News 2026

The Cluster of Excellence “Balance of the Microverse” at the University of Jena has awarded the Microverse Early Career Scientist Awards 2025 to Dr. Beatrix Heinze and Dr. Harikumar R. Suma. more

As a newly elected member of the Leopoldina, Prof. Markus Reichstein receives his certificate during this year’s Life Sciences symposium. more

A team of scientists led by the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), and Leipzig University has developed a new method to track the Earth’s greenness – a key indicator of vegetation health and activity – by calculating its centre of mass. more

The EGU journal “Atmospheric Measurement Techniques” has granted its annual “Outstanding Publication Award” for a publication on long-term atmospheric observations of molecular hydrogen (H2), co-authored by Armin Jordan from GasLab. more

The Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry in Jena, Germany, expects to have an opening for a director and scientific member of the Max Planck Society (MPG) in the general field of ecosystem ecology and biogeochemical cycles in the Earth System and related areas. more