On October 29, 2025, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Kießling will give a lecture at the Nuremberg Planetarium titled “Between heat and hope: Species conservation in the age of climate change.” The event is part of the lecture series “Species conservation in the Anthropocene: Strategies for a Livable Future.”
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...
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 AGELESS project is researching how marine life in the open ocean outside national jurisdiction can be better protected in the face of climate change. An interdisciplinary team of scientists from MARUM - Centre for Marine Environmental Sciences at the University of Bremen, Friedrich-Alexander-Uni...
We are thrilled to welcoming 12 international students in Erlangen. Our 3-week workshop aims to introduce graduate students to a range of analytical methods that are foundational to or at the cutting edge of paleobiological research. Topics, taught by rotating expert instructors, will include probab...
Finally! After a break of two and a half years, the Flügel Courses are finally taking place again! Participants are coming from all over the world - and we are happy to welcome them here in Erlangen at our institute.
