ImagesAward for Graduate Research

The AGU Natural Hazards Focus Group seeks nominations for its new award to young scientists engaged in studies of natural hazards and risks. This award recognizes one or more promising young scientists for outstanding contributions achieved during their Ph.D. research. Accordingly, eligibility is restricted to current Ph.D. students and those who have completed the requirements for a Ph.D. degree up to 12 months prior to the nomination deadline. Nominees should be AGU members.

The major criterion in the evaluation of candidates nominated to this award is the impact (or potential impact) of the research on the field of natural hazards. The award consists of $500 for support of travel to the AGU Fall meeting, a certificate, and recognition at the Natural Hazards Reception. The awardee(s) will have the opportunity to deliver an invited paper in an appropriate Natural Hazards session at the AGU Fall meeting. The awardee(s) will also be announced in EOS.

Nominations should include

  • a letter of nomination
  • a curriculum vitae
  • two supporting letters, coming from outside of the nominee degree-granting institution, and
  • up to three PDF reprints (or preprints) of the nominee's work.

In order to be considered by the selection committee, nominations should be received by July 1, 2010. Please send nominations in an electronic form to:

Dr. Ilya Zaliapin
Secretary, AGU Focus Group on Natural Hazards
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557
Tel: +1-775-784-6077
E-mail: zal@unr.edu


Submit a Nomination!

Nominate an individual for 2010 Graduate Research Award using our e-submission form: Click here.

 

Award Winners


 

The Graduate Research Award Committee

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Michael Ghil (Committee Chair), Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Sciences and Geophysics, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA); Director of Geosciences Department and Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (CNRS and IPSL), Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, FRANCE

http://www.atmos.ucla.edu
http://www.atmos.ucla.edu/tcd/GHIL
http://www.environnement.ens.fr/perso/ghil

Current research interests include Atmospheric Sciences, Climate Dynamics, Dynamical and Complex Systems Theory, Estimation Theory, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Numerical Methods, Physical Oceanography, Statistical Methods, Remote Sensing and Applications.



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Efi Foufoula-Georgiou, Distinguished McKnight University Professor Joseph T. and Rose S. Ling Chair in Environmental Engineering University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

http://www.personal.ce.umn.edu/~foufoula/

Current research focuses on understanding and quantifying the statistical structure of hydrologic processes at a range of scales. Of particular interest are remotely sensed rainfall fields and channel/channel network structures. Dr. Foufoula conducts her research at the St. Anthony Falls Laboratory and for the National Center for Earth-Surface Dynamics.





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Friedemann Wenzel, Professor, Geophysical Institute, Karlsruhe University

http://www-gpi.physik.uni-karlsruhe.de/
http://www.world-stress-map.org
http://www.emi-megacities.org

Current research focuses on engineering seismology, crustal and upper mantle tomography, stress field of the lithosphere, geophysical hazards and risk mitigation, specifically in megacities.