Soroosh Sorooshian Awarded AGU’s Highest Honor

The American Geophysical Union (AGU) has awarded its highest honor, the William Bowie Medal, to Iranian-American scientist Soroosh Sorooshian for 2025, recognizing what the AGU described as his “exceptional contributions to water science and practice, and vision in developing a global precipitation product serving millions of people worldwide.” The award, established more than 85 years ago, is the AGU’s most prestigious distinction, given annually to a researcher for outstanding contributions to fundamental geophysics and for unselfish cooperation in science. Sorooshian, a distinguished professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of California, Irvine, is widely recognized as one of the leading hydrologists of his generation.

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