Georg Feulner awarded adjunct professorship in recognition of teaching and research

13.06.2025 - Georg Feulner, Deputy Head of the “Earth System Analysis” research department at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), was awarded the title of Adjunct Professor in Climate Physics by the University of Potsdam in May 2025. With this appointment, the Faculty of Science honours his outstanding contributions to research and teaching, particularly in the field of palaeoclimatic Earth system development.
Georg Feulner awarded adjunct professorship in recognition of teaching and research
Georg Feulner. Photo: Tom Klement

At PIK, Feulner leads the working group “Past and Future Earth”, and coordinates the development of the new Earth system model POEM. His scientific work focuses on the climate history of the Earth – including early Earth climates, past glaciations, greenhouse climates and climatic changes during mass extinction events – as well as human-made climate change.

Feulner has been actively engaged in teaching at the University of Potsdam for over a decade. He received the Faculty Award for Excellent Teaching in 2015. He completed his habilitation - a post-doctoral qualification based on excellence in teaching and research - and was appointed Privatdozent (equivalent to an associate professor) in 2022. His international recognition includes an Ida Pfeiffer Professorship at the University of Vienna (2018) and a Sir Kirby Laing Visiting Fellowship at the School of Ocean Sciences, Bangor University (UK) in 2024.

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