News

The Chair of Geomorphology at the Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg has a vacancy for a temporary full-time position as PosDoc (m/f/d) from 01.12.2025.

On 25 June 2025 at 16:30 there will be an information event in room 222 in the Institute of Geographie and Geology on the new Master GEOSPHERES - Geographic Science Approaches to Environmental Challenges. The event is open to all interested students!

The inaugural lecture by Prof. Dr Georg Stauch from the Chair of Geomorphology at the Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg took place on 23 April. The title of the lecture was ‘Geomorphology in the Anthropocene’

The geomorphology team is delighted to have been accepted for the project proposal 'GEO-XR: XR for geographical spatial analyses'. The project is led by Dr C. Büdel and Dr A. Tintrup gen. Suntrup.

The renovation measures at the Chair of Geomorphology have been completed. We can be reached again as normal.

Due to the current renovation measures, the employees are best reached by e-mail. Please arrange on-site appointments or telephone calls by prior arrangement.

We warmly welcome Dr. Janek Walk, who has been supporting the team of the Chair of Geomorphology in research and teaching since October 1st.

We warmly welcome Katharina Mößlein-Nechwatal, who is supporting the team of the Chair of Geomorphology in the office since 1 September.

The Chair of Geomorphology has recently set up an experimental sandbox. The sandbox enables the simulation of small river courses and thus the practical study of fluvial processes and landforms.

'Photo of the Month (March)' from apl. Prof. Dr. Stefan Winkler.

Prof. Dr. Julia Meister receives the 'Science Award for Physical Geography 2023' of the Prof. Dr. Frithjof Voss Foundation.

PD Dr. Georg Stauch hat den Ruf auf die W3-Professur „Geomorphologie“ an der JMU Würzburg angenommen. Der Physische Geograph forschte bislang am Lehrstuhl für Physische Geographie und Geoökologie der RWTH Aachen und wird zum 1. April 2024 an die Universität Würzburg wechseln.

Prof. Dr. Stefan Winkler receives the 'Best Reviewer Award 2022' from the international journal "Geomorphology".

Prof. Dr. Julia Meister receives the 'PostDoc Award 2022' of the German Society for Geomorphology.