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Please <a href="https://www.enable-javascript.com/">enable JavaScript</a> in your browser. </div> </noscript> <div class="row"> <div class="col-lg-9" id="leftcontent"> <p class="h6 mb-3"> <b>President:</b> Heike Knicker (<i class="fal fa-envelope mr-1" title="Email" aria-hidden="true"></i><span class="sr-only">Email</span><a href="mailto:sss@egu.eu">sss@egu.eu</a>) <br> <b>Deputy President:</b> Araceli Perez-Sanz (<a href="/login/?next={request.path}" aria-label="Log in to see this email address"><i class="fal fa-envelope" title="Log in to see this email address" aria-hidden="true"></i><span class="sr-only" title="Log in to see this email address">Email</span></a>) <br> <b>ECS Representative:</b> Sigrid van Grinsven (<i class="fal fa-envelope mr-1" title="Email" aria-hidden="true"></i><span class="sr-only">Email</span><a href="mailto:ecs-sss@egu.eu">ecs-sss@egu.eu</a>) <br> </p> <p>Soil is the interface between the crust and atmosphere, and is the basis of life on Earth.聽 The impact of soil science to the society has probably never been as high as it is currently. The importance of soils in the Earth system must make us, the soil scientists, more noticeable at the EGU. The aim of the Division on Soil System Sciences (SSS) is to coordinate the EGU scientific programme on soil science and related activities. The SSS contributes actively with EGU by promoting scientific interchange and dissemination of activity carried out by members.</p> <div class="headline"><h2>Soils at Imaggeo: shoot your soil!</h2></div> <p>Amazing soil pictures? Are you a photo artist? Share your work at <a href="https://imaggeo.egu.eu/category/soil-system-sciences/">Imaggeo</a>, the open-access image repository of <a href="https://www.egu.eu/">European Geosciences Union</a>.</p> <div class="text-center mt-2" > <figure class="figure"> <img alt="Aggregate from an Irish peat soil (Credit: Antonio Jord谩n, distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)" class="figure-img img-fluid img-thumbnail" width="400" src="https://www.egu.eu/media/filer_public_thumbnails/filer_public/bc/5f/bc5f8cf9-fa5e-441c-a6de-bc9f21c881fc/3330jpg1600x1200_q85.webp__400x0_crop_subject_location-800%2C533_subsampling-2_upscale.webp" srcset="https://www.egu.eu/media/filer_public_thumbnails/filer_public/bc/5f/bc5f8cf9-fa5e-441c-a6de-bc9f21c881fc/3330jpg1600x1200_q85.webp__400x0_crop_subject_location-800%2C533_subsampling-2_upscale.webp 1x, https://www.egu.eu/media/filer_public_thumbnails/filer_public/bc/5f/bc5f8cf9-fa5e-441c-a6de-bc9f21c881fc/3330jpg1600x1200_q85.webp__800x0_crop_subject_location-800%2C533_subsampling-2_upscale.webp 2x"> <figcaption class="figure-caption"><a href="https://imaggeo.egu.eu/view/3330/">Aggregate from an Irish peat soil</a> (Credit: Antonio Jord谩n, distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)</figcaption> </figure> </div> <div class="headline"> <h2>Recent awardees</h2> </div> <article class="media"> <img class="img-fluid img-thumbnail" alt="Wulf Amelung" src="https://www.egu.eu/media/awards/photos/2025/01/20/55dd1e5d-c1ca-437e-94d1-1a056f815d4f.jpg.120x120_q90_crop_target-50%2C41_upscale.webp" srcset="https://www.egu.eu/media/awards/photos/2025/01/20/55dd1e5d-c1ca-437e-94d1-1a056f815d4f.jpg.120x120_q90_crop_target-50%2C41_upscale.webp 1x, https://www.egu.eu/media/awards/photos/2025/01/20/55dd1e5d-c1ca-437e-94d1-1a056f815d4f.jpg.240x240_q90_crop_target-50%2C41_upscale.webp 