A Hunter College professor of Geography and Environmental Science has been named a fellow of the American Geographical Union.
Prof. Charles Vörösmarty, who is also the founding director of the Environmental Sciences Initiative at the CUNY Advanced Science Research Center, was recognized for his “exceptional contributions to Earth and space science through a breakthrough, discovery, or innovation.”
Dr. Vörösmarty’s research focuses on the development of computer models and geospatial data sets used in synthesis studies of interactions linking the water cycle, climate, biogeochemistry, and human activities. He has modeled local, regional, and continental to global-scale dynamics of water balance, discharge, and constituent fluxes in river systems, including assessments of the effects of large-scale water engineering on the earth’s water cycle.
Dr. Vörösmarty has provided scientific guidance to many U.S. and international water panels. From 2004 to 2015 he served as co-chair of the Global Water System Project under the Earth System Partnership Program. He also served on the NASA Earth Science Subcommittee, the NRC Review Committee on the U.S. Global Change Research Program, was chair of the National Research Council Committee on Hydrologic Science, and was appointed by Presidents Bush and Obama to be a part of the Arctic Research Commission.
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