Ida Pfeiffer Professorship - News & Interviews

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23.11.2022

In the background a coastal glacier in an arctic environment, closer to the viewer the ice sheet floats on the the sea, in the foreground a calved iceberg.

Interview with Bethan Davies: Melting glaciers and their future

Due to climate change, glaciers and ice-sheets worldwide are shrinking. Glacial geologist Bethan Davies, currently Ida Pfeiffer Professor at our...

08.06.2021

From Early Earth to Exoplanets: Is there life?

By looking outward towards planets we can look backwards and understand the history of our planet, explains Eric Gaidos, Ida Pfeiffer professor at the...

19.05.2021

"The water we drink is as old as Earth itself"

Currently visiting: In March 2021, Stephen Mojzsis joined our Faculty as Ida Pfeiffer Professor. In his work, he explores the fundamental physical and...

03.06.2019

Dying stars, great Black Holes and Science-Fiction-Novels: "Curiosity is what drives me"

The astrophysicist Dan Whalen specializes in Supernovae and the formation of the first stars. Since March he works as Ida Pfeiffer Professor at the...

10.04.2019

Geologist Fernandez Bellon: “Like a doctor with x-rays or ultrasounds”

Ida-Pfeiffer Professor Oscar Fernandez Bellon has 19 years of experience in academia and industry: "Testing and integrating with other disciplines,...

07.08.2018

Moving to Vienna: Initial experiences of a Visiting professor

Between June and November 2018, Gareth Clay from the University of Manchester is working as Ida Pfeiffer Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Earth...

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