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News: 2023

November 2023: Selecting new study sites in Namibia
NamTip researchers jointly looking at a map opened on the bonnet of a 4x4 car and in the shade of a tree
Photo: Vistorina Amputu

November 2023: Selecting new study sites in Namibia

Fieldwork started for the second phase of the NamTip project.

November 2023: MSc thesis on Namibian drylands completed
Group picture of Prof. Anja Linstädter, MSc student Helen Schroeter, Phd student Lisa-Maricia Schwarz and NamTip project manager Thomas Bringhenti, outdoors in front of a university building
Photo: WG Linstädter, University of Potsdam

November 2023: MSc thesis on Namibian drylands completed

Congratulations to Helen Schroeter for successfully defending her MSc thesis at the University of Potsdam in the framework of the NamTip project.

November 2023: TV broadcast on deserts and desertification
Prof. Linstädter and journalist sitting in a recording studio with cameras and screens with pictures of the desert in the background.
Photo: Anja Linstädter

November 2023: TV broadcast on deserts and desertification

Prof. Linstädter was interviewed during an episode of the TV program “Planet Wissen”.

October 2023: NamTip PhD students scoop awards at the Oppenheimer Research Conference
Smiling NamTip researchers holding prizes in their hands with a conference hall in the background
Photo: Faith Chambara

October 2023: NamTip PhD students scoop awards at the Oppenheimer Research Conference

UNAM PhD students Faith Chambara and Ndamonenghenda Hamunyela were awarded at the Oppenheimer Research Conference in South Africa.

September 2023: New NamTip project manager on board!
Portrait picture of Thomas Bringhenti and Ildikó Orbán in front of a tree with yellow leaves
Photo: WG Linstädter, University of Potsdam

September 2023: New NamTip project manager on board

Thomas Bringhenti is joining the NamTip team as the new project manager.

Previous news (2019-2023)
TipEx rainout shelters with cows grazing in the background
Photo: Lisa-Maricia Schwarz

Previous News (2019-2023)

News from NamTip Phase 1 can be found here.