Victor Moritz Goldschmidt Award –For early career scientists in recognition ofoutstanding research conductedwithin the past five years
The Victor Moritz Goldschmidt Award is presented by the German Mineralogical Society (DMG) to recognize outstanding achievements by early career scientists. It honors exceptional research conducted in recent years in the field of mineralogy and related disciplines.
From Lu-Hf geochronology to triple oxygen isotope geochemistry: Victor Moritz Goldschmidt Award winner Dr. Daniel Herwartz develops innovative analytical tools to tackle fundamental geoscientific questions.
From groundbreaking experiments on tourmaline synthesis to precise in-situ age dating via laser ablation: an insight into the versatile scientific career of our Ramdohr Award winner Martin Kutzschbach.
From the elasticity of hydrous minerals to deep mantle structure: how early-career scientist Johannes Buchen uses high-pressure experiments to decode deep Earth seismic data.
From the building blocks of our solar system to nuclear forensics: Victor Moritz Goldschmidt Award winner Timo Hopp uses high-precision isotope analyses to decode the formation of Earth and planetary bodies.
From Black Forest fluid systems to African carbonatites: Victor Moritz Goldschmidt Award winner Dr. Benjamin Walter bridges ore deposit geology, geochemistry, and petrology at the highest level.
From mineral reactions in subduction zones to experimental evidence of earthquake processes: Victor Moritz Goldschmidt Award winner Dr. Sarah Incel bridges mineralogy and geophysics to explore rock failure deep within the Earth.
From deciphering hydrothermal vein systems to advancing ore deposit models in the Erzgebirge: Victor Moritz Goldschmidt Award winner Dr. Mathias Burisch-Hassel bridges innovative analytics and applied economic geology.
Unraveling multiscale rock-fluid interactions: Victor Moritz Goldschmidt Award presented to Oliver Plümper for his innovative research on crustal hydration mechanisms and fluid channeling in subducting plates.
Presolar dust signatures and the building blocks of Earth: Victor Moritz Goldschmidt Award presented to Dr. Christoph Burkhardt for his fundamental high-precision isotope studies on planetary formation and cosmochemistry.
Isotopic constraints on Precambrian co-evolution: Victor Moritz Goldschmidt Award presented to Dr. Eva Stüeken for her groundbreaking geochemical research on early Earth environments and metabolic evolution.
Advancing Rb–Sr geochronology and mantle isotope dynamics: Victor Moritz Goldschmidt Award presented to Dr. Oliver Nebel for his high-precision isotope studies spanning subduction zones to Hadean crustal evolution.
Cosmogenic nuclide constraints on continental erosion and sediment fluxes: Victor Moritz Goldschmidt Award presented to Dr. Hella Wittmann-Oelze for pioneering application of in-situ nuclide techniques from the Amazon to the Central Alps.
Atomistic modeling of deep Earth processes: Victor Moritz Goldschmidt Award presented to Dr. Sandro Jahn for molecular dynamics simulations of silicate melts, high-pressure fluids, and phase transitions.
Hf–W chronometry of early Solar System evolution and core formation: Victor Moritz Goldschmidt Award presented to Dr. Thorsten Kleine for groundbreaking isotopic constraints on planetesimals, the Earth, and the Moon.
Magmatic-hydrothermal ore genesis and LA-ICP-MS fluid inclusion analysis: Victor Moritz Goldschmidt Award presented to Dr. Andreas Audétat for pioneering insights into ore-fluid evolution and mantle fluids.
Noble gas isotopes and thermochronometry of H chondrites: Victor Moritz Goldschmidt Award presented to Mario Trieloff for proving early asteroid formation in the Solar System.
Marine geochemistry and oceanic trace metal cycling: Victor Moritz Goldschmidt Award presented to Andrea Koschinsky for research on marine sediments, hydrothermal processes, and Fe–Mn crusts.
Nb/Ta ratios and Hf isotope systematics: Victor Moritz Goldschmidt Award presented to Prof. Carsten Münker for key insights into Lunar origin and early Earth crust formation.
Transmission electron microscopy and impact structures: Victor Moritz Goldschmidt Award presented to Falko Langenhorst for microstructural studies of shocked minerals.
Metal–silicate trace element partitioning and core formation: Victor Moritz Goldschmidt Award presented to Astrid Holzheid for experimental insights into Earth's core formation.
In-situ water speciation in silicate melts: Victor Moritz Goldschmidt Award presented to Marcus Nowak for pioneering spectroscopic research on magma dynamics.
Nominations for the Victor Moritz Goldschmidt Award may be submitted by DMG members. Nominations must include a statement of merit, a curriculum vitae, and a publication list and be submitted to the DMG President by 31 January. The recipient is selected by the responsible Awards Committee.
→ Statutes for the Victor Moritz Goldschmidt Award
