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.

PD Dr. Wolfgang zu Castell was elected to the Administrative Committee of the German National Research and Education Network (DFN).

Torsten Sachs, working group leader in GFZ Section 1.4 Remote Sensing and Geoinformatics, is appointed professor at TU Braunschweig.

The scientist form the section 4.4 hydrology at the German Research Centre for Geosciences was re-elected as President of the EGU Division on Natural Hazards for the coming 2025-2027 term of office.

The guest researcher from Section 2.6 received the 20,000 euro award for his Nature publication on the risks of landslides due to climate change and urban sprawl. Call for 2024 started.

Leandra Weydt (r.) and Lena Muhl (l.), who are both conducting research as part of GFZ projects, were honoured at the German Geothermal Congress.

Sascha Brune, Head of Section 2.5 Geodynamic Modelling, is appointed Professor of Tectonophysics at the University of Potsdam with effect from 01.12.2023.

Sanja Panovska won the 1.500 euros EGU Outreach Prize 2023 to realize a booklet for kids with games and puzzles about different geoscience fields. In an interview she gives insights into the project.