Zero Winners of the ACS Early Career Morgan Award for Environmental Scientists are Americans.
The American Chemical Society, which publishes the internationally respected journal Environmental Science and Technology, which I read regularly, has announced the winners of the James J. Morgan Award Early Career Award 2023 for scientists working in the Environmental field.
The Announcement can be found here: Winners of the James J. Morgan Award Early Career Award 2023, Julie Beth Zimmerman, Bryan Brooks, and Margaret Mills, Environmental Science & Technology 2022 56 (23), 16541-16543.
The winners are:
Dr. Xiaoguang Duan
School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials, University of Adelaide, Australia
“Probleme kann man niemals mit derselben Denkweise lösen, durch die sie entstanden sind” or “We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used to create them” is often attributed to Albert Einstein. Given the significant and urgent environmental problems we are facing around the world, it is ever clearer that we need new ideas, new perspectives, new tools, new metrics, and new innovations to create solutions for a more sustainable future. While the challenges we face are daunting and dire, our community can be hopeful on the basis of the creativity and urgency that the next generation of environmental scientists and engineers is bringing to bare in designing, developing, and implementing novel solutions and forging new pathways through interdisciplinary collaborations. While there are so many early career researchers of whom to be proud in their commitment to addressing society’s great environmental challenges, today we have the opportunity to recognize those in the Asia Pacific region who have demonstrated their ability to think differently, having already made important contributions to tomorrow’s solutions to today’s problems. Please join us in warmly congratulating the winners of the 2023 James J. Morgan Environmental Science & Technology Early Career Award. The winners and honorable mentions for this year’s award are as follows.
Winners
Dr. Xiaoguang Duan
School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials, University of Adelaide, Australia
Dr. Zimeng Wang
Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, China
Professor Jiang Xu
College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, China
Professor Tong Zhang
Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, China
Of the seven honorable mentions, five have Chinese names, one is Korean, and one is Indian. One of the scientists with a Chinese name works in Australia.
The success of scientists is related to the priorities of funding agencies in these times, and the value placed on scientific research and education.
Just saying...