a paper published in the previous year with significant contributions to organic geochemistry.
| Term | Name | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| Chair 01/2017 - 12/2018 |
Carol Arnosti | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA |
| 01/2017 - 12/2019 | Julio Sepulveda | University of Colorado, Boulder, USA |
| 01/2018 - 12/2020 | Andy Bishop | University of California, Riverside, USA |