World Groundwater Congress 2025 – Award for Dr. Xinyang Fan
The Working Group Modelling of Environmental Systems (Prof. Gabriele Chiogna) attended the 52th World Groundwater Congress 2025 in Melbourne, Australia. The congress is hosted by the International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH), a scientific and educational charitable organisation for researchers, engineers, water managers, and professionals engaged in groundwater resource planning, management, and protection.
We warmly congratulate Dr. Xinyang Fan, who received this year the Best Poster Presentation Award from the IAH. Her contribution, “Modelling shallow groundwater in high-elevation alpine catchments: opportunities and challenges”, was recognized for providing valuable new insights into groundwater and discharge dynamics in glaciated high-mountain landscapes. The work underscores both the potential and the complexity of physics-based hydrological modelling in such sensitive environments. This award highlights the importance of advancing our understanding of high-alpine geosystems under the pressures of climate change.