Press Release 094/2012

Antje Boetius Is Heinrich Hertz Guest Professor

Deep Sea Researcher and Professor of Geomicrobiology Antje Boetius Will Come to KIT for Two Evening Presentations and a Seminar – Start on June 12
Die Heinrich-Hertz-Gastprofessur geht in diesem Jahr an Professorin Antje Boetius  (Foto:A. Gerdes, MARUM)
Professor Antje Boetius is this year’s Heinrich Hertz guest professor. (Photo: A. Gerdes, MARUM)

Antje Boetius is the 2012 Heinrich Hertz guest professor of the Karlsruhe University Society (KUG) and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). She heads the HGF-MPG Joint Research Group on Deep Sea Ecology and Technology at the Alfred Wegener Institute for Marine and Polar Research, Bremerhaven, and the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen. In addition, she is Professor of Geomicrobiology at the University of Bremen. She will report about her research activities in two public evening presentations on June 12 and 22, 18 hrs, at the Tulla-Hörsaal (building 11.40 on KIT Campus South). Moreover, she will give a seminar for KIT students.

Being “The Research University in the Helmholtz Association”, KIT creates and imparts knowledge for the society and the environment. It is the objective to make significant contributions to the global challenges in the fields of energy, mobility, and information. For this, about 9,800 employees cooperate in a broad range of disciplines in natural sciences, engineering sciences, economics, and the humanities and social sciences. KIT prepares its 22,300 students for responsible tasks in society, industry, and science by offering research-based study programs. Innovation efforts at KIT build a bridge between important scientific findings and their application for the benefit of society, economic prosperity, and the preservation of our natural basis of life. KIT is one of the German universities of excellence.

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