IRTG RTD: Exploiting spatial gradients – An introduction to GIS-based approaches using raster data
Janek Walk
23th Jan 2026 | 9:00-18:00
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IRTG RTD: Determining the contribution of microbial necromass in soils of the Atacama Desert
Ramona Mörchen
10th Dec 2025 | 9:00-17:00
IRTG RTD: Theory and applications of terrestrial cosmogenic nuclides
Benedikt Ritter, Steven Binnie
1st Dec 2025 | 10:00-16:00
IRTG RTD: Raman Spectroscopy, Theory and Application for Geo- and Biosciences
Christoph Lenting
9th Oct 2025 | 09:15-17:00
IRTG RTD: Wonderful world of (desert) worms – hunting for Shai-Hulud
Philipp Schiffer, Karim Gueddach, Austine Tweneboah, Viktoria Hellekes
17th Nov 2025 | 10:00-16:00
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IRTG Kick-Off Retreat 2025
We recently kicked off the third funding period of CRC 1211 with an exciting two-day retreat in Bonn organized by the IRTG. It was the perfect opportunity for us PhDs to dive into the projects,... -
IRTG Travel Grant holder Pablo Schwarze reports about his stay in Cologne in spring 2024
Thanks to the IRTG fellowship granted by the CRC1211 I was able to travel and stay in Germany during May and June, allowing me to learn about the processing of geophysical data, such as measurements... -
Attending the American Geophysical Union 2024 meeting with the IRTG mobility grant
From December 11th to 15th 2023, the American Geophysical Union held its annual meeting in San Francisco, California. The meeting reunited more than 25.000 scientists from more than 100 countries to... -
Simón Anguita reports about the IRTG fellowship he received in 2022 from the IRTG of CRC1211.
The IRTG fellowship provided me with the opportunity to work with the entomological collection from the Atacama Desert, housed at the University of Cologne, throughout the year 2022. These samples... -
Participation in winter school at ETH Zürich with IRTG mobility grant
From Jan. 22nd to Jan. 27th 2023 a joint group from ETH Zürich and University of Zürich held the 15th winter school on light- and electron-microscopy. Awarded with a mobility grant from the IRTG,... -
From the tundra to the desert nematodes can be found everywhere
Nematodes, also known as roundworms, are invertebrates that can inhabit soil and water bodies. They have been reported in all continents and can live in extreme environments such as Antarctica or... -
Learning about taxonomy and DNA barcoding of soil invertebrates
This summer, in July 2022, both PhD students of project B08 made their way to Norway to learn more about the taxonomy of soil invertebrates and learn how to obtain good DNA barcodes of those in the... -
IRTG PhD Retreat at Laacher See (Eifel) in 2022
In 2022, the second IRTG PhD retreat at Laacher See in the Eifel region took place. This time we started our retreat with an excursion day, to understand the Geology of the area, like, volcanic... -
Successful retreat of IRTG students
The PhD-representatives of the IRTG were excited to announce the first student-retreat of the CRC-phase back in September. The retreat successfully concluded on Wednesday, December 1st, after one... -
IRTG (Z05): Two IRTG Fellows have been granted a DAAD Scholarship. Congrats!
August 2021. We are very happy to announce that IRTG Fellows Camila Riffo Contreras (D03) and Tiago Menezes Freire (A04), both have been selected to receive a 48-month DAAD scholarship to pursue... -
Field work in Chile for Project D3 started in March 2021
The field work started in the North of "Cerro Coloso" (figure 1), at a hill in the Coast Cordillera of Antofagasta. IRTG fellowship holder Camila Riffo Contreras went on a fieldtrip to collect... -
IRTG Workshop Report: "Communication, group dynamics and (self-)motivation for doctoral students”
by Bárbara Vargas-Machuca The first IRTG Workshop about "Communication, group dynamics and (self-)motivation for doctoral students” last two days, and despite the coronavirus crisis, this workshop...
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Dr. Hannah Hertung
IRTG Coordinator
University of Cologne
Institute of Geology and Mineralogy
| Zülpicher Str. 49a 50674 Cologne Germany |
| Phone: | +49 (0)221 470-6101 | |
| E-mail: | irtg@sfb1211.de |
Dr. Daniela Hülle
IRTG Coordinator
University of Cologne
Institute of Geology and Mineralogy
| Zülpicher Str. 49b 50674 Cologne Germany |
| Phone: | +49 (0)221 470-2241 | |
| E-mail: | irtg@sfb1211.de |
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