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GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Kiel
GEOMAR is the successor to the Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences (IFM-GEOMAR) which was founded in January 2004 through the merger of the Institut für Meereskunde (IfM) and the Research Center for Marine Geosciences (GEOMAR). The institute is a member of the Helmholtz Association and employs about 1,000 scientific and technical staff.
The institutes’ mandate is the interdisciplinary investigation of all relevant aspects of modern marine sciences, from sea floor geology to marine meteorology. Research is conducted worldwide in all oceans and adjacent seas.
Contact
Dr Andreas Villwock
Head of Communication and Media
Tel.: +49 (0) 431 - 600 2802
Mail: presse@geomar.de
Internet: www.geomar.de