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Athanasios Nenes Co-chaired the General Assembly 2023 of the European Geosciences Union (EGU23)

Athanasios Nenes Co-chaired the General Assembly 2023 of the European Geosciences Union (EGU23)


Athanasios Nenes, FORTH/ICE-HT Affiliated Scientist, Coordinating Member, Center for the Study of Air Quality and Climate Change (C-STACC) and Professor, School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering, EPFL, Switzerland, co-Chaired the General Assembly 2023 of the European Geosciences Union (EGU), EGU23, which was held in Vienna and online on April 23-28, 2023. The EGU General Assembly brings together scientists from all over the world to one large meeting covering all disciplines of the Earth, planetary, and space sciences. EGU23 was a great success, welcoming 18,859 registered attendees with more than 100 countries, presenting more than 16,500 presentations in 938 sessions.

The EGU 2023 Awards and Medals ceremony was opened with a chamber music performance by Prof. Marion Holness on the violin (EGU Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology Division president and Professor of Earth Sciences at the University of Cambridge) and Prof. Nenes at the piano, which you may enjoy here.

Prof.Nenes also served as the EGU Atmospheric Sciences Division president from 2019-2023 and currently serves as the Division’s deputy president.

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Article in Blogs of the European Geosciences UnionGeoLog | GeoTalk: meet General Assembly decision makers, Maria-Helena Ramos and Athanasios Nenes (egu.eu)

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