DMG Early Career Award –For outstanding contributions by earlycareer scientists presented at theDMG Annual Meeting

Award Recipients

2002 – Katja Emmerich, Thorsten Kleine und Astrid Besmehn

Smectite varieties and structural transformations: Paul Ramdohr Award presented to Katja Emmerich for research on cis-to-trans-vacant transformations in montmorillonite.

The Paul Ramdohr Award was presented to three early-career scientists in 2002:

  • Katja Emmerich (Hannover) for her presentation “Varieties of Smectite: Transformation of a Cis-Vacant into a Trans-Vacant Montmorillonite,” delivered at the 2002 DMG Annual Meeting in Hamburg.
  • Thorsten Kleine (Münster) for his presentation “¹⁸²Hf–¹⁸²W and the Early Differentiation of Planetary Bodies,” delivered at the 2002 DMG Annual Meeting in Hamburg.
  • Astrid Besmehn (Mainz) for her presentation “Heterogeneous and Homogeneous Distribution of Radiogenic Calcium-44 in Silicon Carbide X Grains,” delivered at the 2002 DMG Annual Meeting in Hamburg.