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Lecture series WS 25/26

Modern Earth system sciences—complex, digital, interdisciplinary

The following inaugural lectures will be held in English, contrary to the announcement:

  • Prof. Dr. Julian Quinting on December 1, 2025
  • Prof. Dr. Anke Nölscher on December 15, 2025
  • Prof. Dr. Jana Börner on February 2, 2026

After all lectures, we invite all attendees to join us for some drinks and snacks.

Date and location

The lectures take place approximately every 14 days, on Mondays from 4:00 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. in the Geo/Bio lecture hall at Zülpicher Str. 49a, Building 310c.

 

Program

20.10.2025
INAUGURAL LECTURE: Luminescence: What the cold light of minerals can tell us about past and present processes in Earth's Critical Zone (Lecture in English)
Prof. Dr. Svenja Riedesel (Institute  of Geography, University of Cologne)
 

03.11.2025
Introduction (ca 10 minutes) 
Dr. Katja Sperveslage

 

03.11.2025
Soil bioturbation: from observations to simulations (Lecture in English)
Dr. Marijn van der Meij (Institute  of Geography, University of Cologne)

17.11.2025
Landwirtschaftliche Wertschöpfungsketten in Afrika im Wandel
(Lecture in German)
Prof. Dr. Peter Dannenberg (Institute  of Geography, University of Cologne)

 


01.12.2025
INAUGURAL LECTURE: Watt kommt? – Subsaisonale Wettervorhersagen für die Energiewirtschaft
(Lecture in English)
Prof. Dr. Julian Quinting (Institute of Geophysics and Meteorology, University of Cologne)

 


15.12.2025
INAUGURAL LECTURE: Fingerabdrücke in der Luft – Auf der Suche nach atmosphärischen Spurenstoffen
(Lecture in English)
Prof. Dr. Anke Nölscher (Institute of Climate and Energy systeme-Troposphäre, Research Center Jülich)

 


12.01.2026
Wolken, Wetter und Klima – wie wir versuchen mit komplexen Modellen unsere Welt zu verstehen
(Lecture in German)
Dr. Vera Schemann (Institute of Geophysics and Meteorology, University of Cologne)

 


26.01.2026
Algorithmen in den Erdsystemwissenschaften
(Lecture in German)
Prof. Dr. Christian Sohler (Institute of Computer Science, University of Cologne)

 


02.02.2026
INAUGURAL LECTURE: Angewandte Geophysik für eine reaktive Erde
(Lecture in English)
Prof. Dr. Jana Börner (Institute of Geophysics and Meteorology, University of Cologne)

 


 

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