The GFZ turns 30 - and celebrates virtually at its New Year's reception. Highlights: Awarding of the Rolf Emmermann Medal to Michael M. Watkins and children interviewing guests.

Dr. Ilya Bobrovskiy started studying the origins of complex life at GFZ-Potsdam as a Branco Weiss Fellow.

Getting prepared for the EnMAP launch in April 2022. The Environmental Mapping and Analysis Program (EnMap) is a German hyperspectral satellite mission.

Dr. Mehdi Nikkhoo, Section "Physics of Earthquakes and Volcanoes", has been granted a Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.