Kaveh Madani, senior lecturer in Environmental Management and the Director of Alumni at the Center for Environmental Policy, will be honored with the 2016 European Geosciences Union (EGU) award as an outstanding young scientist.
The EGU Awards & Medals programme recognizes every year eminent scientists for their outstanding research contribution in the Earth, planetary and space sciences, and identifies the awardees as role models for the next generation of early career scientists to foster geosciences research.
EGU will present Arne Richter Award for Outstanding Young Scientists to Madani who has been chosen among four noteworthy young scientists in 2015.
This is the first time that an Iranian will receive this award.
Madani will be presented the award due to his research on human behavior, game theory and different decision-making methods that has led to creating new approach to models of water management.
EGU, the European Geosciences Union, is Europe’s premier geosciences union, dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in the geosciences and the planetary and space sciences for the benefit of humanity worldwide. It was established in September 2002 as a merger of the European Geophysical Society (EGS) and the European Union of Geosciences (EUG), and has headquarters in Munich, Germany.
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