Archive
2020
- 13.11.2020 | Teaching award for Michael MeyerMichael Meyer from our institute together with Bastian Joachim-Mrosko from the Institute of Mineralogy and Petrography received an award for outstanding teaching at our University.
- 5.11.2020 | New FWF project fundedThe FWF recently funded a joint Austrian-Hungarian research initiative to examine the formation process of so-called cryogenic cave carbonates, which have been gaining increasing attention as robust indicators of palaeo-permafrost conditions in the subsurface.
- 29.10.2020 | New articleA new publication involving alpine cave deposits explores the synchroneity of hydroclimate change between the Northern Hemisphere westerlies, the African and the South American monsoon.
- 16.10.2020 | New articleA recent study involving Christoph Spötl shed new light on the causes of wide-spread extinctions on Madagascar and the Mascarene islands
- 2.10.2020 | New postdocWe welcome Yin Lu as new Postdoc in our institute
- 28.9.2020 | Awards for Christoph Spötl and Gabriella KoltaiChristoph Spötl received this year's Tiroler Landespreis für Wissenschaft and Gabriella Koltai was the recipient of the Förderpreis.
- 24.9.2020 | Geology workshop for kidsIn a joint initiative of members of both earth science institutes school kids were given hands-on insights into the exciting world of rocks, minerals and fossils.
- 10.9.2020 | New articleA new lake palaeoseismology review paper
- 8.9.2020 | New articleA new study published in PNAS allows to trace to onset and spread of the most recent cold event in Earth history, the Younger Dryas (12,900-11,700 years ago), using a set of extremely well dated stalagmites.
- 4.9.2020 | PhD thesis defenseTobias Schwestermann successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled: Event deposits archived in the geologic record of the hadal Japan Trench.
- 10.8.2020 | New articleA new study opens the door towards a significantly improved thermometer based on marine and terrestrial carbonates.
- 6.7.2020 | New articleA recent study involving Christoph Spötl addressed the role of climate change in the extinction of the Neanderthals
- 28.5.2020 | Meitner grant awarded to Kathrin FaßmerKathrin Faßmer received an FWF Lise Meitner grant to study the duration of intracontinental subduction.
- 13.3.2020 | New articleChristoph Spötl co-authored a recent study shedding light onto the long-standing question of ice age cycles
- 3.2.2020 | Student field trip to TaiwanSteven Huang currently leads an 11-day geological fieldtrip of our students in Taiwan
- 3.2.2020 | New PhD studentAnika Donner has joined our department as a new PhD student.
- 17.2.2020 | Two new TWF awardsGabriella Koltai and Patrick Oswald are among this year's recipients of grants by the Tiroler Wissenschaftsfonds
2019
- 6.12.2019 | Registration opened for Karst Record IX ConferenceIn summer of 2020 we will host the KR9 conference devoted to the study of past climates using cave deposits.
- 23.12.2019 | Wallnöfer recognition awardThomas Klotz was one of the recipients of a recognition award by the Eduard-Wallnöfer-Foundation
- 28.11.2019 | Best paper awardFranz Reiter received the award for Austrias best geophysical publication in 2019
- 15.11.2019 | Renewal of Donation by Petroleum ExpertsPetroleum Experts Ltd renews 10 educational Move software licences valued at £ 1,341,961.89 donated to the Department of Geology
- 2.10.2019 | Dissertation awardKathleen Wendt received the Hypo Tirol award for her PhD dissertation.
- 14.6.2019 | New articleA recent study by Ariana Molenaar, Jasper Moernaut and Michael Strasser discovered the first evidence of earthquake-triggered surficial remobilisation on a submarine slope at the Japan Trench margin related to the three strongest historical earthquakes of the region.
- 27.5.2019 | New articleA new study led by Paul Wilcox provides the first precisely dated climate record for the Late Pleistocene of Alaska.
- 15.5.2019 | New exhibition officially openedThe newly designed exhibition of the Geology Institute was opened in a well attended ceremony in the presence of Rector T. Märk, Vice Rector B. Fügenschuh and Dean G. Kaser.
- 4.4.2019 | Michael Meyer wins Science Slam InnsbruckMichael Meyer excelled in explaining luminescence dating to a non-scientific audience.
- 27.3.2019 | Christoph Spötl received prestigeous awardChristoph Spötl received this year´s Weiss Prize for his research on alpine ice caves.
