Prize for Leonardo Colavitti

Congratulations to Leonardo Colavitti who was awarded the “Irene Galante” prize by the University of Trieste for his master thesis! This prize is awarded to students who have carried out their research at the Department of Mathematics and Geosciences. The thesis title is “Tomografia crostale delle Alpi Sud-Orientali: dalla localizzazione sismica al modello Geologico-Strutturale”, supervised by Drs. Costa, Tiberi and Böhm.

Djordje Grujic visiting

For the Summer months Djordje Grujic from Dalhousie University (Canada) will be with our group as a visiting professor. He will work on the Eastern Himalayas and also on Alpine tectonics. His stay is funded by the International Short Visit program of SNF.

Future HKT venues

At the latest Himalaya-Karakorum-Tibet workshop the following future venues have been agreed on:

  • 2017: China
  • 2018: Switzerland
  • 2019: USA (Montana)

We are delighted to host the conference in Switzerland again!

More details and a dedicated website will come in due time.