2024

Dr. Steffen Trümper receives Hans Cloos Prize 2024

Award for outstanding research in the field of geosciences

Research associate and museum curator Steffen Trümper has been awarded the Hans Cloos Prize, endowed with 10,000 euros. The German Geological Society thus honors Dr. Trümper's “groundbreaking findings in the reconstruction of terrestrial habitats”.

The interdisciplinary approach with which he reconstructs fossil ecosystems in exceptionally high resolution was particularly emphasized. His work on continental fossil communities in the late Palaeozoic and on fossil forests is considered groundbreaking for research. In addition, Dr. Trümper's successes in teaching and popular science communication were highlighted and honoured.

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2023

"We experience the geosciences directly"

Dr. Torsten Prinz describes the long-standing excursion tradition to Kleinwalsertal valley

For more than 20 years, students from the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Münster have been going on excursions to Kleinwalsertal. Now the time has come again: at the end of August, they will be going for eleven days to the Austrian village about 700 kilometres away at an altitude of 1,400 metres in the Allgäu Alps. 15 students, two excursion leaders and a tutor will explore the geological, geobotanical and geographical features of the region. Kathrin Kottke spoke to Dr Torsten Prinz, who is leading the excursion with Prof. Dr Harald Hiesinger, in the run-up to the trip.

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The Geomuseum: a treasure trove of superlatives

Opening on 10 August: The Geomuseum displays 2,300 exhibits from 13.8 billion years of Earth's history.

Descending twelve steps and going through 200 million years, experiencing the 13.8 billion years since the Big Bang in about an hour, retracing two billion years of Earth's history in a single room using 700 original exhibits - the new Geomuseum at Münster University is a museum of superlatives. With the opening on 10 August, Münster's museum quarter around Pferdegasse is complete. In addition to the LWL Museum of Art and Culture, it includes the Bible Museum and the University's Archaeological Museum. The team of the Geomuseum gave the editorial staff of wissen|leben the opportunity to take a detailed tour in advance.

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