All ABC/J Research Awards since 2011

1st prize
Dr Tobias Tesch | IBG-3: Agrosphere, Forschungszentrum Jülich

Interpretable deep learning for studying the Earth system / Soil-moisture–precipitation coupling across Europe

2nd prize
Dr Lisa Winhausen | RWTH Aachen, Chair of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology

A combined laboratory and microstructural investigation of the coupled hydro-mechanical failure behavior of Opalinus Clay

3rd prize
Dr Cristina Val-Peón | RWTH Aachen, Chair of Organic Biogeochemistry in Geo-Systems

Palaeoenvironmental evolution of SW Iberia during the Holocene based on palynologycal data

1st prize
Dr. Sarah Klosterkamp | Institute of Geography, University of Bonn

Affectual intensities: toward a politics of listening in court ethnography

2nd prize
Dr. Yueling Ma | Institute of Bio- and Geosciences, IBG-3 Agrosphere, Research Centre Jülich

Machine learning for monitoring groundwater resources over Europe

3rd prize
Dr. Sabine Robrecht | IEK-7: Stratosphere, Research Centre Jülich

Potential depletion of ozone in the mid-latitude lowermost stratosphere in summer under geoengineering condition

1st prize
Dr. Paromita Deb | Institute for Applied Geophysics and Geothermal Energy, RWTH Aachen University

Resource Assessment and Performance Predictions in Unconventional Geothermal Reservoirs

2nd prize
Dr. Simone Lechthaler | Institute of Hydraulic Engineering and Water Resources Management , RWTH Aachen University

Microplastics in the Environment – Development of a Sample Preparation Method with Further Application and Evaluation in Fluvial and Marine Compartments

3rd prize
Dr Piero Bellanova | Institute for Neotectonics and Georisks, RWTH Aachen University

Tracing woody organic tsunami deposits of the 2011 Tohoku oki event in Misawa (Japan)

Special price
Dr. Johannes Heuzeroth | Institute for Didactics of Geography, University of Cologne

Causality and Language in Geography Teaching - Influencing Factors and Support Strategies for Developing Geographical Causal Structures in the Context of Systemic Thinking

1st prize
Dr. Sabrina Schnitt | Institute for Geophysics and Meteorology, University of Cologne

Advancing Ground-Based Water Vapor Profiling through Synergy of Microwave Radiometer and Dual-Frequency Radar

2nd prize
Dr. Christoph Böhm | Institute for Geophysics and Meteorology, University of Cologne

Atmospheric water supply to the Atacama Desert from newly developed satellite remote sensing techniques and reanalysis

3rd prize
Dr. Jonas Tusch | Institute for Geology and Mineralogy, University of Cologne

Tungsten Isotope Constraints on Archean Geodynamics

1st prize
Dr. Anne Klosterhalfen | Institute of Bio- and Geosciences (IBG-3, Agrosphere), Research Centre Jülich

Land-Atmosphere Exchange of Energy and Mass in Terrestrial Ecosystems

1st prize
Dr. Philipp Marr | Institute of Geography, University of Bonn

New aspects of deglaciation in southern Norway - Climate variability derived from surface exposure ages of Late Quaternary and Holocene landforms

3rd prize
Dr. Kai Jäger | Institute for Geosciences, Department of Palaeontology, University of Bonn

Occlusion and Function of Triconodont Dentitions

1st prize
Dr. Jessica Keune |Institute for Geosciences, Department of Meteorology, University of Bonn

Integrated terrestrial simulations at the continental scale: Impact of groundwater dynamics and human water use on groundwater-to-atmosphere feedbacks during the European heatwave in 2003

2nd prize
Dr. Melanie Bartz | Department of Geography, University of Cologne

Quaternary fluvial environments in NE Morocco inferred from geochronological and sedimento-logical investigations

3rd prize
Dr. Maximilian Weigand | Institut für Geowissenschaften, Abteilung Geophysik, Universität Bonn

Monitoring structural and physiological properties of crop roots using spectral electrical impedance tomography

1st prize
Dr. Shurong Liu | Institute of Bio- and Geosciences - Agrosphere (IBG-3), Research Centre Jülich

Coupled biotic-abiotic mechanisms of nitrous oxide production in soils during nitrification involving the reactive intermediates hydroxylamine and nitrite

2nd prize
Dr. Nele Meyer | Institute for Crop Sciences and Resource Conservation at the University of Bonn

Sensitivity of soil organic matter turnover to temperature and nutrient supply

2nd prize
Dr. Aljona Blöcker | Institute for Geophysics and Meteorology at the University of Cologne

Modeling Io’s and Europa’s Plasma Interaction with the Jovian Magnetosphere: Influence of Global Atmospheric Asymmetries and Plumes

