A scientific colloquium provided an opportunity to look back on a successful career and the development of geodesy - from the past to the future.

The ERC Consolidator Grant project “WIRE” will investigate the interaction of ultrafast electrons and plasma waves in the radiation belts around the Earth – also to protect satellites.

Under the motto “Broadening Horizons”, the international scientists will spend three months at the GFZ – funded by the Helmholtz Information and Data Science Acade-my (HIDA).

Harald Schuh retired. Maik Thomas succeeds him as Director of Department 1, Jens Wickert as Head (interim) of Section 1.1. Henryk Dobslaw becomes Topic 2 Director of the GFZ-Research Programme.

Liane G. Benning, Head of GFZ Section Interface Geochemistry, will be a member of the Federal Government's highest advisory body on overarching scientific issues for three years from 1 February.

The Supervisory Board of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) elected Jan S. Hesthaven as President and Stefan Schwartze as Vice President of KIT. Next step is confirmation by the KIT Senate.

The GFZ mourns the loss of its former Administrative Executive Director, Dr Bernhard Raiser, who passed away on 28 December 2023 at the age of 77.

Susanne Buiter is Vice President of the Helmholtz Association for the research field "Earth and Environment" for the next two years

The European Geoscience Union honours Claudio Faccenna, Anne Glerum and Sarah Incel for their GFZ projects and their achievements in the geosciences.

The head of Section 3.5 Interface Geochemistry was re-elected to the Review Board for Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry. She is the only representative of the GFZ in these DFG boards.