On November 17th, 2023, the newly established IGAC-iCACGP Early Career Researchers Scientific Steering Committee hosted its first-ever ECR online conference. The event was organized across three time zones to suit Asia/Oceania – Africa/Europe/Middle-East – Americas, with highlight talks, ice-breaking and climate interactive activities, skills workshops, and poster sessions (Conference Booklet).
One of three poster sessions during the 2023 IGAC-iCACGP ECR online conference. (platform: GatherTown)
The event was organized to showcase the work of early career researchers. Six poster prizes were awarded to:
–Hao Xu (NIES, Japan) for his work on TROPOMI validation;
–Pallavi Sahoo (Utkal University, India) for her work on Ammonia emissions;
–Flossie Brown (University of Exeter, UK) for her work on fire-driven ozone damage to the Amazon;
–Abdelfettah Benchrif (National Center for Nuclear Energy, Morocco) for his work on PM composition;
–Olivia Sablan (Colorado State University, USA) for her work on prescribed and agricultural Burns;
–Facundo Baraldo (Comisión de Energía Atómica, Argentina) for his work on PM2.5 analytical processing.
The prize recipients will be invited to the 2024 iCACGP-IGAC joint conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and the 3-day ECR short course beforehand.
The 2023 ECR online conference received sponsorship from IAMAS, ESA, Future Earth, Copernicus Publishing, and NCAS – and support from iCACGP and IGAC members.