2x" loading="lazy"> <div class="media-body"> <h2 class="h4"><a href="/awards-medals/philippe-duchaufour/2025/wulf-amelung/">Wulf Amelung</a></h2> <ul class="list-inline"> <li class="list-inline-item"><i class="far fa-fw fa-calendar-alt"></i> 2025</li> <li class="list-inline-item"><i class="fas fa-fw fa-trophy"></i> Philippe Duchaufour Medal</li> </ul> <p> The 2025 Philippe Duchaufour Medal is awarded to Wulf Amelung for pioneering research in uncovering the mechanisms of soil degradation and efforts to restore soil functions, thereby enabling sustainable agriculture and land use. </p> <p class="more-link my-1 text-right "><a href="/awards-medals/philippe-duchaufour/2025/wulf-amelung/" aria-label="Read more about Wulf Amelung">Read more</a> </div> </article> <hr> <article class="media"> <img class="img-fluid img-thumbnail" alt="Katerina Georgiou" src="https://www.egu.eu/media/awards/photos/2024/11/08/7366e34d-a1a8-43b6-9e03-b89662d29b34.jpg.120x120_q90_crop_target-50%2C47_upscale.webp" srcset="https://www.egu.eu/media/awards/photos/2024/11/08/7366e34d-a1a8-43b6-9e03-b89662d29b34.jpg.120x120_q90_crop_target-50%2C47_upscale.webp 1x, https://www.egu.eu/media/awards/photos/2024/11/08/7366e34d-a1a8-43b6-9e03-b89662d29b34.jpg.240x240_q90_crop_target-50%2C47_upscale.webp 2x" loading="lazy"> <div class="media-body"> <h2 class="h4"><a href="/awards-medals/division-outstanding-ecs-award/2025/katerina-georgiou/">Katerina Georgiou</a></h2> <ul class="list-inline"> <li class="list-inline-item"><i class="far fa-fw fa-calendar-alt"></i> 2025</li> <li class="list-inline-item"><i class="fas fa-fw fa-trophy"></i> Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award</li> </ul> <p> The 2025 Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award is awarded to Katerina Georgiou for significant contributions to the understanding of the fundamental mechanisms of carbon cycling at a range of scales; from soil particle to field-scale, to global predictions. </p> <p class="more-link my-1 text-right "><a href="/awards-medals/division-outstanding-ecs-award/2025/katerina-georgiou/" aria-label="Read more about Katerina Georgiou">Read more</a> </div> </article> <hr> <article class="media"> <img class="img-fluid img-thumbnail" alt="Jan Willem van Groenigen" src="https://www.egu.eu/media/awards/philippe-duchaufour/2024/jan_willem_van_groenigen.jpg.120x120_q90_crop_target-45%2C50_upscale.webp" srcset="https://www.egu.eu/media/awards/philippe-duchaufour/2024/jan_willem_van_groenigen.jpg.120x120_q90_crop_target-45%2C50_upscale.webp 1x, https://www.egu.eu/media/awards/philippe-duchaufour/2024/jan_willem_van_groenigen.jpg.240x240_q90_crop_target-45%2C50_upscale.webp 2x" loading="lazy"> <div class="media-body"> <h2 class="h4"><a href="/awards-medals/philippe-duchaufour/2024/jan-willem-van-groenigen/">Jan Willem van Groenigen</a></h2> <ul class="list-inline"> <li class="list-inline-item"><i class="far fa-fw fa-calendar-alt"></i> 2024</li> <li class="list-inline-item"><i class="fas fa-fw fa-trophy"></i> Philippe Duchaufour Medal</li> </ul> <p> The 2024 Philippe Duchaufour Medal is awarded to Jan Willem van Groenigen for his outstanding work on the integration of agricultural management and environmental science as they relate to global change. </p> <p class="more-link my-1 text-right "><a href="/awards-medals/philippe-duchaufour/2024/jan-willem-van-groenigen/" aria-label="Read