• PDZ Europa Scientific 20-20 Mass Spectrometer

      2655–2664. Sample preparation (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Ceramic tube furnace (Carbolite GmbH) (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Laserfluorination (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Sercon Geo 20-22 mass [...] mass spectrometer (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Polar Terrestrial Environmental Systems: Research Foci Staff Labs and Methods Teaching and Education Projects

    • Organisation

      Organisation of the Alfred Wegener Institute Management Statutes Purchase Department Organisation chart Booster club Staff Units Communications and Media Relations

    • Research Vessel and cutter

      The fleet of the Alfred Wegener Institute RV Polarstern RV Mya II RV Heincke MB Aade FS Uthörn Old Uthörn

    • Team

      meeting in Ankelohe 2016 (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Group meeting in Ankelohe 2014 (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Group meeting in Ankelohe 2011 (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut)

    • Heincke Expedition searches for Microplastics

      An eleven-member expedition team is currently underway in the North Atlantic with the Alfred Wegener Institute's research vessel Heincke.

    • 125 years of oceanographic research on Helgoland

      become the Biological Institute Helgoland (Biologische Anstalt Helgoland / BAH), which joined the Alfred Wegener Institute in 1998. Generations of scientists have conducted research on the ecology of coastal [...] standing in the area of European oceanographic research. To mark this milestone anniversary, the Alfred Wegener Institute’s BAH will be hosting an open house: on 19 May (on Helgoland) and 20 May (on Sylt)

    • Micropaleontology Lab

      chironomids Pollen laboratory Prof. Dr. Ulrike Herzschuh (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Dr. Kathleen Stoof-Leichsenring (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Scientific Head Prof. Dr. Ulrike Herzschuh Scienti

    • Heinz Miller to receive the 2016 SCAR Medal for International Coordination

      Staff
      Prof. Heinz Miller from the Alfred Wegener Institute has been selected to receive the 2016 SCAR Medal for International Coordination.

    • Team

      Generated Image (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Contact: Sandra Coordes Team Aquaculture Research Team Bio-inspired Lightweight Design Team Marine Algae Ecology and Applications

    • Representatives of the University of La Rochelle at the AWI

      International Cooperation
      Today, a delegation from the French University of La Rochelle visits the Alfred Wegener Institute to discuss current and future projects.