A proud winner of the prize, Andreas, on 8 April, got the EGU Louis Agassiz medal at the General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union (EGU) in Vienna, Austria. This conference gather over 12,000 professionals in disciplines under the Geosciences-umbrella each year.
The EGU Louis Agassiz medal a highly rated and recognized honor in the research of the cryosphere (the frozen landscape; snow, ice, glaciers, permafrost). The prize has been awarded since 2006 and now in 2019 to Professor of geomatics Andreas Max Kääb, Department of Geosciences.
Kääb has contributed to many research articles and leads many projects, including the ERC Advanced Grant project 'Global Glacier Mass Continuity (ICEMASS)''. He is also the lead author of the IPCC special report on Oceans and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate, which will be published during 2019.
The reasons from EGU for awarding Kääb the medal speak for themselves and can be read here; Louis Agassiz medal 2019 to Kaab.
Congratulations Andreas!
The Louis Agassiz Medal
This medal was established in 2005 by the Cryospheric Sciences Division in recognition of the scientific achievements of Louis Agassiz. It is awarded individuals in recognition of their outstanding scientific contributions to the study of the cryosphere on Earth or elsewhere in the solar system.' Reference; www.egu.eu
The EGU Louis Agassiz Medal is from 2019 renamed to honour Julia and Johannes Weertman and will have the name Julia and Johannes Weertman Medal.