Geodesy

The EGU mentoring programme: Experiences from mentor and mentee perspectives

Bene Aschenneller, Çağatay Çakan, Marius Schlaak and Kristin Vielberg March 13, 2025

Finding your way through a conference using the EGU Mentoring Programme (Figure courtesy: Öykü Koç)

The EGU mentoring programme: Experiences from mentor and mentee perspectives Each year, EGU offers a mentoring programme to pair a more experienced conference “veteran”, defined as having participated in a General Assembly (GA) at least two times, and a conference “newbie”. As we’re getting closer to the GA period, the submission deadline for the mentoring programme is on 17.03.25, and the ultimat ...[Read More]

Inside the World of ‘Skype a Scientist’

Shivika Saxena and Öykü Koç February 28, 2025

Figure courtesy: Öykü Koç. Skype a Scientist token is taken from https://www.skypeascientist.com/

Let’s move onto another amazing researcher and ECS, Öykü Koç, who is involved with ‘Skype a scientist’, an educational nonprofit with a focus on connecting people with science in fun and meaningful ways, making science education available and engaging for everyone. Öykü Koç (she/they) is a PhD candidate at Politecnico di Milano (Italy), with her research focusing on the time-variable gravity field ...[Read More]

EGU Campfire Geodesy – Share Your Research – Tenth Edition

Bene Aschenneller and Öykü Koç February 6, 2025

We are excited to announce the 10th edition of Geodesy Campfire – Share Your Research in November. The Geodesy EGU Campfire Events “Share Your Research” give (early career) researchers the chance to talk about their work.We have two exciting talks by our guest speakers Mario Moreno and Franck Ghomsi. Below you can find the details of the topics awaiting us. We will have time to network after the p ...[Read More]

Expanding the Picture: Simon Tong

Simon Tong January 31, 2025

A graphical illustration in watercolour optic with human silhouettes in different colours, and several smaller elements such as an ocean and a satellite.

Figure courtesy: Öykü Koç

Hi Simon, thank you for sharing your story with us and the geodesy community! First, can you give us your ‘classical work intro’ so that we get an idea of where you are working and what your field of interest is? I am currently working at Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR)’s Earth Observation Centre (EOC) as a working student, while at the same time studying for a Master’s degree at T ...[Read More]