Evaluation for the Excellent Young Researcher Award


iCARE - International Climate Resilience Conference
26-29 October 2025
Munich, Germany
Catholic Academy in Bavaria (Kardinal Wendel Haus)
Mandlstrasse 23, 80802 Munich



The iCARE25 conference offers "Excellent Young Researcher Award". As the session convener, scientific commitee member, and/or organizer of the conference, you are invited to evaluate the applications. You can contribute to the evaluation while not attending the conference in person. 

If yourself applied for the award, you shall not evaluate your own application. But you can evaluate the others.


Real name is required for participating in the evaluation.


Please submit your evaluation inputs by noon 12:00 Wednesday 29 October 2025! Results of the award will be announced in the afternoon at the Closing Plenary. 

Thank you very much for your support.  






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3. Your email address

Email address must be the same as your registered email in the conference

    
Please refer to the detailed documents of the candidates for making your evaluations.   
     
All documents are available via the link:
https://syncandshare.lrz.de/getlink/fiDG131YxH7nHAifpy3euG/


4. Please evaluate the Research Excellence of the candidates, and give each of them a score of 1-10.

(1 means very bad quality; 10 means perfect quatlity of excellence)

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Dr. Cesar Alvarez, Postdoc at University of Augsburg, Doctoral degree in 2019
Dr. Dandan Yu , Group Leader, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Germany; and Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, China. PhD in 2014
Dr. Yawen Wang, Postdoc, The University of Hong Kong, PhD in 2023
Dr. Delong Li, Postdoc, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing. PhD in 2020
Dr. Dipesh Chapagain, senior researcher, United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS), Bonn, Germany, and International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria, PhD in 2023
Dr. Lois Addo Agyepong, Postdoc researcher at Shandong University, China, PhD in 2024
Dr. Vandana Choudhary, Consultant, National Institute of Disaster Management, New Delhi, India, Doctor degree in 2025.
Dr. Gabriele Casano, Research fellow at Department of International and Political Sciences – University of Genoa. PhD in 2025
Dr. Sahar Elkady, University of Navarra, Spain. PhD in 2024.
Dr. Arka Bhattacharyya, Postdoc, TU Delft, PhD in 2023
Dr. Issaka Abdou Razakou KIRIBOU, Postdoc, Haramaya University, Ethiopia, PhD in 2025
Dr. Erica Arango, Posdoc researcher – Delft university of Technology, PhD in 2025.
Dr. KANG Yibo, Postdoc researcher at Department of History, Sun Yat sen University, China. PhD in 2023.
Dr. Kristina Wolf, Research associate, Newcastle University, UK, PhD in 2024.
Dr. Blal ADEM ESMAIL, GLOMOS Center for Global Mountain Safeguard Research, Eurac Research, Bolzano (Italy).
Dr. Sungju Han, Postdoc at Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, PhD in 2022
Dr. Ly Trung Nguyen, College of Environment and Natural Resources, Can Tho University, Vietnam. PhD in 2023.
Dr. Yuhan Yang, Lecturer and researcher, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, China. PhD in 2024.
Dr Dada Dadas, Researcher, Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR), Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, Doctoral degree in 2025
Dr. Leon Scheiber, Postdoc researcher, Climate Service Center Germany (GERICS), Hamburg. PhD in 2025.
Dr. Nivedita Sairam, Research Group leader, GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences , Potsdam. PhD in 2020.

5. Please evaluate the non-academic contribution and achievements of the candidates in the field of climate resilience, e.g. community service, promoting international collaboration, leading engagement in the organization of international conferences, workshops, or summer schools, and engaging in public outreach.

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Dr. Cesar Alvarez, Postdoc at University of Augsburg, Doctoral degree in 2019
Dr. Dandan Yu , Group Leader, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Germany; and Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, China. PhD in 2014
Dr. Yawen Wang, Postdoc, The University of Hong Kong, PhD in 2023
Dr. Delong Li, Postdoc, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing. PhD in 2020
Dr. Dipesh Chapagain, senior researcher, United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS), Bonn, Germany, and International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria, PhD in 2023
Dr. Lois Addo Agyepong, Postdoc researcher at Shandong University, China, PhD in 2024
Dr. Vandana Choudhary, Consultant, National Institute of Disaster Management, New Delhi, India, Doctor degree in 2025.
Dr. Gabriele Casano, Research fellow at Department of International and Political Sciences – University of Genoa. PhD in 2025
Dr. Sahar Elkady, University of Navarra, Spain. PhD in 2024.
Dr. Arka Bhattacharyya, Postdoc, TU Delft, PhD in 2023
Dr. Issaka Abdou Razakou KIRIBOU, Postdoc, Haramaya University, Ethiopia, PhD in 2025
Dr. Erica Arango, Posdoc researcher – Delft university of Technology, PhD in 2025.
Dr. KANG Yibo, Postdoc researcher at Department of History, Sun Yat sen University, China. PhD in 2023.
Dr. Kristina Wolf, Research associate, Newcastle University, UK, PhD in 2024.
Dr. Blal ADEM ESMAIL, GLOMOS Center for Global Mountain Safeguard Research, Eurac Research, Bolzano (Italy).
Dr. Sungju Han, Postdoc at Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, PhD in 2022
Dr. Ly Trung Nguyen, College of Environment and Natural Resources, Can Tho University, Vietnam. PhD in 2023.
Dr. Yuhan Yang, Lecturer and researcher, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, China. PhD in 2024.
Dr Dada Dadas, Researcher, Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR), Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, Doctoral degree in 2025
Dr. Leon Scheiber, Postdoc researcher, Climate Service Center Germany (GERICS), Hamburg. PhD in 2025.
Dr. Nivedita Sairam, Research Group leader, GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences , Potsdam. PhD in 2020.