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!
The renowned geochemist Xiao-Ming Liu is a guest in Section 3.3 Earth Surface Geochemistry for 2 months with the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.
Hayley Allison from section 2.7 Space Physics and Space Weather receives the prestigious Karl Scheel-Prize of the Berlin Physical Society for her work on radiation belt electrons.
Jannes Münchmeyer formerly Section 2.4 Seismology, now PostDoc at the Université Grenoble, received the Helmholtz Doctoral Award for his outstanding thesis on earthquake early warning. Interview.