We congratulate our colleagues Violet Harvey (Adelaide University, Australia), David Schmidt (KIT, Germany), Fabián Gobbi and Miguel Salvadores (Pierre Auger Observatory, Argentina), representing the SSD assembly and deployment team, on receiving the Auger Impact Award 2022 for their outstanding contributions towards the objectives of the Auger Observatory.
Violet Harvey was awarded for her exceptional work in the atmospheric monitoring task, specifically on aerosols and David Schmidt for his exceptional, long-term commitment to processing and understanding our data, specifically his work in the CDAS, Calibration and Offline tasks.
Fabián Gobbi and Miguel Salvadores, representing the SSD assembly and deployment team, were honoured for their exceptional dedication in deploying the AugerPrime SSDs, despite the massive restrictions due to the Covid-19 pandemic.