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Each month, the EAG Newsletter features the top society news, important deadlines, job opportunities and more…
Goldschmidt
Goldschmidt returns to Paris in 2027!
Goldschmidt 2027 will take place 11-16 July 2027, in Paris, France. Watch the preview to find out more, and get ready for the opening of the Call for Sessions and Workshops in September!
Goldschmidt
Goldschmidt 2026 highlights online

Watch videos of the five plenary lectures on the conference YouTube channel, browse the conference photo albums, and explore Goldschmidt TV!
Registered delegates also have access to all recorded talks and uploaded posters until 15 September.
Awards
2027 EAG award nominations open
Nominations are open until 30 October for the following awards:
H.C. Urey Award: for outstanding contributions advancing geochemistry over a career.
Science Innovation Award: scientists who have recently made a particularly important and innovative breakthrough in geochemistry.
Houtermans Award: for exceptional contributions to geochemistry by an early career scientist
Geochemistry Fellows: honoring outstanding scientists who have made major contributions to the field.
Outreach
Distinguished Lecture Program – latest news
Prof. Liane G. Benning visited institutes in Hungary and Poland this June as part of the 2026 tour.
Watch her first lecture “The big melt: how microbes, minerals and ions change our planet today and in future warmer climates” on the EAG YouTube channel.
Publications
From Early Earth Biogeodynamics to Exoplanet Geoastronomy
By offering a mixture of personal history with scientific vignette, this Geochemical Perspectives issue, by Stephen J. Mojzsis, explores the problems and potentials we face in understanding how life began on our planet with particular focus on plausible surface conditions in the Hadean eon.
Deadlines
EAG Application Deadlines
1 September: Student Sponsorship Program application deadline
1 October: Early Career Science Ambassadors application deadline
1 November: Short Course and Conference Sponsorship application deadline
Goldschmidt Deadlines
15 October: Session and Workshop Proposals submission deadline (opens early September)
Latest jobs
| Posted on | Position | Employer | Contact | Application deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 August | Type: PhD Position Mineralogy and geomicrobiology of modern lacustrine microbialites |
University of Geneva, Switzerland | Nina Zeyen | 15 September 2026 or position open until filled |
| 14 August | Type: Other Lab Manager in the Environmental Geochemistry Laboratory |
University of Freiburg, Germany | Prof. Kerstin Hockmann | 25 September 2026 |
| 14 August | Type: PhD Position PhD Project: Sulfur Cycling in Wetlands and its Coupling to Iron and Carbon |
Uni Freiburg, Germany | Prof. Kerstin Hockmann | 20 September 2026 or position open until filled |
| 14 August | Type: PostDoctoral Position Postdoctoral Researcher in Environmental Geochemistry |
University of Freiburg, Germany | Prof. Kerstin Hockmann | 23 September 2026 or position open until filled |









