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29.05.2020
Application window opened
We are now accepting applications for winter term 2020/2021 in our International Master's Programme in Geophysics
29.05.2020
Congratulations to Dr Stuart Clark (University New South Wales) for receiving funding in resource exploration
Congratulations to Dr Stuart Clark who is the recipient of around Aus$440,000 of funding which will be used to build new software aimed at improving exploration both onshore and offshore Australia. The software will be known as Kinematica, a rapid resource exploration product. The ARC said it hoped the software could become "highly commercialised" and "transfer knowledge from European industry and universities to Australia." Under the industry collaboration, Dr Clark will work with two oil and gas companies, South Australia's Santos and Norway's Lundin, as well as the University of Sydney and LMU Munich to develop and create the software which will then be applied across frontier basins, including the Canning Basin.
02.04.2020
Master Geophysics: Courses in the Summer Term
Which courses will be offered in which form?
11.03.2020
Information about the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2)
Cancellation of all teaching that requires presence of students.
11.03.2020
Informationen zum Corona-Virus (SARS-CoV-2): Einstellung des Lehrbetriebs in Präsenzform
Das Bayerische Staatsministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst hat am 10. März 2020 die sofortige Einstellung des Lehrbetriebs in Präsenzform an den bayerischen Universitäten wegen der Ausbreitung des Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 angeordnet.
03.09.2019
Earthquake motions triggered surprise tsunami of Palu, Sulawesi in 2019 - new paper in Pure and Applied Geophysics
Combining earthquake and tsunami computer models of the 2018 tsunami in Palu, researchers identified underlying causes of the deadly tsunami and uncover critical role of direct earthquake motions.
03.09.2019
Alice Gabriel wins ERC Starting Grant
Ten early-career researchers representing a wide range of disciplines have received Starting Grants from the European Research Council (ERC) with LMU as host institution. Each of these grants is worth approximately 1.5 million euros. Submissions are evaluated solely on the basis of the applicant’s previous scientific record and the quality of the proposed project. Moreover, LMU offers the option of appointment to a Tenure-Track Professorship to successful grantees, which can be converted into a permanent faculty position, subject to a positive assessment of performance.
04.08.2019
A paper in Nature Communications by Bono et al. (2019) sheds light on the motion of Hotspots
A new paper in Nature Communications by Bono (Univ Liverpool), Tarduno (Univ Rochester) and Bunge (LMU Muenchen) sheds light on the motion of Hotspots indicating that Hotspot motion caused the Hawaiian-EmperorBend and that LLSVPs are not fixed
14.07.2019
Visit by Professor Meng Jun
Professor Meng Jun will visit the magnetism group of the Geophysics Section for the month of July.
14.07.2019
Congratulations to Siavash Ghelichkhan for defending his PhD thesis
Siavash Ghelichkhan successfully defended his PhD Thesis on July 5th.
14.07.2019
Visit by Professor John Suppe
Professor John Suppe (Univ Houston) will visit the Sections of Geology and Geophysics from July 11 to July 17.
14.07.2019
Visit of Professor Fumiko Tajima
Professor Fumiko Tajima, former guest professor at the Geophysics Section, will visit Munich Geophysics on July 15-16.
24.04.2019
Dr. habil Martin Käser appointed apl Professor
Dr. habil Martin Käser appointed apl Professor
22.04.2019
Congratulations to L. Colli
Congratulations to L. Colli, who has been offered an assistant professorship at the University of Houston.
15.03.2019
New Nature Communications publication on unraveling the riddles of the 2016 Kaikōura, New Zealand earthquake
Surprising insights on the 2016 Magnitude 7.8 Kaikoura, New Zealand earthquake, one of the most puzzling and well recorded earthquakes ever, are gained from earthquake models of unprecedented degree of realism now published in Nature Communication.
12.02.2019
Brian Kennett appointed as an Officer of the Order of Australia
Professor Brian Kennett appointed as an Officer of the Order of Australia on Australia Day.
27.11.2018
Insight Mission landed successfully
The Insight Mission, which will bring a seismometer to Mars, landed successfully on the Red Planet.
22.10.2018
K.H. Hoffmann Prize of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences for Prof. A. Fichtner
The Bavarian Academy of Sciences bestows the inaugural K.H. Hoffmann prize to Professor A. Fichtner from the ETH Zurich for his groundbreaking contributions to the field of theoretical seismology. The price will be presented at the annual meeting of the Academy on Dec 8, 2018.
27.07.2018
Systematic distribution of magnetic crystals throughout the human brain
LMU researchers have for the first time investigated the distribution of magnetic crystals throughout the human brain. The study shows that they are asymmetrically distributed and are mainly found in the cerebellum and brain stem.
09.07.2018
Collaboration with American Museum of Natural History -- LMU geophysicists provide new exhibit
LMU geophysicists use computationally intensive simulations to study processes in Earth’s mantle. A model based on their results is now one of the highlights of a permanent exhibition in the American Museum of Natural History in New York.
28.04.2018
Earth Models shown at ARS ELECTRONICA, Linz
Earth Models shown at ARS ELECTRONICA, Linz
28.02.2018
H.-P. Bunge to join Editorial Board of the Proceedings of the Royal Society A
H.-P. Bunge to join Editorial Board of the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society A.
12.02.2018
Dr. Christian Heine (Shell) to visit Munich Geophysics
Dr. Christian Heine, head of the geodynamics group of Shell, is to visit Munich Geophysics from Feb 14-16.
12.02.2018
Yulia Vibe defended her thesis
Yulia Vibe, industrial student with Simula/Kalkulo Oslo and the geodynamics group, successfully defended her thesis on vertical motions of the Earth's lithosphere on Feb 5th.
30.01.2018
MGC verleiht Preise an zwei Geophysiker
Auch dieses Jahr wurden auf der Absolventenfeier des Münchner Geozentrums zwei Geophysiker mit Preisen für ihre Abschlußarbeiten ausgezeichnet.
13.10.2017
Dr. Felix M. Kamenetzki verstorben
Wir trauern um unseren langjährigen Gastwissenschaftler, Herrn Dr. Felix M. Kamenetzki, der am 12. Oktober 2017 verstorben ist.
18.09.2017
Nebenfach Geophysik startet
Zum Wintersemester 2017/2018 startet der neue Teilstudiengang Geophysik (30 ECTS).
29.06.2017
Study of the Earth’s Deep Interior (SEDI) Graduate Research Award for Lorenzo Colli
Lorenzo Colli selected by the American Geophysical Union (AGU) for the Study of the Earth’s Deep Interior (SEDI) Graduate Research Award of the year 2017.
29.06.2017
Study of the Earth’s Deep Interior (SEDI) Graduate Research Award for Lorenzo Colli
Lorenzo Colli selected by the American Geophysical Union (AGU) for the Study of the Earth’s Deep Interior (SEDI) Graduate Research Award of the year 2017.
09.05.2017
Masterstudiengang GeoThermie/GeoEnergie startet
Zum Wintersemester 2017/2018 startet der neue Masterstudiengang GeoThermie/GeoEnergie.