European Geosciences Union
Division on Atmospheric Sciences
President: Philip Stier
(Emailas@egu.eu)
Deputy President: Athanasios Nenes
(Email)
ECS Representative: Robert Maiwald
(Emailecs-as@egu.eu)
The Atmospheric Sciences (AS) Division is one of the largest divisions of the European Geosciences Union. The research areas covered by the division extend from the large-scale dynamical/meteorological processes and systems in the atmosphere (like cyclones and global atmosphere circulation) to the small scale turbulent mixing, they cover the time frame from centuries (in connection with climate research) to seconds (in the context of fast chemistry). Atmospheric sciences include studies of the atmosphere composition, aerosol and cloud physics, gas-particles interactions and chemical reaction kinetics studied in the labs.
The 2025 Vilhelm Bjerknes Medal is awarded to Ulrike Lohmann for outstanding research on cloud-climate interactions; integrating microscale processes and satellite data with global models to assess the radiative effects of clouds on the Earth system.
The 2025 Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award is awarded to Dominik Stolzenburg for innovative contributions and dedication to the fields of atmospheric chemistry and physics, particularly in the areas of new particle formation and nanoparticle growth.
The 2024 Vilhelm Bjerknes Medal is awarded to Lucy Carpenter for establishing a critical link between the production of trace gases in and over the oceans, atmospheric chemistry, and climate change.
The 2024 Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award is awarded to Abigail McConnell Radical Processes on Secondary Organic Aerosols
The 2024 Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award is awarded to Alexander Platter Uncertainty of eddy covariance-derived net ecosystem CO2 exchange over a mountain forest reduced by multiple nighttime filtering approaches, or not?
The 2024 Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award is awarded to Anja Katzenberger Monsoon Planet: Studying Monsoon Dynamics in an Idealized Setup
The 2024 Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award is awarded to Daniel Boateng African monsoon changes in the Late Cenozoic from the climate modelling perspective
The 2024 Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award is awarded to Hannah Meyer Abundance of giant mineral dust particles: Insights from measured emitted dust size distributions during the J-WADI campaign
The 2024 Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award is awarded to Luise Schulte Representation of Arctic mixed-phase clouds in the ECMWF Integrated Forecasting System during MOSAiC
The 2024 Arne Richter Award for Outstanding Early Career Scientists is awarded to Nadia Bloemendaal for her outstanding contribution to research in atmospheric science with a focus on tropical cyclones and extreme weather.
Following the General Assembly at the end of April we have combined the April and May issues to bring you all the current EGU news and events from new funding calls for Public Engagement Grants, Distinguished Lectures and Science Journalism Fellowship, to the imminent close of the nominations for 2026's Awards and Medals on the 15 June!
Learn about EGU's new science for policy Climate Hazard and Risk Task Force, prepare for your media close-up with our science-media toolkit, join a webinar celebrating 20 years of EGU journal 'Climate of the Past' on tipping points, and much more in this month's Loupe!