{"id":2823,"date":"2024-07-22T13:40:12","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T12:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apolo.loa.univ-lille.fr\/?p=2823"},"modified":"2024-10-01T14:15:34","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T13:15:34","slug":"call-for-nominations-2024-michael-i-mischenko-young-scientist-award-in-polarimetric-remote-sensing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apolo.loa.univ-lille.fr\/2024\/07\/22\/call-for-nominations-2024-michael-i-mischenko-young-scientist-award-in-polarimetric-remote-sensing\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for Nominations : 2024 Michael I. Mishchenko Young Scientist Award in Polarimetric Remote Sensing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Call for Nominations available in PDF document<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are pleased to solicit nominations for the 2024 Michael I. Mishchenko Young Scientist Award<\/em> presented by the International APOLO Project. This young scientist Award is intended to celebrate outstanding contributions by an early-career scientist to the research field of polarimetric remote sensing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The \u201cAdvancement of POLarimetric Observations: instruments, calibration, and improved aerosol and cloud retrievals\u201d (APOLO) Project was created to promote polarimetry as a remote-sensing technique by organizing a series of advanced international conferences. It has been supported by a number of key organizations such as the Chinese Academy of Sciences, CNES, CNRS, EUMETSAT, NASA, and Universit\u00e9 de Lille. The first APOLO conference, APOLO-2017, was held 24\u201327 October 2017 in Hefei, China, preceding APOLO-2019 in Lille, France  and APOLO-2022 in Washington, D.C., USA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michael Mishchenko (1959\u20132020) was a renowned physicist who made significant contributions to polarimetric remote sensing and atmospheric optics. He developed efficient T-matrix methods for calculating scattering and absorption by complex atmospheric particles, widely used by the scientific community. Beyond scattering by single particles, Michael derived the general theory of radiative transfer in particulate media directly from the Maxwell equations, an accomplishment that had eluded scientists for over a century. His pioneering sensitivity analysis of algorithms for the retrieval of aerosol properties from space using radiance and polarization data played a pivotal role in the development of the NASA Glory Space Mission (for which Michael served as Project Scientist) and all follow on space polarimetric missions. He was an Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, was an active organizer of scientific conferences, and has authored over 300 journal papers, seven monographs, and numerous book chapters. As an established leader of polarimetric remote sensing Michael was the mastermind behind meetings on polarimetry of light scattering media in the framework of the NATO Advanced Study Institute and at the origin of  present series of the APOLO workshops. Honored with numerous prestigious awards, including an asteroid 22686 immortalizing his name, he was an elected Fellow of multiple scientific societies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michael was a passionate scholar who reveled in conveying scientific wisdom to a broad community and is remembered as an enthusiastic supporter of the young generation of scientists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On behalf of Michael I. Mishchenko Young Scientist Award Committee, we invite you to nominate a highly deserving candidate for the 2024 Award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To qualify for consideration, a nominee:<\/p>\n\n\n\n