AGU Atmospheric Sciences Section
Yoram J. Kaufman Award for Unselfish Cooperation in Research
The Atmospheric Sciences Section of the American Geophysical
Union is pleased to announce the establishment of a new Section Award for
atmospheric scientists, the Yoram J. Kaufman Unselfish Cooperation in
Research Award. This award is named in honor of Yoram J. Kaufman,
an outstanding atmospheric scientist, mentor, and creator of international
collaborations who worked on atmospheric aerosols and their influence on the
Earth's climate for his entire 30-year career. Yoram was tragically killed
in a bicycle accident just at the peak of his career at NASA Goddard Space
Flight Center. He grew in the 1990s to be a leading light in aerosol
research, both as an author of many new theoretical ideas and as a leader of
field campaigns like SCAR-B. He also captained the first NASA Earth
Observing System platform, Terra, as its Project Scientist. He advised and
mentored a large number of students and junior scientists, and was known for
his quick insight, great heart, deep wisdom, and outreach to national and
international collaborators.
The AS Section will make the first annual Kaufman Award at the Meeting of
the Americas (Joint Assembly) in Toronto in May 2009. The citation will
read: "The Yoram J. Kaufman Award for broad influence in atmospheric science
through exceptional creativity, inspiration of younger scientists,
mentoring, international collaborations, and unselfish cooperation in
research." The Kaufman Award will consist of a certificate and a $1,000
credit toward AGU services. The credit may be used for journal
subscriptions, book purchases, and AGU meeting registration fees, to be
spent over a period of not more than three years from receiving the award.
When the award is presented outside the recipient's home country, it will
consist in addition of a travel grant of $1000 specifically to attend the
AGU meeting at which it is presented.
Nominations for 2009 are now closed. Please think now about preparing
nominations for 2010. Details will be posted here later this year.
Past Kaufman Award Winners
are:
2009 Ralph A. Kahn
2009 Ross J. Salawitch
Prepared by Alan Robock (robock@envsci.rutgers.edu) - Last updated on February 27, 2009