Leadership Award Winners (first set)

July 15, 2022

U.S. Carbon Program Leadership Award Winners

for North American Carbon Science Community Engagement, Communication and Collaborations as of July 15, 2022

In 2021, we established this Leadership Award to support of the North American carbon cycle community’s engagement, communication and collaboration opportunities. This award activity is aimed at advancing our broader diversity, equity, inclusivity, accessibility and justice goals which are essential for fulfilling our national and global science priorities.

In response to our Phase 1 (November 2021) and Phase 2 (May 2022) announcements, we have received over 60 applications so far. The following applicants were selected and notified of their selection for this award based on their application materials and completion of all the requirements outlined in the announcements. The awardees’ blurbs will be published soon. Congratulations to all the US Carbon Leadership Award Winners!

(Please note: We are still accepting and evaluating applications on a rolling basis. The list of awardees below will be updated accordingly. For details on how to apply, see here. )

Awardees	Current Institution or affiliation	Awarded activity	Date of activity
Mustafa Saifuddin	Earthjustice, Sustainable Food and Farming Program	Soil Ecology Society Meeting in Richland, WA	May17-19, 2022
Taha Moiz	Arizona State University	AGU Fall Meeting 2021	December 13 to 17, 2021
Heng Huang	Texas A&M University	AGU Annual Fall Meeting	December 13 to 17, 2021
Maricar Aguilos	North Carolina State University	AGU Fall Meeting 2021	December 13-17, 2021
Vimbikayi Rachel Chimuka	Simon Fraser University	AGU Fall Meeting 2021	December 13 to 17, 2021
Sander Olivia Denham	Indiana University- Bloomington	AGU Fall Meeting 2021	December 13-17, 2021
Nikhil R Chari	Harvard University	AGU Fall Meeting 2021	December 13 to 17, 2021
Julia K. Green	UC Berkeley	AGU Fall Meeting 2021	December 13-17, 2021
Yong Zhou	Yale University	EGU General Assembly 2022	May 23-27, 2022
Sajjad Abdullajintakam	Iowa State University	Goldschmidt Conference 2022	July 10 to 15, 2022
Anna Kato	Northern Arizona University	AGU Fall Meeting 2021	December 13 to 17, 2021
Abdualhadi Ahmed Alzahrani	University of Virginia	5th Training Course on New Advances in Land Carbon Cycle Modeling	May 16 to 27, 2022
Junyu Qi	University of Maryland	5th Training Course on New Advances in Land Carbon Cycle Modeling	May 16-27, 2022
K. Arthur Endsley	University of Montana	5th Training Course on New Advances in Land Carbon Cycle Modeling	May 16 to 27, 2022
Joseph Mayala Nsingi	Montclair State University	2022 Joint Section Meeting (118th Annual Meeting of the Cordilleran Section & 72nd Annual Meeting of the Rocky Mountain Section)	March 15–17, 2022
Andre Luiz Custodio Franco	Colorado State University	Soil Ecology Society Biennial Meeting	May 17-19, 2022
Lauren Kathryn Cook	Rutgers University	Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry Workshop (Summer Meeting)	June 20 to 23, 2022
Kathryn Elizabeth Fagan Shamberger	Texas A&M University	International Coral Reef Symposium	July 3 to 8, 2022
Kelsey Nicole Bryant	University of Idaho	Ecological Society of America's 2022 Annual Meeting	August 14 to 19, 2022
Leila Maria Wahab	UC Merced	Soil Organic Matter Conference	June 26-June 30 2022
Min Huang	George Mason University	2022 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting	12-16 December, 2022
Salvatore Calabrese	Texas A&M University	Frontiers in Hydrology Meeting (American Geophysical Union)	June, 19 to 24, 2022
Iris Olivia Holzer	University of California, Davis	Goldschmidt Conference	July 10 to 15, 2022
Nia Nilanjana Bartolucci	Boston University	Ecological Society of America 2022	August 15 to 19, 2022

Acknowledgment: This award is made possible through the support of USDA NIFA (Award # 20206701931396) and the Carbon Cycle Interagency Working Group (CCIWG).

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