Congratulations to the 2024 UMAP Honorees!
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2024 RECIPIENT
Nicolas Gruber
Nicolas Gruber is recognized for his efforts to tackle some of the most important challenges associated with ocean biogeochemical cycles and their interactions with the Earth system, continuously pushing the frontiers of our knowledge in biogeochemi...
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2023 RECIPIENT
Zhisheng An
Zhisheng An’s research has encompassed a broad scope, in terms of Quaternary geology, atmospheric science, climate dynamics and global environmental changes, by combining the past and present, observation and numerical simulation, as well as natural ...
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2022 RECIPIENT
Dennis L Hartmann
Dennis Hartmann has made outstanding contributions to climate science by innovatively employing his broad-based understanding of atmospheric physics and dynamics. Equally important is his contribution to the atmospheric science and climate community ...
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2021 RECIPIENT
Clara Deser
Clara Deseris one of the most prolificand influential climate scientists of her generation. Her contributions span a wide range of topics encompassing both past and future climate, ocean and atmosphere, and observations and models — truly in t...
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2020 RECIPIENT
Claire L Parkinson
2019 RECIPIENT
Eugenia Kalnay
Professor Eugenia Kalnay is recognized for her exceptional contributions to numerical weather prediction; ensemble forecasting; data assimilation, including the production of global data sets for weather and climate research; and modeling the interac...
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2018 RECIPIENT
Isaac Held
Isaac Held is recognized for his outstanding scientific contributions to the understanding of the dynamics of the Earth’s atmosphere and climate and for his pioneering insights into the structure of atmospheric circulation patterns and the inte...
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2017 RECIPIENT
Kevin E Trenberth
Kevin Trenberth is being recognized for his outstanding contributions to understanding how the climate system operates, for gaining critical insights into the nature and future of climate change, and for his unusually dedicated leadership in the cli...
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