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Francisco Hevia-Cruz presenting part of his doctoral research at the EGU General Assembly 2023 in Vienna.
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EAG Sponsored Student Francisco Hevia-Cruz reports back from the EGU General Assembly 2023

I was very surprised, mind-blown, by the scale of the 2023 EGU General Assembly, there were so many researchers, posters, and presentations, that it was very hard to decide ......

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IODP core repository - Katrin Wagner - radiolaria sample
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Shipboard Science but with less shaky legs – The ECORD Training Course 2023

EAG sponsored student Katrin Wagner reports back on her experience of the 2023 ECORD training course in preparation for shipboard science.

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The Potsdam Cameca 1280-HR SIMS facility
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A scientific party of SIMS experts and enthusiasts at the GFZ Helmholtz Centre, Potsdam

As a young analytical geochemist, I am always fascinated and interested in learning the basics, applications and technical know-how of different instruments and method. Here I describe my experiences as an EAG sponsored student on a SIMS short course

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Participants of the recently concluded IAL- IPA conference during a group photo with a breathtaking view of the Andes and Nahuel Huapi Lake in the background. Photo credit: ILA-IPA local organizing committee.
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Lakes as Memories of the Landscape: EAG Early Career Ambassadors report back

EAG Early Career Ambassadors Allix Baxter (Utrecht University) and Ronald Lloren (ETH Zürich - EAWAG) report back from the joint IAL-IPA Limnology meeting held in Bariloche, Argentina, in November 2022...

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EAG Sponsored Student Rosie Lewis presents her Volcanological Research with a bang!

With the generous support of the EAG I was able to attend the annual meeting of the Volcanic and Magmatic Studies Group (VMSG). Following the conference, I led an outreach exhibition at the NHM...

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Discovering the world one molecule at a time: 42 scientists on a metabolomics adventure

Ok, so if you have never dealt with metabolomics before, a Metabolomics Bioinformatics Course may sound very dry and kind of cryptic. Let me tell you why it was one of the most exciting weeks...

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Report – EAG Ambassador Beatrix Heller at GSA

This October I was able to attend the annual meeting of the Geological Society of America, the “GSA Connects 2022” in Denver, Colorado, United States of America.

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Report: EAG Ambassador Thaïs Couasnon Ventures to Ventura

I recently had the great opportunity to be the EAG ambassador at the Gordon Research Seminar and Conference held on Liquid Phase Electron Microscopy (LPEM) in Ventura (USA) from October 7-14.

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Lives of the Great Geochemists: Katsuko Saruhashi

"There are a lot of reasons why women don't go into science. The lack of equal opportunity is one. There is also the attitude of society, of parents and teachers. And there is little recognition of...

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Academia–Industry Transitions: Q & A with Hauke Vollstaedt

The EAG Communications Committee recently interviewed three geochemists who made the move from academia to industry. Here, we hear from Hauke Vollstaedt, Product Manager at Thermo Fisher Scientific.

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The 7th European Conference on Crystal Growth: An EAG Sponsored Student Reports Back

Attending the 7th European Conference on Crystal Growth (ECCG7), Paris, France was very special for me as this was the first conference where I was able to attend and present my work in person...

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Sampling olivine bearing basalts on Socorro
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Fieldwork on the Revillagigedo Islands: the challenge and bliss of a geochemical field campaign in a remote uninhabited Mexican UNESCO National Parc

The various aspects of geochemical research, and the field work specifically, make it the best job in the world I think. However, organization and planning of the fieldwork are crucial for the...

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