2026-03-18
Postdoctoral Positions in Marine Research at MARUM
(University of Bremen)
MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences at the University of Bremen is part of the Cluster of Excellence “The Ocean Floor – Earth`s Uncharted Interface” (together with the University of Oldenburg and partner institutions) and is offering up to 9 postdoctoral positions (Ocean Floor Fellows, 100%, TV-L/TVöD, fixed-term until 31 December 2028).
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2026-03-06
Successful “World of Stones” 2026
“World of Stones” 2026, held at Bremen’s Brodelpott cultural center on the last weekend of February, was well attended: numerous visitors explored minerals, fossils, and amber, took advantage of the specimen identification service at the University of Bremen’s booth, and attended the lectures presented by the Geoscientific Collection.
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2026-03-04
Professor Hajo Eicken takes over as scientific director of AWI
On March 20, 2026, Professor Hajo Eicken will take over as scientific director of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI). Born in Bremerhaven, he received his doctorate in 1990 from the Department of Geosciences at the University of Bremen. Until 1997, he worked at the Alfred Wegener Institute in the field of oceanic and atmospheric physics.
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2026-03-03
Dr. Lisa Eberhard has been awarded the Paul Niggli Medal 2025
Dr. Lisa Eberhard has been awarded the Paul Niggli Medal 2025
We warmly congratulate Dr. Lisa Eberhard from the Mineralogy Working Group on being awarded the Paul Niggli Medal 2025. The medal is the most prestigious award for young scientists in the Swiss geosciences and is presented annually by the Paul Niggli Foundation through the Swiss Society for Mineralogy and Petrography.
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