Qiuzhen Yin, Chercheur Qualifié FNRS de ELIC, has been awarded on this January 21st the 2019 Sir Nicholas Shackleton Medal for outstanding young Quaternary scientists of the International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA) (https://inqua.org/funding/awards ) . This Award will be presented during the 20th INQUA Congress in Dublin, Ireland, between 25th and 31st July 2019. Qiuzhen Yin is invited to give a plenary talk in connection with this Award during the congress.