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MARWAN YOUNIS
Marwan Younis was honored by the
Fellow Award with the citation "for
contributions to digital beam-forming
techniques for spaceborne radar systems." He received his B.S. degree in
electrical engineering from the University of Baghdad, Iraq, in 1992 and
his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from
the Universität Karlsruhe, Germany, in 1997 and 2004, respectively. From 1998 to 2004, he was a research scientist
with the Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik und Elektronik, Universität Karlsruhe. Since 2005, he has been with the
Microwaves and Radar Institute of the DLR, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany. He is head of the SAR Techniques Group
there and a professor of spaceborne radar systems at the
Karlsruhe Institute for Technology. His research interests
include SAR systems and techniques; multiple input/multiple output SAR; digital beamforming; and SAR performance, calibration, and antennas. He serves on the GRSS
Administrative Committee (AdCom) and as associate editor of IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters. He received
the Hermann-Billing award for his Ph.D. thesis in 2005.
LIANGPEI ZHANG
Liangpei Zhang's Fellow Award certificate recognizes him "for contributions
to image processing of remote sensing
data." He received his B.S. degree in
physics from Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China, in 1982; his
M.S. degree in optics from the Xi'an
Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an, in 1988; and his Ph.D. degree in
photogrammetry and remote sensing from Wuhan University, China, in 1998. He is a Chang-Jiang Scholar Chair Professor, appointed by the China Ministry of Education, and
a principal scientist for the China State Key Basic Research
Project, appointed by the Ministry of National Science and
Technology, to lead the country's remote sensing program.
He has written more than 700 research papers and six
books, and he holds over 30 patents. His research interests
include hyperspectral remote sensing, high-resolution remote sensing, image processing, and artificial intelligence.
He is the founding chair of the GRSS Wuhan Chapter. His
research teams scored first place in the GRSS 2018 Data Fusion Contest and won the top three prizes in the GRSS 2014
Data Fusion Contest. In addition, his students have been
selected as winners and finalists of the IGARSS Student Paper Contest. He serves as associate editor of IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing.
GRSS MAJOR AWARDS
The Society posts its call for nominations for the GRSS Education Award, GRSS Outstanding Service Award, GRSS Industrial Leader Award, and GRSS Distinguished Achievement
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Award on its website and announces the call in its newsletter. Nomination forms are available at http://www.grss-ieee
.org/about/awards/. Any member, with the exception of
those on the GRSS AdCom, can submit nominations. Typically, three to five people are nominated every year. An independent Major Awards committee makes the selection,
which is approved by the GRSS president and AdCom. The
following major awards were presented (with the Industry
Leader Award being presented for the second time):
◗ GRSS Education Award
◗ GRSS Outstanding Service Award
◗ GRSS Industry Leader Award
◗ GRSS Distinguished Achievement Award.
GRSS EDUCATION AWARD
The Education Award was established to recognize an individual who has made significant educational contributions
to the field of geoscience and remote sensing. In selecting an
individual, factors considered are the significance and innovativeness of the educational contribution and the extent
of its overall impact. The contribution can be made at any
level, including K-12, undergraduate and graduate teaching, professional development, and public outreach. It can
also be in any form (e.g., textbooks, curriculum development, or education program initiatives). GRSS membership
or affiliation is required. The awardee receives a certificate
and plaque.
The 2019 GRSS Education Award was presented to Sebastiano B. Serpico (Figure 7), University of Genoa, Italy,
with the citation "in recognition of his outstanding educational contributions to geoscience and remote sensing." He received his M.S. degree in electronic engineering and his Ph.D. degree in telecommunications from
the University of Genoa, Italy. He is a full professor of
telecommunications at the Polytechnic School of the
University of Genoa and a member of the Academic

FIGURE 7. Prof. Sebastiano Serpico (right) receives the GRSS Edu-

cation Award from GRSS President Prof. Paolo Gamba.
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