Matthias Forkel, former doctoral student at Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, is this years winner of the Beutenberg Campus science award in the category outstanding dissertation. He will be honored for his investigations on the influence of the Northern biosphere on the rise of the seasonal fluctuations in atmospheric carbon dioxide. His work could confirm the linkage between climate and vegetation dynamics.
Dr. Matthias Forkel
The Beutenberg Campus e.V. is according two science awards every year in the categories outstanding dissertation or excellent research as junior scientist with a prize value of 1, 000 euros each.
The award ceremony will take place at the beginning of the Noble Talk event on Thursday, December 1st, 2016 at 5 p.m.