Review Geoverbund ABC/J Summer Party 2022 in Bonn & Presentation of the Geoverbund ABC/J Research Awards 2022
A festive day in glorious weather!
On 03. June 2022 the Summer Party of the Geoverbund ABC/J finally took place again in beautiful weather. With broad participation of almost 170 members and guests from the ABC/J sites, a festive afternoon and convivial evening could be spent together at the Geozentrum of the University of Bonn.
This year's ABC/J General Assembly took place at 2 p.m. with the Annual Report 2021 by the Scientific Director Prof. Dr. Wellmann and the associated contributions of the ABC/J Competence Centres.
After a short coffee break in the courtyard of the Geo Centre, Assoz. Prof. Dr. Ioannis Papanikolaou from the Agricultural University of Athens opened the afternoon with his exciting Keynote Lecture on the topic. Ioannis Papanikolaou from the Agricultural University of Athens opened the festive part of the afternoon with his exciting keynote lecture on the topic "Natural Hazards, Catastrophe Modelling and Geosciences: New Tools and New Challenges"..
Another highlight was the presentation of the Geoverbund ABC/J Research Awards 2022. This year, a total of four young scientists from RWTH Aachen University and the University of Cologne were awarded for their outstanding, innovative and interdisciplinary research work in the field of geosciences. The laudations by our deputy scientific director PD Dr. Trömel were followed by the respective course presentations of the four research award winners Dr. Paromita Deb (RWTH Aachen University | 1st prize), Dr. Simone Lechthaler (RWTH Aachen University | 2nd prize) and Dr. Piero Bellanova (RWTH Aachen University | 3rd prize) as well as Dr. Johannes Heuzeroth (University of Cologne | special prize). We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate this year's award winners once again!
Finally the social part of the summer party took place in the courtyard of the Geozentrum. There, the ABC/J members could finally exchange and network with each other again over delicious barbecue, cool drinks and relaxed live music!
The Geoverbund ABC/J would like to thank the Bonn location as well as all members and guests and all supporters who contributed to this beautiful event!
