Ergebnisse der Wahl der IUSS - Officers und weitere Infos der IUSS

Liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen,

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herzliche Grüße

Andreas Baumgarten

Information from the secretariat of the IUSS:

Election of IUSS Division and Commission Officers 2022-2026

In relation to the election of IUSS Division and Commission Officers 2022-2026 we are very thankful to those who provided their voting results until 28 January 2022. In total we received valid votes from 39 societies.

We congratulate all officers who have been elected and are looking forward to a fruitful collaboration. The officers’ term will start at the end of the WCSS 2022, on Aug. 5, 2022.

In addition, let me remind you that the IUSS offers travel grants for early-career scientists who submitted an abstract to the 22^nd World Congress of Soil Science, 31 July – 5 August 2022.

Applicants need to send their applications to iuss@umweltbundesamt.at by March 15, 2022, accompanied by a documentation written in English.

Congress of Soil Science 2022

We hope that you and many of your members have already registered for the World Congress of Soil Science 2022 in Glasgow, UK. If not, please register here: https://22wcss.org/registration/

IUSS Presidential Election 2022 – Call for nominations

The election of the next President of the IUSS is due this year. The appointment of the President represents a total of six years commitment to the Union by serving two years each as President-Elect (2023/24), President (2025/26) and Past-President (2027/28).

The Standing Committee on Presidential Elections has defined the respective procedure and the guidelines. Nominations should be made by two accomplished, highly-respected senior soil scientists.

Full nomination documentation should be submitted electronically to Prof. Dr. Rainer Horn (Email: rhorn@soils.uni-kiel.de) by May 31, 2022.A copy should also be sent to iuss@umweltbundesamt.at.

Procedure and guidelines: https://www.iuss.org/about-the-iuss/iuss-presidential-election/

Recipients of the IUSS Awards 2022

The IUSS is proud to announce the awardees of the prestigious IUSS Awards in 2022 and congratulates them to their great scientific achievements:

Prof. Emeritus Nicola Senesi is the recipient of the 2022 IUSS Dokuchaev Award for his outstanding contributions and achievements in basic soil science research.

Prof. Yong-Guan Zhu is the recipient of the 2022 IUSS Von Liebig Award for his achievements in applied soil science research.

Dr. Umakant Mishra is the recipient of the 2022 IUSS Jeju Awardfor his outstanding accomplishments as an early-career soil scientist.

The awards will be bestowed to the recipients during the World Congress of Soil Science 2022 in Glasgow.

Best regards,
Sigbert Huber