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IIHR’s Gabriele Villarini recently received the American Geophysical Union’s James B Macelwane Medal, which honors young researchers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Story originally appeared on the IIHR Hydroscience & Engineering website<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

When Gabriele Villarini heard the news that he had been chosen to receive the American Geophysical Union\u2019s James B. Macelwane Medal, this normally unflappable researcher got pretty excited.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was in such a daze!\u201d he remembers. The associate professor in civil and environmental engineering and IIHR associate research engineer was thrilled to receive the honor, presented each year to only 3\u20135 young researchers selected from the AGU\u2019s 60,000+ members. AGU scientists study everything from the center of the Earth up to space\u2014and everything in between.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s highly competitive, very selective, and it really is a great honor,\u201d Villarini says. \u201cYou always wish it would happen one day, but there is no guarantee. Especially given that there are so many brilliant scientists out there in so many different disciplines.\u201d<\/p>\n

Iowa Flood Center (IFC) Director Witold Krajewski, who served as Villarini\u2019s PhD advisor and now works with him as part of the IFC, agrees. \u201cThis is a big time award,\u201d Krajewski says. \u201cVery few hydrologists have received it in the past and those who did followed up with distinguished careers.\u00a0I feel very fortunate to have Gabriele first as a student and now as a colleague.\u00a0We all should be proud of his accomplishments.\u201d<\/p>\n

The AGU selects the Macelwane Medalists based on their significant contributions to the geophysical sciences as outstanding early career scientists. Villarini and the other medalists was celebrated at the annual Honors Ceremony and Banquet held during the 2016 AGU Fall Meeting in San Francisco. In addition, Villarini submitted an abstract for the \u201cNew Generation of Scientists\u201d Union session during the AGU Fall Meeting.<\/p>\n

Villarini says he is humbled to receive the medal, which he considers the most meaningful accomplishment of his career so far. \u201cI would probably say it\u2019s humbling,\u201d he says. \u201cIt\u2019s not just an award for me\u2014it\u2019s bigger. It wouldn\u2019t have happened without the support of a number of people.\u201d<\/p>\n

He adds, \u201cObviously my family played a critical role\u2014both my family in Italy and my family here.\u201d He plans to attend the awards ceremony with his wife, Amie. \u201cShe has given me endless support, and I wanted her to be there with me when I received it,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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