Professor W Mike Edmunds: a pioneer in applied hydrogeochemistry and champion of international collaboration

Mike Edmunds was a pioneer in modern applied
hydrogeochemistry, helping to develop geochemical tools and
their application to managing water resources. In a career span-
ning almost 50 years, Mike made major contributions to water
resource science as well as pro
moting the role of chemistry in
solving groundwater problems and championing the need to
incorporate science into policy. There can be few
hydrogeologists who travelled so extensively in order to study
the vast range of groundwater environments of the world.
Mike
’
s contribution to water scie
nce was recognised through
the many accolades he received including the Whitaker Medal
in 1999, the O.E. Meinzer Award in 2009, and the Vernadsky
Medal in 2010.