Professor Georg Feulner: Climate researcher honored with award!

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Georg Feulner erhält die außerplanmäßige Professur für Klimaphysik an der Universität Potsdam. Auszeichnung für herausragende Forschung.
Georg Feulner receives the unscheduled professorship for climate physics at the University of Potsdam. Award for outstanding research. (Symbolbild/MB)

There is a lot going on in the science community, and an outstanding event has made the round: Georg Feulner, deputy head of the "Earth System Analysis" department at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), was honored in May 2025 by the University of Potsdam with the title of an unscheduled professor of climate. This award recognizes its significant contributions to teaching and research, in particular in relation to the paleoclimatic developments of the earth system, such as Potsdam Institute Institute For climate impact research .

Feulner leads the working group "Past and Future of Earth" at the PIK. He has made a name for himself in the scientific community by coordinating the newly developed earth system model Poem. His research focus includes exciting topics such as the climate of the early earth, former ice age and the effects of mass extinction. His commitment in connection with the climate change caused by humans, which could also be of great importance for future generations, is particularly relevant.

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But what about the earth's climate in the past? We probably have to look back even more than the research around Georg Feulner. A team of geo- and climate scientists at the University of Vienna dealt with the climatic changes about 200 million years ago. The results of this comprehensive study published in the journal PNAS show that astronomical cycles together with continental shifts and CO2 fluctuations influenced the earth's climate. As

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his commitment in the field of teaching is just as remarkable as his research activity. Feulner taught students at the University of Potsdam for over a decade and was awarded the faculty award for his outstanding apprenticeship. This recognition is no coincidence: his habilitation in 2018 and the appointment as private lecturer in 2022 show his excellent academic profile.

In summary, it can be said that Georg Feulner not only has an excellent hand as a researcher, but also as an educator. His international recognition, which is confirmed by the Ida Pfeiffer professorship at the University of Vienna and the Sir Kirby-Laing-Fellowship at Bangor University (UK), is further evidence of the radiance of its work. As the geological and climate science studies show, we cannot simply go to the agenda, because the challenges we are standing in front of are deeply rooted in the history of the earth and require our full attention.

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