Bachtadse Fest
On Friday, Oct 18th 2019, a large number of faculty, students, alumni and invited guest speakers came together in the Munich Geocenter for the Bachtadse Fest, to celebrate and honor the scientific achievements of Professor Valerian Bachtadse at the occasion of his retirement after nearly 30 years of Service at the geophysics division of the school of Earth Sciences of LMU. [more]

Visit of Dr. Marthe Klöcking
Dr. Marthe Klöcking of the Australian National University will visit Munich Geophysics on 3-5 of September. [more]

Masters Theses Defense of the 10th cohort
The defense of this years masters theses has been scheduled for July 23rd. [more]

Special Seminar by Professor D. Dobson (UCL) on Thursday July 18.
Professor David Dobson from the University College of London [more]

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. [more]

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. [more]

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 [more]

Fassbinder, J.W.E., R. Linck, F. Becker, and M. Parsi (2019), Viereckschanze mit "Außenposten": Magnetometerprospektion im Wald bei Walpertskirchen, Das Arch. Jahr in Bayern, 2018, 160-162.

Fassbinder, J.W.E., R. Linck, F. Becker, and M. Tarasconi (2019), Bauvorhaben anpassen - Reihengräberfeld in München-Obermenzing prospektiert, Das Arch. Jahr in Bayern, 2018, 168-170.

Fassbinder, J.W.E., and R. Linck (2019), Ohne Fortifikation auf dem Trockenrasen: Magnetometermessungen auf dem Kirchberg bei Schmähingen, Das Arch. Jahr in Bayern, 2018, 158-159.

Ring laser measurements for geodesy and geophysics: stable operation, observations of broadband seismic signals and Earth’s rotation
PhD Project in Geophysics [more]