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]

Visit of Professor Fumiko Tajima
Professor Fumiko Tajima, former guest professor at the Geophysics Section, will visit Munich Geophysics on July 15-16. [more]

Visit by Professor John Suppe
Professor John Suppe (Univ Houston) will visit the Sections of Geology and Geophysics from July 11 to July 17. [more]

Congratulations to Siavash Ghelichkhan for defending his PhD thesis
Siavash Ghelichkhan successfully defended his PhD Thesis on July 5th. [more]

Visit by Professor Meng Jun
Professor Meng Jun will visit the magnetism group of the Geophysics Section for the month of July. [more]

Dr. habil Martin Käser appointed apl Professor
Dr. habil Martin Käser appointed apl Professor [more]

Congratulations to L. Colli
Congratulations to L. Colli, who has been offered an assistant professorship at the University of Houston. [more]

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. [more]

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. [more]