1st prize
Dr. Helge Aasen | Institute of Geography at the University of Cologne

The acquisition of Hyperspectral Digital Surface Models of crops from UAV snapshot cameras

2nd prize
Dr. Alexander Follmann | Institute of Geography at the University of Cologne

Governing Riverscapes - Urban Environmental Change along the Yamuna in Delhi, India

3rd prize
Dr. Stefan Peters | Institute for Geology and Mineralogy at the University of Cologne

High-precision measurements of heavy p-process isotopes in early solar system materials

1st prize
Dr. Friederike Stock | Working Group on Coastal Morphology, Geoarchaeology and Geochronology, Department of Geography, University of Cologne

Ephesus and the Ephesia – palaeogeographical and geoarchaeological research about a famous city in Western Anatolia

2nd prize
Dr. Charlotte Hoppe | Institute for Energy and Climate Research, Sub-Institute IEK-8 Troposphere (formerly IEK-7 Stratosphere), Research Centre Jülich

A Lagrangian transport core for the simulation of stratospheric trace species in a Chemistry Climate Model

3rd prize
Dr. Michael von Papen |Institute for Geophysics and Meteorology, University of Cologne

Interdisciplinary applications of geophysical methods: Turbulence at Saturn, groundwater in India, and brain signals in patients with Parkinson's disease

1st prize
Dr. Gabriele Kühl |Steinmann Institute for Geology, Mineralogy and Palaeontology at the University of Bonn

Phylogeny, palaeobiology, diversity, and evolutionary significance of Euarthropoda (excluding Trilobita) from the Lower Devonian Hunsrück Slate (Germany)

2nd prize
Dr.-Ing. Ehsan Forootan |Institute for Geodesy and Geoinformation at the University of Bonn

Statistical Signal Decomposition Techniques for Analyzing Time-Variable Satellite Gravimetry Data

3rd prize

Dr. Maximilian Maahn | Institute for Geophysics and Meteorology at the University of Cologne

Exploiting vertically pointing Doppler radar for advancing snow and ice cloud observations

1st prize
Dr.-Ing. Yves Gensterblum | Institute for Geology, Geochemistry and Deposits of Petroleum and Coal at RWTH Aachen University

CBM and CO₂-ECBM related sorption processes in coal

2nd prize
Dr. Wolfgang Kurtz | Institute of Bio- and Geosciences, IBG-3 Agrosphere, Research Centre Jülich

Improved characterization of river-aquifer interactions through data assimilation with the ensemble Kalman Filter

3rd prize
Dr. Anja Klotzsche | Institute of Bio- and Geosciences, IBG-3 Agrosphere, Research Centre Jülich

Full-waveform inversion of cross-hole ground-penetrating radar data to characterize a gravel aquifer close to the Thur River, Switzerland

1st prize
Dr.-Ing. Silvia Becker | Institute for Geodesy and Geoinformation at the University of Bonn

Konsistente Kombination von Schwerefeld, Altimetrie und hydrographischen Daten zur Modellierung der dynamischen Ozeantopographie

2nd prize
Dr. Dominik Brill | Institute of Geography at the University of Cologne

The tsunami history of southwest Thailand - Recurrence, magnitude and impact of palaeotsunamis inferred from onshore deposits

2nd prize
Dr. Francois Jonard |Institute of Bio- and Geosciences, IBG-3 Agrosphere, Research Centre Jülich

• Soil water content estimation using ground-based active and passive microwave remote sensing: ground-penetrating radar and radiometer
  
• Mapping Field-Scale Soil Moisture With L-Band Radiometer and Ground-Penetrating Radar Over Bare Soil
  

1st prize
Dr. Hendrik Vogel | Institute for Geology and Mineralogy at the University of Cologne

A paleoclimate record with tephrochronological age control for the last glacial-interglacial cycle from Lake Ohrid, Albania and Macedonia

2nd prize
Dr. Stefan Kneifel | Institute for Geophysics and Meteorology at the University of Cologne

Snow scattering signals in ground‐based passive microwave radiometer measurements

3rd prize
Dr. Victoria Sachse | Institute for Geology, Geochemistry and Deposits of Petroleum and Coal at RWTH Aachen University

• Petroleum source rocks of western and central Africa: the examples of the marine Tarfaya Basin, Morocco and the continental Congo Basin, Democratic Republic of Congo

• Petroleum source rocks of the Tarfaya Basin and adjacent areas, Morocco

• Organic Geochemistry and Petrology of a Lower Jurassic (Pliensbachian) Petroleum Source Rock from Aït Moussa, Middle Atlas, Morocco

• Late Cretaceous (Late Turonian, Coniacian and Santonian) petroleum source rocks as part of an OAE, Tarfaya Basin, Morocco