President: Laetitia Le Pourhiet
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Deputy President: Boris Kaus
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ECS Representative: Constanza Rodriguez Piceda
(Emailecs-gd@egu.eu)
Studies related to the Geodynamics Division include all aspects of geodynamic processes in the lithosphere, mantle, and core. They encompass different approaches, including observations, imaging, theory, modelling (numerical simulations and laboratory experiments), and interpretation. Examples include the dynamics of subduction, mid-ocean-ridge processes, vertical and horizontal plate movements driving mountain building and basin formation, lithosphere dynamics, mantle convection, and core dynamics.
Latest posts from the GD blog
Science has no borders. Researchers do: a modern Odyssey
When Homer wrote The Odyssey nearly three thousand years ago, he described a journey filled with storms, uncertainty, unexpected detours, and the relentless hope of eventually reaching Ithaca. Today’s journeys may no longer cross the Mediterranean, but they continue to test researchers’ resilience in unexpected ways. Not because researchers sail across unknown seas, but because the pursuit of science often extends far beyond laboratories, conferences, and publications. Behind every manuscript lies a parallel journey: crossing borders, adapting to new cultures, …
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The pulsed rise of the Nahuelbuta Range: How glaciers indirectly built a mountain in Patagonia
Forearc ranges are a striking example of how tectonic processes shape our planet. The Nahuelbuta Range in southern Chile is one of such settings. This week, Ambrosio Vega-Ruiz from the GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Germany, is telling us the story of this remarkable range, exploring how climate feedback can influence tectonic uplift across coastal forearcs. Tectonic uplift before tectonic uplift Every culture has creation myths shaped by the natural forces around it. At the edge of South America, where …
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From rifts to reefs: the geodynamic origins of shallow coral reef habitats at passive continental margins
Why do coral reefs flourish along some continental margins, while elsewhere they form scattered platforms and isolated atolls? In this new blog post, Dr. Zhibin Lei explores this question through the lens of biogeodynamics, showing how tectonics can shape the physical foundations of coral reef habitability. From continental rifting to passive-margin subsidence and surface processes, geodynamic evolution helps create the shallow marine environments where coral reefs can establish, grow, and persist over geological timescales. Coral reefs are among the most …
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The truth about The Odyssey: Geodynamics, lies, cries and the hunt for Ithaca
If you have ever tried to draw a geological cross-section under a fantasy map, Homer is surprisingly cooperative (and if you remember my Middle-earth geology post, you already know I live for this). The Odyssey is full of real places and real people—Troy, Mycenae, Sparta—stitched together with storms, monsters and divine interventions that would make any structural geologist reach for a stress tensor. But there is one stubborn problem in this otherwise satisfying world: Ithaca, Odysseus’ homeland, is… kind of …
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Recent awardees
The 2026 Augustus Love Medal is awarded to
Saskia Goes for outstanding contributions to our understanding of Earth structure and evolution, using integrative research at the confluence of geodynamics, seismology, mineral physics, and geochemistry.
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- 2026
- Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award
The 2026 Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award is awarded to
Siavash Ghelichkhan for pioneering the use of adjoint methods in geodynamics and developing open-source tools that integrate geodynamic models with observational data to improve understanding of Earth’s interior.
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The 2025 Augustus Love Medal is awarded to
Neil M. Ribe for outstanding and fundamental contributions to a wide range of geodynamical problems using rigorous mathematical approaches.
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- 2025
- Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award
The 2025 Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award is awarded to
Iris van Zelst for a profound impact on the geodynamics community through outstanding scientific contributions, inspiring leadership, enthusiastic outreach, and fostering an inclusive and diverse work environment.
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- 2025
- Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award
The 2025 Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award is awarded to
Berta Vilacís Tracking dynamic topography through hiatus surfaces
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- 2025
- Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award
The 2025 Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award is awarded to
Charlotte Gaugne Gouranton GRACE observations of rapid mass variations at the core-mantle boundary during deep mantle phase transitions in interaction with core flow
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Current issue of the EGU newsletter
In our July issue, we are looking back on 50 years of Martian photography, learn more about science communication with twice the Simon Clark, don't miss your chance to apply for the Science for Policy Pairing Scheme. Also applications are open to volunteer with the EDI Committee or the Art-Science Working Group, the call for sessions for EGU27 is open and don't miss your chance to nominate someone to e the Union's next Early Career Scientist (ECS) Union-wide Representative or Treasurer!
All this and much more, in this month's Loupe!
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Current issue of the GD division newsletter
In this month's newsletter, you'll find the invitation to submit a session proposal for EGU27, join several initiatives including the policy pairing scheme, art-science working group, and the special activity fund Mission Earth, as well as catch up on the latest highlights from the GD Blog.
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