Prof. Hongwei FANG, The Changjiang Chair Professor of the Department of Hydraulic Engineering at Tsinghua University, Beijing has been conferred with the prestigious 2023 Hans Albert Einstein Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) in recognition of his outstanding contributions to fluvial hydrodynamics. Citing Prof. Fang’s contributions, the Award Committee noted that Prof. Fang has been awarded this recognition for ‘for his outstanding experimental and numerical contributions to the role of turbulence on sediment dynamics and leadership role in development of echo-fluvial dynamics.’ Prof. Fang, who is a chief editor of the International Journal of Sediment Research and an associate editor of Journal of Hydraulic Engineering ASCE, becomes the second from China to receive this award, after Prof. Zhaoyin WANG. Notably, he has also won the National Award of Science and Technology of China twice (2017, 2020) and has been awarded the Chinese Education Ministry Award of Science and Technology twice (2001, 2008).