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Professorship at the TU Berlin

Prof Dr Magdalena Scheck-Wenderoth, Director of Department 4 ‘Geosystems’, takes over the Chair of ‘Sedimentary Basins and Georesources’ in a joint appointment with the GFZ.

Achim Brauer looks into the camera while holding a prepared sediment core in his hands.

Prof. Achim Brauer honored with DEUQUA Medal of Merit

The German Quaternary Association honoured the former head of the GFZ section ‘Climate Dynamics and Landscape Development’ for his outstanding scientific achievements in Quaternary research.

Modelling: Map with potentially flooded areas (town: Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler)

When modelling has to be superfast

Sustainable procurement for the RIM2D flood forecasting model wins an award: Computing power can either be driven for economy or speed

Portrait of a young man with dark hair and a black t-shirt in front of green trees.

Prof Sean Gallen is Humboldt Research Fellow at GFZ

In his 6 months’ stay in section 4.7 Earth Surface Process Modelling with Prof Jean Braun, the Earth Scientist from Colorado State University will address how climate affects landscape evolution.

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