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.
38 students were able to experience science and technology at this year's ‘Girls and Technology’ internship at the Faculty of Engineering. At experimental stations and in discussions with female scientists, the participants gained exciting insights into current research and a wide variety of professional fields. The GeoZentrum Nordbayern also took part in the diverse programme.
This year, the research group of Mineralogy was once again strongly represented at the International Conference on the Chemistry of Construction Minerals (ICCCM 2025) in Garching with numerous contributions. Of particular note was the recognition of one of our posters with the Best Poster Prize by the GDCh, Research group Chemistry of Construction Materials. Please read more...
During 1st to 3rd of August GeoZentrum Nordbayern contributed to the deployment of seismic stations within the Eger Large Seismic Experiment (ELISE). Please read more...
This July, an international team of researchers, co-led by Professor Rachel Warnock, organised a “Taming the BEAST” workshop at the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) in Beijing, China. Please read more...
The enrolment for the Bachelor's degree programs in Geosciences takes place until September 30, 2025. For the Master's degree programs, the required deadlines of the Faculty of Natural Sciences are until July 15, 2025. New: Bachelor's degree program: Geo-sustainability - earth system, resources and biodiversity!
At the "Joint European Stable Isotope Users Group Meeting" (JESIUM 2025) Ms. Aixala Gaillard (GeoZentrum Nordbayern) has won the award for the best poster presentation. Please read more ...
