An associate professor at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa was honored for his significant contributions to Earth and space science with the James B. Macelwane Medal from the American Geophysical Union (AGU). As part of the award, he will also become an AGU Fellow.
Malte Stuecker’s research is on the dynamics, predictability and impacts of climate variability and projected climate change, with an emphasis on the Indo-Pacific region. “I am very grateful to receive this recognition. I am thankful for my mentors, postdocs, students, and colleagues who make up a research community that is exciting, challenging, and fun,” said Stuecker, who is appointed in the Department of Oceanography and the International Pacific Research Center in the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST). “It is a privilege to conduct research that I am passionate about and to be part of this community.”
It is a privilege to conduct research that I am passionate about and to be part of this community.
Stuecker joins a distinguished group of scientists, leaders and communicators recognized by AGU for advancing science. Each honoree reflects AGU‘s vision for a thriving, sustainable and equitable future supported by scientific discovery, innovation and action.
Stuecker earned degrees from the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg in Germany as well as from UH Mānoa. Prior to his current appointment in SOEST, he was an assistant project leader at the IBS Center for Climate Physics in South Korea and a NOAA Climate & Global Change postdoctoral fellow at the University of Washington in Seattle.
AGU honorees will be recognized at AGU24, which will convene more than 25,000 attendees from more than 100 countries in Washington, D.C. and online in December. The AGU announcement highlights that “these honorees have transformed our understanding of the world, impacted our everyday lives, improved our communities and contributed to solutions for a sustainable future.”
