Prof. Athanasios Nenes, Affiliated Scientist of FORTH/ICE-HT, Coordinating Member of the Center for the Study of Air Quality and Climate Change (C-STACC) and Professor at the School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland has been awarded the Copernicus Medal 2022, for transformative contributions and fundamental advances at the interface of aerosol science with cloud formation, air quality, biogeochemical cycles and climate through a combination of theory, instrument development, measurements, and modelling. More information can be found at https://www.copernicus.org/news_and_press/2022-02-28_athanasios-nenes-awarded-copernicus-medal-2022.html

Τhe medal ceremony will be held during the annual European Geosciences Union General Assembly, in Vienna Austria, May 23-27, 2022.