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Boston College Professor Hanqin Tian of the Department of Earth and Environmental SciencesÌýhas received a €80,000 (approximately $91,000) research award from Germany’s Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.

The Humboldt Research Award is conferred upon internationally accomplished researchers in recognition of their career-long scholarly contributions.ÌýAward winners are invited to carry out research projects of their own choice in cooperation with specialist colleagues in Germany.

Tian is an Institute Professor in ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½app's Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society and director of its Center for Earth System Science and Global Sustainability. He also heads the newly established Boston office of Global Carbon Project, which fosters international collaboration on global carbon and nitrogen cycles, the food–energy–water nexus, and sustainable food systems—providing actionable insights for global sustainability.

The award was presented at the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation’s Annual Meeting in Berlin in June, followed by a reception hosted by the President of the Federal Republic of Germany.

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