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We are pleased to announce that the Water Travel Awards for 2020 were granted to the following three excellent applicants:
Dr. Amen Al-Yaari, assistant professor at Sorbonne University, France; Ms. Qianqian Zhang, Ph.D. candidate at McMaster University, Canada; and Dr. Alex Chee Yu Yeung, researcher at The University of British Columbia, Canada. They will receive 800 Swiss Francs each to attend an international conference in 2020.
Dr. Amen Al-Yaari planned to present his work entitled “Effects of Irrigation on Global Climate Patterns” at The General Assembly 2020 of the European Geosciences Union (EGU).
Ms. Qianqian Zhang planned to present her work entitled “Robust Optimization for Water Quality Management under Uncertainty: A Case Study of the Central Grand River Region in Ontario, Canada” at 2020 Annual Water Resources Conference.
Dr. Alex Chee Yu Yeung planned to present his work entitled “Assessing the Biodegradability of ‘Compostable’ Carrier Bags in the Natural Stream Environment” at ASLO-SFS 2020 Joint Summer Meeting.
However, given the rapidly escalating situation regarding COVID-19, many conferences (including EGU 2020 and ASLO-SFS 2020 Joint Summer Meeting) have been either cancelled or changed to online form worldwide. We wish the best of luck to the award winners to present their works at other conferences on later occasions.
The evaluation process is difficult, as there were many excellent applications for the awards. We would like to thank all the applicants for their participation and all the Award Committee members for their time devoted to evaluation. On behalf of Water, we congratulate the winners for their accomplishments.
Dr. Jean-Luc PROBST Chair of the Evaluation Committee
Prof. Athanasios Loukas Prof. Adriano A. Bordalo Prof. Y. Jun Xu Prof. Enedir Ghisi Prof. Steve Pueppke The members of the Evaluation Committee
Water 2020 Travel Award
Past Winners
Year:
Winner
Bernhard Jonathan Sattler
Institute for the Protection of Terrestrial Infrastructures, German Aerospace Center, Germany
Paula Catalina Ortiz Blanco
Department of Civil, Geological and Mining Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal, Canada
Tamara Leite
School of Agriculture (ISA), University of Lisbon, Portugal
Award Committee
Prof. Jean-luc Probst
Chairman
CNRS
Prof. Dr. Sajjad Ahmad
University of Nevada Las Vegas
Dr. Tao Zhang
China Agricultural University
Prof. Juraj Parajka
Winner
Giuseppe Francesco Cesare Lama
Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Naples “Federico II”, Italy
Details
Binod Rayamajhee
School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of New South Wales, Australia
Details
Solmaz Fathololoumi
School of Environmental Science, University of Guelph, Canada
Details
Award Committee
Dr. Yujue Wang
Chairman
Dr. David Dunkerley
Dr. Bommanna Krishnappan
Prof. Dr. Sajjad Ahmad
University of Nevada Las Vegas
Winner
Sabolc Pap
Environmental Research Institute, NHC, UHI
Xuexiu Jia
Sustainable Process Integration Laboratory (SPIL) Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Brno University of Technology Technická 2896/2, 616 00 Brno, Czech Republic
Angelos Alamanos
National Water Forum of Ireland. Centre for Freshwater and Environmental Studies, Dundalk Institute of Technology, Ireland.
Award Committee
Prof. Jean-luc Probst
Chairman
CNRS
Prof. Maria Filomena Camões
Faculdade de Ciencias Universidade de Lisboa
Dr. Marina Manca
CNR IRSA
Prof. Enedir Ghisi
Federal University of Santa Catarina
Winner
Nnanake-Abasi Okon Offiong
International Centre for Energy and Environmental Sustainability Research, University of Uyo, Uyo, NIGERIA
Tonni Agustiono Kurniawan
Polytechnic of Health (Indonesia)
Shawna Andrea Foo
Arizona State University
Award Committee
Prof. Jean-luc Probst
Chairman
CNRS
Dr. Marina Manca
CNR IRSA
Dr. Kevin Strychar
Prof. Maria Filomena Camões
Faculdade de Ciencias Universidade de Lisboa
Winner
Amen Al-Yaari
Sorbonne university
Alex Chee Yu Yeung
The University of British Columbia
Qianqian Zhang
McMaster University
Award Committee
Prof. Arjen Hoekstra
Chairman
University of Twente
Prof. Adriano A. Bordalo
ICBAS-University of Porto
Prof. Dr. ATHANASIOS LOUKAS
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Prof. YiJun Xu
Louisiana State University
Prof. Enedir Ghisi
Federal University of Santa Catarina
Dr. Steve Pueppke
Michigan State University
Winner
Parisa Hosseinzadehtalaei
Hydraulics Division, Department of Civil Engineering, KU Leuven
Dr. Komali Kantamaneni
Solent University
Ebrahim Ahmadisharaf
Virginia Tech
Winner
Xueming Chen
Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
Details
Yi Yang
Department of Environmental Sciences, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, USA
R. Iestyn Woolway
Climatology at the Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, UK
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