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Geoscience Careers

On the following pages, we introduce you to young geoscientists who – based on very different interests and expectations – have completed one of our geoscientific courses of study. We have contacted them so that they can tell us about their everyday professional life after completing their studies. In the interviews, you can get an idea of how the study program prepares you for a scientific career, but also for professions in the applied fields of geosciences. Enjoy reading and be inspired!

Oliver Oswald
Oliver Oswald mit Warnweste im Einsatzgebiet
Photo: Emily Dakers, EU MODEX

Oliver Oswald, Bachelor International Field Geosciences (IFG)

Crises and crisis management are his profession – with his Bachelor's degree in International Field Geosciences, he works all over the world

Stefanie Donner
In Landwüst during the installation of the rotation sensor
Photo: Stefanie Donner

Dr. rer. nat. Stefanie Donner, Geophysicist

Geophysisist at the Federal Seismological Survey, Nuclear-Test Ban (BGR, Hannover), Diploma and Doctor in Geophysics at U Potsdam

Walter Düsing
Walter Düsing during a measurement campaign in the Czech Republic
Photo: Walter Düsing

Dr. rer. nat. Walter Düsing

Geologist at fluxtec Geothermal Exploration and German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), Master's Degree and Doctor in Geology at U Potsdam

Baiansuluu Terbishalieva
Baiansuluu Terbishalieva in the field - in the snow

Baiansuluu Terbishalieva, MSc

Geoexploration Geologist at Jerooy Gold Mining Company, Kyrgyzstan Master's Degree in Geosciences/Mineralogy at U Potsdam

Lisa Sieg
Geological guided tour, search for fossiles, Museumspark-Ruedersdorf
Photo: Musuemspark Ruedersdorf

Lisa Sieg, M.Sc.

Geologist at Museumspark Rüdersdorf, Diploma in Geology at U Potsdam

https://www.uni-potsdam.de/de/geo/studium/m-sc-geowissenschaften/geoscience-careers/xia-wang
Xia Wang at work in the field

Dr. rer. nat. Xia Wang

Associate Researcher at the Institute of Sedimentary Geology, Chengdu University of Technology, Dr. rer. nat. in Sedimentology at U Potsdam

https://www.uni-potsdam.de/en/geo/study/msc-geosciences/berufsbilder-in-den-geowissenschaften/maraike-hofer-176093
Maraike Hofer at her desk in front of two monitors sits next to mineral samples

Maraike Hofer, M.Sc.

She works at the Museum fuer Naturkunde Berlin and is in charge of the mineralogical collections, Master at University Potsdam