Promoting Young Researchers
Scientific young talents are enriching research with innovative ideas and secure the future. The Alfred Wegener Insitute therefore supports young researchers, students, post-graduates and trainees in different ways.
At the AWI, students, graduates or PhD, are already given the option to work and study independently. Postgraduate education is offered by the graduate school POLMAR or the Research School ESSReS.
The institute has diverse offers for postdoctoral scientist to commence their research career. This includes the establishment of young investigator groups, of which ten are currently installed at the institute.
Young Investigators
Young investigators at the Alfred Wegener Institute are currently supported in programmes of the Helmholtz Association, the German Research Foundation and the European Research Council. At the moment, there are ten groups established at the institute:
Prof. Dr. Astrid Bracher: PHYTOOPTICS - Marine Phytoplankton studied by global biooptical methods
PD Dr. Olaf Eisen: LIMPICS -Linking micro-physical properties to macro features in ice
Dr. Hauke Flores: IceFlux - Ice-ecosystem carbon flux in polar oceans
Dr. Thomas Läpple: ECUS - Estimating Climate Variabiltyby Quantifying Proxy Uncertainty and Synthesizing Information Across Climate Archives (Start 02/2013)
Dr. Hugues Lantuit: COPER - Coastal permafrost erosion, organic carbon and nutrient release in the Arctic nearshore zone
Prof. Dr. Katja Metfies: PLANKTONSENS - Assessing Climate Related Variability and Change at the Base of Planktonic Food Webs in Polar Regions and the North Sea -
Prof. Dr. Gesine Mollenhauer: Applications of compound-specific 14C analysis for the study of sedimentation processes and carbon cycling in marine sediments
Dr. Björn Rost: PHYTOCHANGE - New approaches to assess the responses of phytoplankton to Global Change
Dr. Vera Schlindwein: MOVE - Mid Ocean Volcanoes and Earthquakes
Dr. Scarlett Trimborne: EcoTrace- Role of trace metals on Antarctic Phytoplankton Ecology (Start 02/2013)
Dr. Ilka Weikussat: The effect of deformation mechanisms for ice sheet dynamics
