On 18 September, American Geophysical Union (AGU) announced the 2024 AGU Fellow and award selection results. Professor DAI Minhan from the State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science of XMU received two AGU awards: AGU Fellow and the AGU Ambassador Award for Earth and Space Science.
AGU was founded in 1919 and is the largest and the most influential academic organization for earth and space scientist with over 60,000 members from 135 countries, involving atmosphere and marine science, solid earth science, hydrology, space science, planetary science and so on. AGU Fellow is an honor title awarded to not more than 0.1 percent of the total member to recognize to scientists for their foresight in the field of international earth and space science and outstanding achievement in scientific research. AGU established Ambassador Award in 2013. The award aims to recognize the outstanding individuals for their accomplishments in scientific research, education and international cooperation. These recipients typically have made exceptional contributions to earth and space science through a breakthrough, discovery, or innovation in their field and have broad social influence.
Professor DAI, a marine chemist and academician of CAS, has long been dedicated to the research of marine biochemistry, specializing in ocean carbon research. In addition to scientific research, Professor DAI actively participates international cooperation and ocean governance.
Honorees will be celebrated at AGU 2024, where over 25,000 attendees from more than 100 countries will gather in Washington and online from 9 to 13 December 2024. This year’s meeting theme is “What’s Next for Science”. Honorees will be received recognition at the AGU 2024 Awards Ceremony.
Detailed information:
https://www.agu.org/honors-home/announcement/union-fellows
https://www.agu.org/honors-home/announcement/union-medals-awards-prizes
