About
Trained as a mathematician and hydrologist, Professor Kabat’s almost 35-year academic career has covered earth system science with a specific focus on interactions between biospheric, physical, and human parts of the Earth’s system, land-atmosphere feedbacks, climate hydrology, and the water cycle.
He was recently appointed Secretary General of the International Human Frontier Science Program Organization (HFSPO), which was established back in 1989 by the G7 nations to advance international research and training at the frontier of the life sciences. It is supported in 2021 by contributions from the G7 nations, together with Switzerland, Australia, India, Israel, New Zealand, Singapore, Republic of Korea, and the European Union. With its collaborative research grants and postdoctoral fellowships, the Program has issued over 4500 awards involving about 7500 scientists from all over the world.
Awards
- 2013, Her Majesty Queen Beatrix Knight in the Order of the Netherlands Lion
- 2007, Nobel Peace Prize (IPCC group prize co- recipient)
- 2006, The Zayed International Prize for the Environment (Millennium Ecosystem Assessment group award)
Relevant Publications
- Kabat, P., M. Claussen, P.A. Diemeyer, J.H.C. Gash, L. Bravo de Guenni, M. Meybeck, R. A. Pielke Sr., Ch.J. Vorosmarty, R.W.A. Hutjes and S. Lutkemeier, 2004. Vegetation, Water, Humans and the Climate: A New Perspective on an Interactive System. Springer Verlag, Berlin/New York; 566 p, ISBN 3540424008.
- Tenhunen, J.D. and P. Kabat, 1999. Integrating hydrology, ecosystem dynamics and biogeochemistry in complex landscapes. J. Wiley and Sons. UK: 367 pp.
- Steffen, P. Kabat, & others, 1998: The Terrestrial Carbon Cycle: Implications for the Kyoto Protocol. Science. (280), 1393-1394.