We mourn the death of Egon Althaus (1933-2022). He was instrumental in founding the GFZ Potsdam in 1992 and played a major role in determining its scientific orientation.

The Project from Dr. Razafindrakoto to create a seismological lab in Madagascar wins ARISE Grant.

Joanne Heslop (Discovery Fellow, Section Geomicrobiology) and Jeffrey Perez (Post-Doc, Section Interface Geochemistry) participate in the 71st Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting.

PhD-student Evgeniia Martuganova receives the Loránd Eötvös Award for Best Paper in Geophysical Prospecting at the 83rd EAGE Annual Conference.

“Leon Gaster Award” for Christopher Kyba honours “the best paper concerning lighting applications” published in 2021 in the journal “Lighting Research & Technology”.

Dirk Scherler has accepted the call to a W2 professorship in Cosmogenic Nuclides at Freie Universität Berlin.

The Union Service Award for the GFZ's Scientific Executive Director recognizes her exceptional commitment to the EGU.

ERC Advanced Grant for Friedhelm von Blanckenburg: The geochemist researches the weathering of basalt and limestone and the associated potential for removing atmospheric CO2.

Ann Cook is Humboldt Research Fellow and guest of the Gas Hydrate Research Group in Section 3.1 Inorganic and Isotope Geochemistry.

Kai Schröter has been appointed W3 Professor of Hydrology and River Basin Management at TU Braunschweig and Head of a Department at the Leichtweiß Institute of Hydraulic Engineering as of 1 April 2022.