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23rd Future Day - trying out the dream job

For one day, young people from 7th to 9th grade were able to slip into a profession of their choice. 112 pupils were given an insight into everyday working life at the GFZ on this year's Future Day.
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Make better use of the underground

Georesearch is a public service, securing livelihood, as most resource issues as well as many natural hazards are geo-related.
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Professorship for Prof. Claudio Faccenna in Mainz

The head of GFZ section ‘Dynamics of the Lithosphere’ has been appointed as adjunct professor at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz. He is already professor at Università Roma TRE.
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Professorship for Dr Patricia Martínez-Garzón at RWTH

The head of a working group in GFZ section 4.2 ‘Geomechanics and Scientific Drilling’ will represent the field of ‘Applied Seismology’ at RWTH Aachen University and continue her research at GFZ.
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Events

10. May 2025 - 10. May 2025
Potsdam Science Day 2025
03. Jun 2025 - 05. Jun 2025
Helmholtz AI Conference 2025
06. Jun 2025 - 07. Jun 2025
DMG Section Meeting Geochemistry & Petrology/Petrophysics
15. Sep 2025 - 19. Sep 2025
Potsdam Summer School 2025

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