Seven distinguished laureates recognized for their outstanding contributions to water sciences, sustainable water management, innovation, and ecosystem resilience.
The 2026 Tunisia Water Award - Ibn Shabbat Award - honors seven laureates whose work contributes to a better understanding, protection, and sustainable management of water resources.
The selected laureates represent scientific excellence, innovation, knowledge sharing, and commitment to addressing current and future water challenges in Tunisia, the Mediterranean region, and beyond.
The Tunisia Water Award recognizes leading researchers and experts whose work has advanced water sciences, hydrology, hydrogeology, environmental monitoring, governance, and sustainable water management.
Department of Biosystems Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, U.S.A.
Recognized for his major contributions to Earth observation, vegetation monitoring, and satellite-based environmental indicators supporting water and ecosystem assessment.
Department of Civil, Building and Environmental Engineering, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
Recognized for his contributions to hydrology, remote sensing, flood risk analysis, and innovative approaches for monitoring water-related processes across scales.
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Director of ICATALIST, member of the European Scientific Council on Climate Change
Recognized for her work on water governance, climate adaptation, resilience, and the connection between science, policy, and sustainable water management.
Professor of Environmental Remediation and Ecohydrology, Federal School of Technology in Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
Recognized for his contributions to environmental remediation, ecohydrology, groundwater systems, and the modeling of water and contaminant transport processes.
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Professor of Hydrogeology, Universitat Politècnica de València, València, Spain
Recognized for his outstanding contributions to hydrogeology, geostatistics, groundwater modeling, and uncertainty analysis in subsurface water systems.
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Professor of Hydrogeology, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
Recognized for his influential work in hydrogeology, groundwater flow systems, aquifer characterization, and sustainable groundwater management.
Department of Engineering and Architecture, Hydraulic and Maritime Structures and Hydrology, Università di Parma, Italy
Recognized for her contributions to hydrology, hydraulic engineering, groundwater modeling, and the analysis of water resources systems.
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