A huge congratulations to Prof Karen Wiltshire our university's inaugural CRH Chair of Climate Science here at Trinity’s Schools of Natural Sciences and Engineering, who has been awarded the 2025 A.G. Huntsman Award in recognition of her innovative and interdisciplinary research in climate science as well as her contributions to international organizations that has contributed to capacity building and bringing new voices into the marine sciences.
Prof Wiltshire also makes history as the first Irish recipient of the A. G. Huntsman Award in its 35 years of celebration.
Prof Wiltshire is a celebrated international marine ecologist and climate scientist, known for her distinguished research and leadership roles. She has shaped international science policy through contributions to UNEP, SCOR-UNESCO, IPCC, and IIASA, and as the first female Chair of POGO.
Prof Wiltshire was honoured at a special ceremony yesterday in Nova Scotia, where she was presented with The 2025 A.G. Huntsman Award for Excellence in Marine Sciences by the Royal Society of Canada following a lecture she delivered entitled “In the Fast Lane: Humans, Oceans and Climate.”
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A. G. 2025 Huntsman Award recipient Karen Wiltshire
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2025 KAREN WILTSHIRE - A. G. HUNTSMAN AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN THE MARINE SCIENCES