Susanne Glaser has taken over the W3-Professorship “Space Geodetic Techniques” at the University of Bonn on 1 September 2023 and left the GFZ. She talks about her research in a recent DFG video.
Prof. Friedhelm von Blanckenburg was given a ceremonial farewell into GFZ retirement with a colloquium. Prof. Dirk Scherler (interim) will take over the leadership of the section 3.3.
Marie Bonitz, research associate in section 3.4 Fluid System Modelling, was awarded the poster prize (1st place) at this year's GeoBerlin.
Ebuka Canisius Nwosu was awarded the Friedrich Robert Helmert Prize of the GFZ Friends for the best doctoral thesis of the year 2022/23 for his doctorate in Section 3.7 “Geomicrobiology”.
The GFZ mourns the death of Dr. Rudolf Stecher at the age of 86. He was head of the section Geoscientific Equipment Technology until his retirement in 2002.
Dirk Sachse, who conducts research at the GFZ in Section 4.6 Geomorphology, has been appointed Professor of Organic Geochemistry of the Earth Surface System at the HU Berlin.
We welcomed eleven new faces to the German Research Centre for Geosciences on 1 September. The GFZ wishes all new arrivals a joyful start to this new phase of their lives!
Dr Joseph Magnall receives the Waldemar Lindgren Award for his publications on the formation processes of zinc deposits.
Interview │Hydrologist Dr Poulomi Ganguli identifies flood hotspots in India and explores sequential natural hazards, especially extreme heatwaves and heavy rainfall events.
In July 2023, Kai Deng started his Humboldt Research Fellowship for PostDocs in Section 3.3 Earth Surface Geochemistry, focussing on geological regulations of the Earth's climate. Welcome!