Dr. Susanne Glaser was highlighted as one of six women in celebration of this year’s Women’s History Month. The International GNSS Service (IGS) joined the global community by profiling women in the IGS community who are making contributions to global geodesy for the greater good.

The tribute from the IGS website:

Dr. Susanne Glaser 

Research Associate, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
Associate Member, International GNSS Service (@igsorg)
Potsdam, Germany

“I have always been fascinated by geodesy, its techniques and missions to improve the understanding of our planet Earth. I am glad about the inspiring exchange within our community and about the possibility to support young scientists and students.”

Dr. Susanne Glaser has been a Research associate at GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Section 1.1: Space Geodetic Techniques since 2017 and is an IGS Associate Member. In 2021, she became the Head of working group “Combination of space geodetic techniques” at GFZ Potsdam Sec. 1.1. Since 2018 she has been a Guest lecturer at TU Berlin, Chair of Satellite Geodesy (with lectureship since 2020) including supervision of MSc students and co-supervision of PhD students.  She received a Diploma in Engineering (Dipl.-Ing.) in Geodesy and a Doctor of Engineering (Dr.-Ing.) in Geodesy at Technische Universität Dresden, Germany. Her research interests include Combination of space geodetic techniques, Terrestrial reference frames, and Simulation studies.

See here for all IGS-highlighted women in March 2022.

Women’s History Month 2022 (© IGS Website)

This year’s International Women’s Day (#IWD) theme was “Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow.” The United Nations (UN) has observed International Women’s Day since 1975, with this year’s goal to: “Continuing to examine the opportunities, as well as the constraints, to empower women and girls to have a voice and be equal players in decision-making related to climate change and sustainability is essential for sustainable development and greater gender equality.” (United Nations, 2022) Recently, many countries/regions and organizations have extended IWD celebrations throughout the entire month of March, now known as Women’s History Month (#WHM).

In tribute to the women, the IGS writes on its website:

Despite the significant increase in the number of women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields in recent years, men still outnumber women by a large margin. Even in developed countries/regions, like the United States of America, less than one-fifth of women with terminal geoscience degrees work in the geosciences. Moving forward, we thank and celebrate all women in the geodesy community who have embodied the IGS Core Values with their many examples of technical and policy leadership, mentorship, and advocacy for equality, diversity, and inclusion within the IGS.

Further recent news about Susanne Glaser:

Video-interview on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the association DVW e.V. (German Association for Geodesy, Geoinformation and Land Management ).

A total of seven members of the DVW e.V. from different sectors from all over Germany were invited. Susanne Glaser represents the scientists.

The promotional film with the other members can also be found on YouTube.

Scientific contact:

Dr. Susanne Glaser
Head of a working group
Section 1.1 Space Geodetic Techniques
Helmholtz Centre Potsdam
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
Telegrafenberg
14473 Potsdam
Phone: +49 331 288-1572
Email: susanne.glaser@gfz-potsdam.de