Recognizing early career researchers who are leading the fields in new directions through creative, new ideas consistent with Morgan's early contributions to environmental chemistry.

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The James J. Morgan Environmental Science & Technology Early Career Award, named after the first Editor-in-Chief of Environmental Science & Technology, recognizes those early career researchers who are standing on our shoulders. These are the researchers who are seeing the farthest horizons and leading the fields in new directions through creative, new ideas consistent with Morgan’s early contributions to environmental chemistry.

This year, we received a significant number of nominations for the James J. Morgan Early Career Award from Asia and the Pacific region. Please join us in congratulating the 2023 James J. Morgan Early Career Award winners:

  • Xiaoguang Duan, University of Adelaide, Australia
  • Zimeng Wang, Fudan University, China
  • Jiang Xu, Zhejiang University, China
  • Tong Zhang, Nankai University, China

Learn more about the winners, and what this means to them below.

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Xiaoguang Duan

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Zimeng Wang

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Jiang Xu

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Tong Zhang

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