Werner Köckeritz, GFZ CIO, has been appointed as a member of the Presidium of the Federal Association of IT Users 'VOICE'.

At this year's annual conference of the European Geosciences Union EGU in Vienna the GFZ scientists Jean Braun, Chao Xiong, and Irina Zhelavskaya are honoured.

Geophysicist Benjamin Schwarz receives young investigators award of the German Geophysical Society.

The PhD students Friederike Körting and Friederike Klos were awarded three prizes at the 11th Imaging Spectroscopy Workshop.

Geochemist Sarah Gleeson will give lectures worldwide “to inspire the next generation of geologists”.

Doris Dransch is Head of the new GFZ section Remote Sensing and Geoinformatics.

Lutz Hannemann, former GFZ photographer, celebrates his 50th anniversary in the photographer's trade.

On 4 February, GFZ scientist Richard Biancale died after a heart attack at the age of 66.

Stefan Schwartze has taken on the role of Administrative Vice-President of the Helmholtz Association.

Reinhard Hüttl takes over the honorary office of Vice President of the Society of German Natural Scientists GDNÄ.