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EGU General Assembly 2024 — A Brief Recap of our Activities

Marius Schlaak, Öykü Koç and Rebekka Steffen May 10, 2024

View over Vienna. Photo credit Öykü Koç

Thank you all for the great EGU General Assembly (GA) this year! In case you missed EGU24 or some of the events we organised, here is a little recap. So you can stop wondering how it went and get an idea of what to look out for next year. In the Geodesy Divison, we had our kick-off, unlike the standard, with the online division meeting on Wednesday before the EGU24. There, we introduced our new me ...[Read More]

Women in Geodesy: Susanna Zerbini

Rebekka Steffen, Öykü Koç and Andreas Kvas May 15, 2023

Figure courtesy: Öykü Koç

In the past weeks and months, we have introduced you to famous female geodesists who won the Vening Meinesz medal of the EGU Geodesy division. This week we turn our eyes to Susanna Zerbini, who was awarded with the Vening Meinesz medal in 2009 for her important work at the interface of geodesy and geodynamics using space geodetic techniques. Having this in mind, we were curious to find out what sh ...[Read More]

Women in Geodesy: Martine Feissel-Vernier

Rebekka Steffen, Öykü Koç and Andreas Kvas March 21, 2023

Figure courtesy: Öykü Koç

We started a new series where we interview past Vening-Meinesz medalists about her view and role as a women in science. So far, we have talked with Anny Cazenave and Véronique Dehant, the first and second Vening-Meinesz medalists. Only two years after Véronique Dehant, Martine Feissel-Vernier received the prestigious Vening-Meinesz medal in recognition of her outstanding accomplishments in ...[Read More]

Women in Geodesy: Veronique Dehant

Rebekka Steffen, Öykü Koç and Andreas Kvas March 15, 2023

Figure courtesy: Öykü Koç

A few weeks ago we talked with Anny Cazenave, the first Vening-Meinesz medallist, about her view on being a women in science. But, she wasn’t the only influential women in Geodesy that received the Vening-Meinesz medal from the EGU. In 2003, Véronique Dehant was awarded with the Vening-Meinesz medal in recognition of her outstanding contributions to the study of nutations of the Earth ...[Read More]