Tom Battin
2023
Anticipation Committee member
Pulse of Science
J. Battin is professor of environmental sciences at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). Battin’s research has pioneered the microbial ecology and biogeochemistry of glacier streams. His work has led to a better understanding of physical, chemical and biological process coupling in streams. Battin has also contributed to the present-day awareness that streams and rivers are major components of the global carbon cycle. His notion of the “boundless carbon cycle” has greatly influenced global carbon cycle research. His research was honored by the Vladimir Iwanovich Verdnaszky Medal of the European Geosciences Union. He is the principal initiator of the Microbial Initiative for the Cryosphere.
