Rebekka Steffen received EGU's prize for research in geodesy

2 May 2023

We congratulate Rebekka Steffen, researcher in geodesy at Lantmäteriet, who has been awarded the European Geosciences Union’s prize for outstanding young researchers in geodesy! She is the first Northern European ever to receive the award in geodesy.

Rebekka Steffen (left) at the prize ceremony with Annette Eicker, president of the Geodesy division within EGU.
Rebekka Steffen (left) at the prize ceremony with Annette Eicker, president of the Geodesy division within EGU.

Rebekka Steffen was awarded the Geodesy Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award, among other things, for her research on land uplift and her contribution to European geodesy in the form of a model for how the Earth's crust in Europe moves and deforms. Her research on land uplift is related to the ongoing melting of the ice in Greenland.

She received the award during the EGU's annual conference in Vienna on Thursday 27 April, in front of a total of around 15,000 participants from 107 countries.

– I feel extremly honoured to have received the outstanding early career scientists award and thankfull to my nominators who thought that I was worthy to receive this award. I'm also grateful to have fantastic colleagues here at Lantmäteriet and worldwide who contribute to my research. It was an honour for me to present my research to a large audience at the EGU General Assembly in Vienna last week.

EGU gathers European researchers

The European Geosciences Union (EGU) is an organization that brings together all geosciences in Europe – earth, planetary and space research. The organization has approximately 18,000 members who are experts in the field. The headquarters are situated in Munich, Germany.

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