09.11.2015: On Friday, November 6th 2015, a honorary colloquium in appreciation of the ERC-Grant Awardees Dr. Dirk Sachse and Dr. Thomas R. Walter was held at GFZ in Potsdam. With an ERC Consolidator Grant scientists in their mid-career phase are supported whose research shows to be of high potential.
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Sierd Cloetingh, vice-president of the European Research Council ERC, congratulated them personally and had a talk on the "Challenges and Opportunities for Research in Europe: Perspectives ERC".
The honorary colloquium was organized by GFZ in cooperation with Vereinigung der Freunde und Förderer des GeoForschungsZentrums Potsdam e.V..