Lucy R. Hutyra, distinguished professor and chair of Earth & Environment, was selected as a receipient of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Ascent Award for 2024.
The annual Atmospheric Sciences Ascent Award recognizes excellence in research and leadership in the atmospheric and climate sciences from honorees in their early and mid-careers. The award is given to four scientists, nominated by peers, who are affiliated with AGU’s Atmospheric Sciences section, and is presented at the Atmospheric Sciences section dinner during the AGU Fall Meeting.
Honorees receive an award certificate, a $1,000 prize, a ticket to the Atmospheric Sciences section dinner at AGU’s annual meeting, and recognition in Eos and at the AGU’s annual meeting.
Hutyra’s work investigates the interactions between humans and ecosystems including carbon and water cycling ecosystem responses to stressors both human and climatic, atmosphere-biosphere interactions, terrestrial ecology and urban ecology.
In addition to serving as chair of her department, Hutyra serves as associate director for the Urban NRT Program and as an affiliated faculty member at the Center for Information and Systems Engineering. She also runs the Hutyra Research Lab, which examines intersections of study related to carbon cycle science, urbanization, global change and ecosystem ecology. She was a 2023 MacArthur Fellow.