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Solmaz Mohadjer

Solmaz Mohadjer is a Scientific Coordinator at the Optics and Sensing Laboratory of the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Tübingen, Germany. Her research focuses on the linkage between mountain hazards and mountain building processes, continental deformation rates and erosion. She is the founder of the ParsQuake Project, an outreach initiative that brings geohazard education to school communities worldwide. You can reach Solmaz via email: solmaz.mohadjer@gmail.com. For more details, please visit Solmaz's personal webpage (https://solmazmohadjer.com/)

How to make your geoscience communication publishable: Find out at EGU25

April 25, 2025
How to make your geoscience communication publishable: Find out at EGU25
Solmaz Mohadjer is the winner of one of the first EGU Public Engagement Grants competition in 2016. Credit: Solmaz Mohadjer

A long time ago, when I walked into the Ministry of Education building in Dushanbe (Tajikistan) to inquire about offering an earthquake education workshop in a public school, I had no research agenda, let alone thinking about publishing it one day. All I wanted was to do something useful: sharing earthquake science with school children. Recognizing the value of geoscience communication, my graduat ...[Read More]

How to make your geoscience communication publishable: Find out at EGU23

April 14, 2023
How to make your geoscience communication publishable: Find out at EGU23
Solmaz Mohadjer is the winner of one of the first EGU Public Engagement Grants competition in 2016. Credit: Solmaz Mohadjer

A long time ago, when I walked into the Ministry of Education building in Dushanbe (Tajikistan) to inquire about offering an earthquake education workshop in a public school, I had no research agenda, let alone thinking about publishing it one day. All I wanted was to do something useful: sharing earthquake science with school children. Recognizing the value of geoscience communication, my graduat ...[Read More]

Sign up for EGU’s Mentoring Program: here’s why!

March 3, 2023
Sign up for EGU’s Mentoring Program: here’s why!

You have been matched! I take a deep breath and click to open the message. Two women from Iran, a Master and a PhD student. Their research interests match mine: geohazards, geomorphology and modeling. I’m filled with pure joy. Being an Iranian woman myself, doing science outside of Iran for over two decades, I feel I am finally returning home. Carrying a backpack filled with knowledge and experien ...[Read More]

A Pedagogical Dance: EGU’s Teacher-Scientist Pairing Scheme

November 25, 2022
A Pedagogical Dance: EGU’s Teacher-Scientist Pairing Scheme
Vibeke Aune, a school teacher (left), and Solmaz Mohadjer, a geoscientist (right), discuss how to use scientific data to engage students and improve their learning. Photo credit: Davide Oddone

An email from Giuliana Panieri, a geology professor at the Arctic University of Norway (UiT) in Tromsø, cracked my pandemic bubble late last year. She invited me to join an unconventional expedition (AKMA OceanSenses) to the Arctic Ocean, where scientists worked hand-in-hand with other societal actors, to integrate different kinds of knowledge and create tools that help open up people’s minds to a ...[Read More]