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. [more]

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. [more]

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. [more]

Earth Models shown at ARS ELECTRONICA, Linz
Earth Models shown at ARS ELECTRONICA, Linz [more]

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. [more]

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. [more]

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. [more]

MGC verleiht Preise an zwei Geophysiker
Auch dieses Jahr wurden auf der Absolventenfeier des Münchner Geozentrums zwei Geophysiker mit Preisen für ihre Abschlußarbeiten ausgezeichnet. [more]