A new international Masters of Science in Earth System Dynamics and Evolution will provide training in Earth system science and science diplomacy, with an emphasis on inter- and transdisciplinary research. We are seeking six post docs for up to five years each to support this initiative. Please read more ...
The Faculty of Sciences at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) invites applications for a Full Professor of Exogenic Geodynamics (salary group W3) at the Department of Geography and Geosciences. This is a full-time and permanent position planned to be filled by March 1, 2027. Please read more...
Are you interested in the Earth System and sustainability? Do you want to better understand climate change and its causes? Would you like to support the sustainable exploration of resources? Do you enjoy studying natural sciences and practical work? Then study GeoSustainability at the GeoZentrum Nordbayern at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen Nuremberg!
PhD candidates of the Endogenous Geodynamics research group (GeoZentrum Nordbayern, FAU) visited 13th-grade classes at Adam-Kraft-Gymnasium in Schwabach on November 25 and December 9 2025. Please read more...
In 2025, the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) honored innovative projects and individual members for their contributions to the University with the “FAU Awards.” This year, two awards went to the GeoZentrum Nordbayern...
The new EU-funded consortium “ForMovFluid” will investigate how fluids transform materials within the Earth’s crust. Barbara Kleine-Marshall and Daniel Koehn, who serve on the supervisory team in collaboration with Deutsche Erdwärme (DEW), look forward to working with their six PhD researchers as part of this international network.
We warmly congratulate Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Kießling on his outstanding achievement in the Ranking of the Stanford List 2025 in the research in the field of palaeontology. The publication data used for the study is based on a data extract from Scopus in August 2025 and refers to the citation year 2024. Read more...
As part of its regular courses, the GeoZentrum Nordbayern in Erlangen conducts a two-week field exercise on Gotland (Sweden) every two years. This year, master's students in palaeontology once again spent two weeks on the island learning how to measure geological sections on various scales and using different techniques, as well as how to extract information about sedimentary environments from rocks and fossils. Please read more...
From September 28 to October 12, the annual ARTEMIS field trip to Northern Greece, funded by the EU as part of the ERASMUS+ program, took place, with students from Nancy, Thessaloniki, Athens, Budapest, Bratislava, and Erlangen participating this year. Please read more...
The Working "Group Modelling of Environmental Systems" (Prof. Gabriele Chiogna) attended the 52th World Groundwater Congress 2025 in Melbourne, Australia. We warmly congratulate Dr. Xinyang Fan, who received together with M.Sc. Nane Weber (TU Dresden) this year the Best Poster Presentation Award from the IAH.
