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Tammo Steenhuis received the International Award at the 2011 Fall Meeting Honors Ceremony, held on 7 December 2011 in San Francisco, Calif. The award honors “an individual scientist or a small team for making an outstanding contribution to furthering the Earth and space sciences and using science for the benefit of society in less favored nations.”

Citation:

Tammo Steenhuis has left an indelible mark on hydrological science and water resources engineering in the form of exciting research and in the form of a large number (>70) of graduate students who carry on his legacy. Steenhuis has well over 200 publications in ISI-­rated peer-­reviewed journals that address a wide range of water resources issues. His early scientific achievements concerned pollutant movement through agricultural... Read More »

Response:

Professor van de Giesen, thank you very much for your kind words of introduction. I am honored, and I know that I am standing here thanks to the many people with whom I have been cooperating.I remember vividly 40 years ago to the month when Aafke, our 6-­month-­old daughter Femmigje, and I boarded a KLM plane in Amsterdam to move to Madison, Wisc., where I... Read More »