February 19, 2024
Jihua Hao, a Professor in the Department of Geochemistry and Planetary Sciences of the University of Science and Technology of China, will receive the 2024 F. W. Clarke Award this August. The Clarke Award honors a single outstanding contribution to geochemistry or cosmochemistry by an early-career scientist. Prof. Hao is recognized for his work on quantification of early Earth and planetary geochemical conditions and processes. In particular, he developed models of late Archean weathering, river-water chemistry, and the availability of phosphorous on the early Earth and Enceladus.