IAH Distinguished Associate Award, 2021

We are pleased to acknowledge Gabriel Eckstein’s contribution to the enhancement of policy and governance for groundwater protection worldwide by awarding him this year's IAH Distinguished Associate Award.

Gabriel holds several positions at Texas A&M University, including Professor of Law at the School of Law and Research Fellow at the Bush School of Government and Public Service. He provides consultancy services to clients worldwide and manages the non-profit International Water Law Project. He has acted as law adviser on many environmental and water allocation and pollution matters, for UNESCO-IHP, UN Development and Environment Programmes, UNESCO, AMCOW, OAS, World Bank and others. A member of IAH since 1991, Gabriel served as Co-Director of IAH’s Transboundary Aquifer Commission from 2015-2019. He co-authored papers presented at several IAH congresses with his father, the late Dr. Yoram Eckstein. He has been part of advisory boards and conference scientific committees for groundwater events. He is President of the International Water Resources Association and on the Executive Council of the International Association for Water Law.