Honorary Doctorate

of the University of Innsbruck to University Professor Dr R. Lawrence Edwards on Friday, 18 October 2024, from 10 am (Aula, main university building).

From 14:30 Prof Edwards will give the lecture "Abrupt Climate Change, a View from Underground".

Prof Edwards is a geoscientist who has shaped and promoted an entire generation of researchers working on the dynamics of the Earth system, climate and the ocean.

Edwards has long-standing collaborative relationships with staff at the Department of Geology, including research in his world-leading laboratory, as well as co-supervision of PhD theses. In recent years, an age determination laboratory including a clean room has been set up at the Department of Geology, the first of its kind in Austria. Edwards' expertise has been instrumental in this process.

Left:
https://cse.umn.edu/esci/r-lawrence-edwards
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Lawrence_Edwards
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtAw6Xvh6kQ