interview

Interview with Peter van der Beek, President of EGU

Asmae Ourkiya June 10, 2024

We are excited to introduce Peter van der Beek, the new President of the European Geosciences Union (EGU). To learn more about Peter and his vision for the future of EGU, our Media and Communications Officer conducted an interview with him. In this conversation, Peter shares insights about his background, his journey to becoming EGU President, and his goals for the organization during his term.

Hello Peter, thank you for taking the time to speak with us and welcome to your new role as President of EGU! Can you tell us a little about yourself and what led you to this role? I am a professor of General Geology at the University of Potsdam in Germany. Originally from the Netherlands, I consider myself European. After completing my PhD at the Free University in Amsterdam, I did a postdoc in A ...[Read More]

GeoTalk: Meet Tim van Emmerik, hydrologist and Geosciences Instrumentation and Data Systems Division Early Career Scientist representative.

Hazel Gibson February 26, 2021

Plastic plants (Image credit: Tim van Emmerik)

Hi Tim, thanks for talking with us today, can you start by telling us a little about yourself and your research background? As experimental hydrologist I aim to provide reliable data to solve water-related societal challenges. For over a decade I have been working on developing new, better or cheaper measurement methods to quantify components of the water cycle. My first projects focused on estima ...[Read More]

GeoTalk: Meet the Nonlinear Processes Division, with Division President Stéphane Vannitsem and ECS Rep Tommaso Alberti

Hazel Gibson December 4, 2020

Hello Stéphane and Tommaso, thank you for speaking with us today – could you briefly introduce yourselves? Stéphane Vannitsem Okay, so my name is Stéphane Vannitsem, and I am a researcher at the Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium, in Brussels, and I’ve recently become head of the Meteorological and Climatological Information Service. I’m also a lecturer at the Free Univers ...[Read More]

GeoTalk: Alena Ebinghaus, Early Career Scientist Representative

Olivia Trani January 18, 2019

Meet Alena Ebinghaus, ECS Representative for the Stratigraphy, Sedimentology and Palaeontology Division. (Credit: Dennis Karuku)

In addition to the usual GeoTalk interviews, were we highlight the work and achievements of early career scientists, this month we’ll also introduce one of the (outgoing) Division early career scientist representatives (ECS). The representatives are responsible for ensuring that the voice of EGU ECS membership is heard. From organising short courses during the General Assembly, through to running ...[Read More]