more about Jan Willem van Groenigen">Read more</a> </div> </article> <hr> <article class="media"> <img class="img-fluid img-thumbnail" alt="Hyunsoo Seo" src="https://www.egu.eu/media/awards/photos/2024/08/08/cb77d542-5d4c-41d2-9d0d-4966bf016fa6.jpg.120x120_q90_crop_target-52%2C48_upscale_zoom-111.webp" srcset="https://www.egu.eu/media/awards/photos/2024/08/08/cb77d542-5d4c-41d2-9d0d-4966bf016fa6.jpg.120x120_q90_crop_target-52%2C48_upscale_zoom-111.webp 1x, https://www.egu.eu/media/awards/photos/2024/08/08/cb77d542-5d4c-41d2-9d0d-4966bf016fa6.jpg.240x240_q90_crop_target-52%2C48_upscale_zoom-111.webp 2x" loading="lazy"> <div class="media-body"> <h2 class="h4"><a href="/awards-medals/ospp-award/2024/hyunsoo-seo/">Hyunsoo Seo</a></h2> <ul class="list-inline"> <li class="list-inline-item"><i class="far fa-fw fa-calendar-alt"></i> 2024</li> <li class="list-inline-item"><i class="fas fa-fw fa-trophy"></i> Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award</li> </ul> <p> The 2024 Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award is awarded to Hyunsoo Seo Implementing Spatial Mapping and Sequential Gaussian Simulation for Probabilistic Risk Modeling of Heavy Metals Contamination in Urban Soils </p> <p class="more-link my-1 text-right "><a href="/awards-medals/ospp-award/2024/hyunsoo-seo/" aria-label="Read more about Hyunsoo Seo">Read more</a> </div> </article> <hr> <article class="media"> <img class="img-fluid img-thumbnail" alt="Lauren Porter" src="https://www.egu.eu/media/no_photo.png.120x120_q90_crop_upscale.webp" srcset="https://www.egu.eu/media/no_photo.png.120x120_q90_crop_upscale.webp 1x, https://www.egu.eu/media/no_photo.png.240x240_q90_crop_upscale.webp 2x" loading="lazy"> <div class="media-body"> <h2 class="h4"><a href="/awards-medals/ospp-award/2024/lauren-porter/">Lauren Porter</a></h2> <ul class="list-inline"> <li class="list-inline-item"><i class="far fa-fw fa-calendar-alt"></i> 2024</li> <li class="list-inline-item"><i class="fas fa-fw fa-trophy"></i> Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award</li> </ul> <p> The 2024 Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award is awarded to Lauren Porter Impacts of intensive wetting, stagnation and drying cycles on carbon pools and allocation within stormwater processing system substrates designed for multifunctionality </p> <p class="more-link my-1 text-right "><a 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Evans" src="https://www.egu.eu/media/awards/photos/2024/01/22/957c1cd5-d843-4a6f-b7eb-4cbc6c685bc5b.jpg.120x120_q90_crop_target-52%2C41_upscale_zoom-13.webp" srcset="https://www.egu.eu/media/awards/photos/2024/01/22/957c1cd5-d843-4a6f-b7eb-4cbc6c685bc5b.jpg.120x120_q90_crop_target-52%2C41_upscale_zoom-13.webp 1x, https://www.egu.eu/media/awards/photos/2024/01/22/957c1cd5-d843-4a6f-b7eb-4cbc6c685bc5b.jpg.240x240_q90_crop_target-52%2C41_upscale_zoom-13.webp 2x" loading="lazy"> <div class="media-body"> <h2 class="h4"><a href="/awards-medals/arne-richter/2024/daniel-l-evans/">Daniel L. Evans</a></h2> <ul class="list-inline"> <li class="list-inline-item"><i class="far fa-fw fa-calendar-alt"></i> 2024</li> <li class="list-inline-item"><i class="fas fa-fw fa-trophy"></i> Arne Richter Award for Outstanding Early Career Scientists</li> </ul> <p> The 2024 Arne Richter Award for Outstanding Early Career Scientists is awarded to Daniel L. 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