The Alexander von Humboldt Medal is awarded annually by the European Geosciences Union to scientists "who have performed research in developing regions for the benefit of people and society through which they have achieved exceptional international standing in geosciences and planetary and space sciences, defined in their widest senses".
It was established in 2006 and is named in honour of Alexander von Humboldt, the Prussian geographer.
Recipients Source: EGU
2006: Patricio Aceituno 2007: Liu Tungsheng 2008: no award 2009: Rafael Navarro-González 2010: Carlos A. Nobre 2011: no award 2012: Robin T. Clarke 2013: no award 2014: Pradeep Mujumdar 2015: Hubert H. G. Savenije 2016: Jean W. A. Poesen 2017: Johan Bouma 2018: Filippo Giorgi 2020: Bojie Fu 2021: 2024: Subimal Ghosh 2025: Sachchida Nand Tripathi
See also List of geophysicists List of geophysics awards List of prizes named after people
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