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Welcome to the
Bavarian Research Institute of
Experimental Geochemistry and Geophysics (BGI)
University of Bayreuth

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Job offer: Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Mineral Physics

Job offer: Doctoral Research Assistant in Experimental Geosciences

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Research Highlights

Davemaoite Exists Throughout the Earth’s Lower Mantle
New constraints on Ti diffusion in quartz and the priming of silicic volcanic eruptions
Mid-mantle dynamics explained by the curved post-garnet transition
The mid-mantle viscosity jump explained by bridgmanite grain size variation
Water cycling into the lower mantle by hydrous aluminous silica phases
New materials synthesized at terapascal pressures for the first time
Depressed 660-km discontinuity caused by akimotoite-bridgmanite transition

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Master of Science in Experimental Geosciences.

For students who want to do research right from the beginning.

The project HYDROSPHEAR explores how H₂O may be stored in minerals of the Earth’s lower mantle and is funded by the European Research Council (ERC).

The Emmy Noether Research Group QuakeID aims at deciphering the rupture processes of deep earthquakes which occur at depths larger than 60 km.

DFG Core Facility
for High-Pressure Research.

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Bayerisches Geoinstitut, University of Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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