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The 2018 Outstanding Early Career Scientists Award Division of the European Geoscience Union (EGU) division of soil system sciences was awarded to Matthias Vanmaercke - Professor of Physical Geography at ULiège - for his outstanding research on understanding the rates and impacts of soil erosion and the export of catchment sediments.
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anmaercke's research (within the UR-Spheres and the Faculty of Sciences) focuses on understanding the rates and impacts of soil erosion and the export and catchment sediment export on a regional and continental scales. He and his team mainly do this by meticulously compiling, integrating and analyzing thousands of soil erosion measurements and other geomorphic observations.
Despite their value, much of these data (often collected during previous decades) are difficult to obtain and is at risk of being lost. Saving and re-analyzing these data is a priority for the young researcher. This required major efforts that have not escaped the scientific community.
Matthias Vanmaercke's research has also advanced our understanding of soil erosion and its off-site impacts, especially in Africa and Europe. His numerous articles have not only contributed to a better understanding of these processes, but have also contributed to a better ability to model and predict these processes in relation to tectonic, anthropogenic and climatic factors.
The Professor of Physical Geography collaborates in various research projects on the prevention of soil erosion and degradation in the Global South. Here too, his contributions are highly appreciated by the scientific community. In November 2016, he obtained a permanent position at the University of Liège, where he set up a research group to further pursue and develop his research activities.
The European Union of Geosciences is the leading organisation dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in earth, planetary and space sciences. It was created in September 2002 following the merging of the European Geophysical Society (EGS) and the European Union of Geosciences (EGU). It is an international non-profit organization of scientists with more than 12,500 members from around the world.
Since 2011, the Outstanding Early Career Scientists Award Division (formerly Outstanding Young Scientists Award Division) rewards scientific achievements in the field covered by the division concerned, carried out by a scientist at the beginning of his career.
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