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Timothy Bertram

Over the past decade, Tim Bertram has led a highly collaborative and interdisciplinary team to address long-standing fundamental and applied Read Complete Citation

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Amy H Butler

Dr. Amy Hawes Butler has received the 2023 AGU Atmospheric Sciences Ascent Award for her “insightful studies elucidating how the stratosphere couples to the troposph...

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Nga Lee Ng

Prof. Nga Lee (Sally) Ng is a world leader in the field of aerosol science and the impact of particulate matter on air quality, human health, and climate. Her work exemplifies the...

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Debra Wunch

Prof. Debra Wunch has established a vibrant research effort at the University of Toronto where her leadership and scholarship have played a central role in enabling large space-based ...

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2022 RECIPIENT
Delphine Farmer
For her seminal contributions to our understanding of atmospheric chemistry both in and outdoors, Delphine Farmer has received the 2022 AGU Atmospheric Sciences Ascent Award. Prof. Farmer’s research describes the atmospheric chemistry occurring in r...
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Sarah M Kang
Sarah Kang is an outstanding climate dynamist who has made fundamental contributions to predictive understanding of extratropical influences on tropical rainfall distribution. The theoretical framework she pioneered is now widely adopted for a range ...
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Dylan B Millet
Dylan Millet is a leader in combining measurement and modeling techniques to advance our understanding of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and their impacts on atmospheric composition, air quality, and climate. His team has been at the forefront in ...
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Jun Wang
Dr. Jun Wang is an internationally recognized leader in the field of remote sensing of aerosols and fires. He has been a science team member of 10 different satellite missions. His research efforts include many major advances in satellite algorithm p...
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