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THE CHRISTIAN JUNGE AWARD OF THE EUROPEAN AEROSOL
ASSOCIATION IS GIVEN TO SHELDON
K. FRIEDLANDER
In 1998 the European Aerosol Association decided to
create the Junge Award, honouring outstanding scientists worldwide in
aerosol research.
"The Junge Award is intended to recognize
the outstanding research contributions of an individual who has
shaped a completely new field of aerosol science and/or technology,
as Christian Junge did for Atmospheric Chemistry. Consequently the
award is given only when appropriate. With his textbook
"Atmospheric Chemistry and Radioactivity" of 1963
Christian Junge shaped a completely new direction in atmospheric
research which has been recognized by the world scientific community
by giving the 1995 Nobel Prize to atmospheric scientists."
In 2000 the Junge Award is presented for the first
time on the occasion of the European Aerosol Conference 2000 in
Dublin, Ireland, organised by the Aerosol Society of the UK. The
Selection Committee consists of representatives of all European
aerosol associations: so far the Aerosol Society, ASFERA,
Dutch-Belgian Aerosol Society, FAAR, GAeF, Hungarian Aerosol Society,
IAAR, and NOSA. The decision honours the life-long work of an
outstanding scientist in aerosol research.
Professor Sheldon K. Friedlander's research
contributions include pioneering work on the self-preserving theory of
aerosol particle size distributions, receptor modelling, turbulent
deposition theory and aerosol reactor theory. More recently, he has
made significant contributions to the theory of nanoparticle formation
via collision coalescence processes and the properties of aerosol
agglomerates. The list of Professor Friedlander's former students and
co-workers includes many prominent professors and researchers in the
field of aerosol science. Professor Friedlander is the author of
"Smoke, Dust and Haze: Fundamentals of Aerosol Behavior", a
1977 textbook (second edition in March 2000) used by numerous
universities throughout the world for introductory aerosol physics
classes.
Professor Friedlander's contribution to science has been
acknowledged worldwide. He received the 1990 Fuchs Memorial Award from
the International Committee representing the U.S., European and
Japanese associations for research on aerosol science and technology.
In 1984-85 he received the Humboldt Award from the West German
Government and is a past president of the American Association for
Aerosol Research. During his career he has received a Fulbright
Scholarship, a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Colburn, Alpha Chi Sigma and
Walker Awards from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE),
and a certificate of recognition from NASA. He received the 1995
Lawrence K. Cecil Award in Environmental Chemical Engineering from
AIChE.
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