On September 14, 2016 Prof. Dr. Liane G. Benning, head of section 4.4: Interface Geochemistry, has been awarded the Schlumberger Award 2016 by The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom.

The Schlumberger Award, founded in 1990, is awarded „to recognize scientific excellence in mineralogy and its applications; mineralogy being broadly defined and reflecting the diverse and worldwide interests and membership of the Society with its various specialist groups ... .” (source: www.minersoc.org)