Awards 2010
Senior Scientists
Albert Maucher Prize in Geoscience 2010 (German Research Foundation, DFG)
in recognition of her outstanding research findings and original approaches
Oct 10
AGU Editors’ Citation Award for Excellence in Refereeing
Sep 10
Albert Defant Medal ("Deutsche Meteorologische Gesellschaft e.V.")
Sep 10
Union Service Award 2010 (European Geosciences Unit)
in recognition of his service for the Union as President of the Division on Biogeosciences, his exceptional dedication, committment and his active participation in the council and on several committees, as well as for his work as editor of the journal Biogeosciences
May 10
Deutsche Bank – "IFM-GEOMAR Meeresforschungspreis 2010"
Apr 10
Bayer Climate Award 2010
for his fundamental and pioneering contributions to establishing the relationship between sea ice and the climate
Apr 10
AGU Ocean Science Section Award 2010
for "Ocean Data View"
Feb 10
Junior Scientists
Dennis Düde und Angelo Steinbach
trainee for IT in recognition for the development of a process for data input supporting e-biss.
Tina Brenneis und Kerstin Oetjen
trainees for biological laboratory technicians finishing the in-service education as the two best on municipal level as well as Kerstin Oetjen as best on country level.
Dez 2010
received the AWI Science price 2010 for the publication „Variability of sea-ice conditions in the Fram Strait over the past 30,000 years“ in the journal "Nature Geoscience".
Dez 2010
Tobias Klinger
from Leibniz University Hannover received the Förderpreis der Victor-Rizkallah-Stiftung for his diploma thesis conducted at AWI bathymetry.
Nov 2010
Second Awardee "Preis der Geographischen Gesellschaft zu Leipzig"
Diploma Thesis (2009) "Carbonate chemistry and CaCO3 precipitation as ikaite in Antarctic sea ice: Analysis in the Southern Ocean and off Adélie Land, Antarctica"
Oct 10
Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Oct 10
Best Poster Award - International Symposium on Foraminifera
for her very significant contribution in the field of Foraminiferology entitled "Impact of Mg/Ca ratios on calcification in the benthic foraminifer Ammonia tepida"
Sep 10
IHK (Chamber of Industry and Commerce) Award for her outstanding degree as an office clerk trainee (overall grade 1,0 = very good)
Sep 10
SCAR Fellowship - three-month research trip to the Autonomous University of Barcelona
Aug 10
Morten Hvitfeld Iversen
MARUM Research Award for Marine Geosciences
for his dissertation ("Carbon turnover in sinking particles in the marine environment")
Aug 10
Catherine Lalande
Research Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Jul 10
Coen Hofstede
Joint Best Poster Presentation Award of XXXI-SCAR Conferenz 2010 for the poster entitled "Seismic methods on the ice-shelf: a comparison between vibroseis and explosive seismics on Ekströmisen"
Aug 10
SCAR Fellowship - three-month research trip to the Autonomous University of Barcelona
Aug 10
Andreas Kulakowski
First Awardee "Förderpreis Verein zur Förderung der Hochschule Bremerhaven e.V." (Bachelor)
for his Bachelor Thesis ("Integration eines Mikroalgenreaktors zum Nährstoff-Recycling in eine marine Kreislaufanlage zur Produktion von Wolfsbarsch")
Jun 10
Heike Gruber
Second Awardee - "Förderpreis Verein zur Förderung der Hochschule Bremerhaven e.V." (Master)
for her Master Thesis ("Development of a vector construct for the transformation of the coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi")
Jun 10
Audience Poster Award in the 1. German Young Marine Scientist Meeting
for her poster presentation of results of her master thesis
Jun 10
"Bremer Studienpreis 2009 für hervoragende wissenschaftliche Arbeit"
for his dissertation ("Climate variability from annual to multimillenial timescales: Insights from statistical and conceptual models")
Feb 10
Franziska Steinhoff
Irène Manton Prize (58th Annual Meeting der British Phycological Society)
Presentation „Is a changing environment affecting phlorotannin production and germination in zoospores of three kelp species from Spitsbergen?“
Jan 10
More
IHK (Chamber of Industry and Commerce) Award for her outstanding degree as an office clerk trainee (overall grade 1,0 = very good)
Sep 10
AWI Research Unit Potsdam
Special Award 2010 “Living Unity” of the innovation competition “365 Landmarks in the Land of Ideas”
for the school project „Per Klick zum Nordpol“ (Instruction on ice)
Mar 10
„Helgoländer Kinder sind unsere Zukunft“ association (supported by AWI)
Germany, Land of Ideas - Selected Landmark 2010
for introducing primary-school children to the excitement of the natural sciences and technology
Feb 10
Katharina Friederich and Winfreid Hebold-Heitz
Certificat "work-life balance" of the BertelsmannStiftung and th Federal Ministry of Familiy, Seniors, Women and Youth
2010