David Uhlig, former PhD student in the GFZ section Earth Surface Geochemistry, will be awarded the Potsdam Young Scientist Award 2020. Livestream today, Fr Nov 27, 7 pm.

Niels Hovius is acting Scientific Director of the GFZ. This was decided by the GFZ’s Board of Trustees in its regular autumn meeting today, Friday, November 13.

Ludwig Stroink, head of the "International and Project Office" at GFZ, is elected Councillor of the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) for the period 2020-2024.

Susanne Liebner is "W2-Professor for Molecular Environmental Microbiology" at the University of Potsdam since November 1 – a joint appointment with the GFZ, where she is doing research in the "Geomicrobiology" section.

Simona Regenspurg, head of the working group "Geothermal Fluids" in the Geoenergy Section, is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal “Geothermal Energy”.

The Geodesy Committee of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences (DGK) has awarded this year's Science Prize to Dr.-Ing. Kyriakos Balidakis.

Humboldt Fellow María Chapela Lara in Section 3.3 Earth Surface Geochemistry

Oliver Bens new Co-Director of the Central - Asian Institute for Applied Geosciences (CAIAG)

Christoph Sens-Schönfelder joined the Editorial Board of the Geophysical Journal International.

The Association of Friends and Supporters of the GFZ - FFGFZ honors Jeffrey Paulo H. Perez with the Friedrich-Robert-Helmert-Award 2020 for the best doctoral dissertation