Congratulations to Lei Bi, Department of Atmospheric Sciences School of Earth Sciences, Zhejiang University, on being awarded the 2019 IAMAS Early Career Scientist Medal.

The Award Committee chaired by IAMAS Vice President Joyce Penner had four nominations. All were of high quality, but in the end, the Award Committee decided to award the medal to the IRC nominee: Lei Bi. This medal was established in 2011, and is presented every two years, from a selection of candidates nominated by the commissions of IAMAS.

The Award Committee will present him with the medal at IAMAS 100 Symposium (M25) on 10 July, 2019 during IUGG General Assembly in Montreal.

Awardee Profile: Lei Bi obtained his PhD degree at Texas A&M University (TAMU) in the USA under Professor George W. Kattawar and Professor Ping Yang. After four years (2011—2015) as a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Atmospheric Sciences of TAMU, he joined the School of Earth Sciences at Zhejiang University in China as a faculty member, where he is building a research team in the discipline of atmospheric radiation and remote sensing. His effort majorly focuses on fundamental research in electromagnetic wave scattering with applications to atmospheric radiative transfer and remote sensing. His recent research interest focuses on improving the understanding of backscattering optical properties of atmospheric aerosols based on the first-principle approaches for applications in active Lidar remote sensing.

Message from the Awardee: I am extremely honored to receive this recognition from the IAMAS. Along my growth from being a student to a PI, I was very fortunate to have multi-facets mentoring from my advisors and the opportunities to interact with and learn from well-known research scientists in our research community. I highly appreciate their kind supports and on-going career-development encouragement. I also want to thank all my colleagues for their constructive collaborations, and postdoctoral researchers and students for their enthusiasm in research.