Irina Zhelavskaya receives Friedrich Robert Helmert Prize for her outstanding PhD thesis.

Pioneer of geothermal research: Ernst Huenges retires after 27 years at the GFZ.

PD Dr. Heidi Kreibich is Chair of Panta Rhei, an initiative of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences

We mourn the loss of Dr. Hans-Ulrich Wetzel. He was a scientist in the Remote Sensing and Geoinformatics Section and had been working for the GFZ since its foundation.

Professor Donald Bruce Dingwell has been elected a member of the Royal Society. He is the future chairman of the GFZ's Scientific Advisory Board.

Dr Runa Antony from India is a new Humboldt Research Fellow in Section 3.5 "Interface Geochemistry".

Dr. Youqiang Yu from the Tongji University in Shanghai (China) has been awarded a Humboldt Research Fellowship for postdoctoral researchers. He will conduct research in Section 2.4 - Seismology.

Prof. Dr. Jeroen Aerts from the VU Amsterdam (Netherlands) received the Humboldt-Research Award and will conduct research in Section 4.4 - Hydrology.

Frank Flechtner honoured with the AIAA International Cooperation Award.

Prof. Dr. Dirk Wagner was appointed as the new head of Department 3 - Geochemistry.