Yafang Cheng – Copernicus Medal 2025

The Copernicus Medal 2025 has been awarded to Yafang Cheng for her fundamental insights, groundbreaking advances, and impactful public outreach in understanding atmospheric aerosols and their effects on air quality, public health, and climate.

The presentation of the medal and the corresponding medal lecture are on Tuesday, 29 April 2025, 19:00 at the Austria Center Vienna in the course of the EGU General Assembly 2025.

Please find more information on our medallists on our Medal page.

Copernicus Gesellschaft e.V. is a non-profit society, registered in Germany, and aims to promote international collaboration in the geo- and space sciences. The society was founded in 1988 by directors, scientists, and administrative staff of the Max Planck Institute for Aeronomy (today Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research − MPS).

Copernicus Gesellschaft e.V. is the exclusive partner of Copernicus Meetings & Publications, a professional congress organizer and open-acess publisher who serves scientific associations and institutions worldwide.

We invite you to learn more about our society, its History, Members, Statutes, and our Copernicus Medal that we award to recognize individuals with outstanding and innovative scientific achievements in geosciences, planetary or space sciences who have also accomplished fruitful work for the promotion of international collaboration in the sciences.

Please feel free to contact us. Thank you very much.

Prof. Dr. Hermann Lühr, secretary
Martin Rasmussen, treasurer

We are on! With our participation in the Deutschlandstipendium, we support particularly talented and committed students at the University of Göttingen. The Copernicus Gesellschaft e.V. is happy to support five scholarships.