- 26.3.2019 | Gina Moseley gives inaugural lectureTogether with Ivana Stiperski (Institute of Atmospheric and Cryospheric Sciences) Gina Moseley gave her "Antrittsvorlesung" as Dr. Ingeborg Hochmair professor during a celebratory event.
- 15.3.2019 | Donation by Petroleum ExpertsPetroleum Experts Ltd donates 10 educational Move software licences valued at £ 1,334,160.00 to the Department of Geology
- 7.2.2019 | New articleA recent study involving Arata Kioka, Tobias Schwestermann, Jasper Moernaut and Michael Strasser revealed a link between earthquakes and the carbon cycle.
- 19.1.2019 | Sinah Kilian receives TWF grantSinah Kilian was among the recipients of a grant by the Tiroler Wissenschaftsförderung (TWF) for the realisation of finite-element modelling in the Northern Calcareous Alps.
2018
- 20.12.2018 | New articleFranz Reiter is the first author of a new investigation of the seismic activity in the Eastern Alps, including the area around Innsbruck.
- 13.12.2018 | New articleChristoph Spötl participated in a recent study which led to the discovery of a new polytype of the mineral aragonite.
- 7.11.2018 | Scientists on board of drilling vessel ChikyuMichael Strasser and Dominik Jaeger will participate in IODP Expedition 358.
- 25.10.2018 | New publicationKathleen Wendt is the first author of a new publication about the palaeoclimate in the southwestern USA.
- 23.10.2018 | Video about rock glacier researchA short video introduces research on alpine rock glaciers led by Prof. Karl Krainer
- 10.10.2018 | New PhD studentMojgan Soleimani has recently joined our department as a new PhD student.
- 24.9.2018 | Gabriella Koltai wins start-up grantGabriella Koltai was among this year's recipients of the University Nachwuchsförderung.
- 7.9.2018 | New articleChristoph Spötl participated in a recent geoarchaeological study about one of the largest industrial complexes in the antique world.
- 3.9.2018 | New PhD studentStephan Fuhrmann has just started as a new PhD student at our department
- 23.8.2018 | New PhD studentWe welcome Jana Molenaar as new PhD student.
- 23.8.2018 | New technicianWe welcome Hannah Braun to our institute. She will work as lab technician in the Austrian Core Facility for scientific core analyses.
- 13.8.2018 | New articleYuri Dublyansky is the lead author of a recent study on Palaeolithic cave paintings in the Ural Mountains, published in Scientific Reports (Nature).
- 10.8.2018 | New PhD studentCharlotte Honiat has just started as a new PhD student at our department
- 1.7.2018 | Hochmair Professorship for Gina MoseleyDr. Moseley begun her 5 year term as Ingeborg Hochmair Professor
- 13.6.2018 | START award for Gina MoseleyDr. Gina Moseley receives the highest award for early-career scientists in Austria
- 1.5.2018 | New Postdoc and PhD student in palaeoclimate scienceWe welcome Dr. Stacy Caroline (previously Oxford University) and Tanguy Racine (M. Sc. Imperial College London) to the institute.
- 27.3.2018 | New Bachelor curriculum approvedThe Senate has approved and published the new Bachelor curriculum in Earth Sciences which will become effective October 1, 2018.
- 18.3.2018 | Liechtenstein award for Michael MeyerMichael Meyer was one of this year´s awardees of the "Preis des Fürstentums Liechtenstein", one of the highest awards of the University of Innsbruck.
- 8.3.2018 | Masterstudents sail aboard D/V ChikyuMSc students Jonas Keller and Dominik Jaeger recently took part in the CLSI@Sea workshop convened during IODP Expedition 380 off the coast of Japan.
- 19.2.2018 | Luminescence workshopMichael Meyer and Luke Gliganic are offering a special course on luminescence dating
- 8.2.2018 | New articleYuri Dublyansky, Paul Töchterle and Christoph Spötl are part of an international team which published a recent paper in Nature Scientific Reports about the Last Interglacial in the Alps highlighting the vulnerability of alpine environments to climate warming.
- 6.2.2018 | Professor MunroeWe welcome Prof. Jeffrey Munroe to our department who is also giving a special lecture on the Geology of North America, open to all students.
- 16.01.2018 | New articleA new study led by Jasper Moernaut suggests that larger earthquakes occur more periodically.
- 9.01.2018 | New articleNature Communications features a paper co-authored by Michael Strasser investigating the impact of tectonically driven sedimentological processes on the marine carbon cycling.