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Young Investigator Award

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that the winner of the 2019 Water Young Investigator Award is Dr. Kyle Davis.

Dr. Kyle Davis is a Data Science Institute Fellow at Columbia University whose work focuses on food systems, water sustainability, and global environmental change. His current research in India, Nigeria, China, and the US combines environmental, economic, and social considerations with direct stakeholder engagement to inform agricultural decision making and to improve nutrition, environmental sustainability, and climate adaptation strategies. He also explores other human–environment interactions through projects on: the environmental and livelihood impacts of large-scale land investments; variability and shock propagation through food trade networks; human migration modelling as driven by anticipated climate change impacts; and farmer coping strategies for climate variability and extremes. He is humbled and honored to be chosen as this year’s recipient. Please join us in congratulating Dr. Kyle Davis for his outstanding achievements.

As the awardee, Dr. Davis will receive an honorarium of 2000 CHF, an offer to publish a paper free-of-charge without a fixed deadline in Water, and an engraved plaque.

We would like to thank all the applicants in various fields of study for their participation and all the Award Committee members for their evaluation of the many excellent applications.

The 2020 Water Young Investigator Award will be open from September 2019. Please check https://www.mdpi.com/journal/water/awards for more information closer to that date.

 
Water 2019 Young Investigator Award
 
 
Past Winners
 
Year: 

Winner

Jing Sun
College of Environmental Science & Engineering, Tongji University, China Details
Vhahangwele Masindi
Department of Environmental Sciences, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, University of South Africa, South Africa Details

Award Committee

Prof. Jean-luc Probst Chairman
CNRS
Prof. Dr. ATHANASIOS LOUKAS
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Prof. Martin Thoms
University of New England
Dr. Tao Zhang
China Agricultural University

Winner

Li Gao
Institute for Sustainable Industries & Liveable Cities, Victoria University, Australia Details
Zhe Yang
Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, China Details

Award Committee

Prof. Jean-luc Probst Chairman
CNRS
Dr. Bommanna Krishnappan
Dr. Julie Kinzelman
University of Wisconsin - Parkside
Dr. Letizia Lusito
Inside Climate Service
Dr. David Dunkerley
Dr. Achim A. Beylich
Geomorphological Field Laboratory (GFL)

Winner

Sergi Garcia-Segura
School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, Arizona State University, USA Details

Award Committee

Prof. Jean-luc Probst Chairman
CNRS
Prof. Dr. Christos Akratos
Department of Civil Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace
Dr. Thomas Meixner
University of Arizona
Prof. Peiyue Li
School of Water and Environment, Chang'an University

Winner

Stefanos Giannakis
Department of Hydraulics, Energy and Environment, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), Spain Details

Award Committee

Prof. Jean-luc Probst Chairman
CNRS
Prof. Adriano A. Bordalo
ICBAS-University of Porto
Prof. Helena RAMOS
IST
Dr. Steve Pueppke
Michigan State University
Prof. Dr. ATHANASIOS LOUKAS
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Winner

Case van Genuchten
Geochemistry Department, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS), Denmark Details

Award Committee

Prof. Jean-luc Probst Chairman
CNRS
Prof. Slobodan Simonovic
Prof. Dr. Marcel J.F. Stive
Delft University of Technology
Prof. Maria Filomena Camões
Faculdade de Ciencias Universidade de Lisboa
Dr. Kevin Strychar

Winner

Kyle Frankel Davis
Department of Geography and Spatial Sciences, University of Delaware, USA Details

Award Committee

Prof. Arjen Hoekstra Chairman
University of Twente
Prof. YiJun Xu
Louisiana State University
Prof. Enedir Ghisi
Federal University of Santa Catarina
Prof. Dr. ATHANASIOS LOUKAS
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Winner

Qilin Wang
"an Australian Research Council (ARC) DECRA Research Fellow and Lecturer (Assistant Professor) at the Centre for Clean Environment and Energy, Environmental Futures Research Institute; Griffith School of Engineering, Griffith University, Australia, Details

Winner

Gabriele Villarini
"an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Iowa, and the Associate Director of IIHR-Hydroscience & Engineering" Details
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