Our list of Geochemistry related PhD projects is live! Please share with prospective PhD students!

Join us to celebrate 150 years of the Mineralogical Society!

The deadline for mentees and mentors to sign up for the Geochemistry Group mentorship scheme is the 10th of October! Both sign up forms can be found at geochemistry.group/ggms/

We are excited to launch our Mentorship Scheme for 2025/2026 (geochemistry.group/ggms/). If you are interested in taking part, please register your interest here: forms.office.com/e/EpbhASsBzd

We are launching our Mentorship Scheme again this year geochemistry.group/ggms/. For 2025, we are opening up Mentorship positions to the community. Fill out this form if you are interested in joining: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon... It is a fantastic way to support the community and our ECRs!

Plans for GGRiP 2026 in Bristol are taking shape! We are planning a free technical staff workshop covering lab techniques and lab management. More details to follow soon!

Last but not least, we have an entry from Changhai Hou 'A spectacular display of geothermal activity at Mount Io, Japan'

Happy hump day. Our next entry is from Patthapong Chaisenwang 'First Time Learning Lake Sediment Sampling'

Next up we have our second winner, a stunning photo from Kerys Meredew 'Fuego at dusk' 'A pulse of eruptive activity from Fuego Volcano, Guatemala. This photo was taken whilst camping on the neighbouring Acentanago Volcano. Shot using a Minolta AF-E II camera on 35 mm film, February 2024.'

Happy Monday! Our next image is from Pam Vervoort, 'Cross-bedding in the Navajo Sandstone'. 'Meter-scale cross-bedding of the Navajo Sandstone taken in Zion National Park, Utah (February 2025)'

A cool image for a hot Friday! Our next entry is 'a peaceful break' by Gemma Baker 'Finding a peaceful moment in next to a tranquil pond in Sapporo during a long day of labwork generating compound-specific stable isotope data (October 2024)'

The next entry in our series is 'At the Cave Shrine of the Goddess Eileithyia' by @drbendlej.bsky.social. 'This photograph, taken by my collaborator Dr. Mark Kasumovic, shows our team inspecting an ancient shrine discovered in a remote cave (Dragolaki) high in the White Mountains of Crete'

We continue with our fabulous art & photography entries. Today we have our first of two winners! 'Sunny days on the Assynt field trip' by Elaine Gao, a PhD student at Imperial.

The third entry to our Art & Photography competition is this amazing image from @emmahanson19.bsky.social ! 'Nannofossils along for the ride'

Great to hear about @rockbertson.bsky.social trip to #EGU25! We love being able to support our student community with meeting attendance bursaries. Our next round is due by the 15th October, so please consider applying!

Next up we have a fantastic art entry from Matthew Allison who produced 'a cartoon series on mass specs from when I was learning about the machines during my PhD' check out more of Matthews cartoons here: matthewsallison.wordpress.com/phd-cartoons/

Potential job opportunity for geochemists!

At our GGRiP meeting this year, we held an art & photography competition. Over the next few weeks we will be sharing our entries here. First up is a stunning photo by Thomas Marquand ‪@tommarquand.bsky.social titled 'The start of the field day on the Ouse Washes'

Brilliant! 😂

The Geochemistry Group has some great resources for ECRs! You can watch all our past series of 'ECR Skills for Geochemists' and 'Out of Academia: Into Science' on our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@geochemistr...

GGRiP 2026 – SAVE THE DATE! We are excited to announce that the next Geochemistry Group Research in Progress (GGRiP) meeting will take place in Bristol on the 24th-26th March 2026. Watch this space (and website) for more information soon!

Job opportunity! Postdoctoral Research Assistant in The Security of Carbon Dioxide Drawdown During Enhanced Rock Weathering.

We are looking for new committee members! Please see our website for more information: geochemistry.group/blog/

A FINAL REMINDER that the abstract deadline for The Geochemistry Group Research in Progress meeting (GGRiP) is MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. This will be a great meeting! Visit ggrip2025.co.uk for more information and to submit your abstracts.

LAST CALL FOR ABSTRACTS - DON'T MISS OUT!!

Make that Monday 17th, So still time so get those abstracts in!

Join us for a free-to-attend pre-conference workshop hosted by Datech Scientific, introducing researchers to Laser Ablation ICP-MS (LA-ICP-MS) and Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS). This event is open to all researchers, PhD students, and academics! Visit ggrip2025.co.uk for more info!

We have extended the GGRiP abstract deadline to Friday 14th March at midnight. This is your last chance to get your abstracts submitted. It is shaping up to be a fantastic meeting so don't miss out! Visit ggrip2025.co.uk for more information.

The GGRiP abstract deadline is midnight tonight! please visit our website ggrip2025.co.uk to register and submit!

The abstract deadline for GGRiP is now only 3 days away (Monday March 10th), please visit our website ggrip2025.co.uk to register and submit!

The abstract deadline is fast approaching for GGRiP! Abstract submissions must be in by March 10th. For more information, please see our website ggrip2025.co.uk

One week to go! A reminder that the deadline for early bird registration and abstract submission for GGRiP 2025 is the 10th March. The meeting is being held in Birmingham on the 8th-10th April. Please visit the conference website to register now! ggrip2025.co.uk

A reminder to register for our Research in Progress Meeting (GGRiP 2025) which is being held in Birmingham on the 8th-10th April. Please visit the conference website for more information: ggrip2025.co.uk

Don't forget to register for our Research in Progress meeting (GGRiP) in Birmingham, 8th-10th April 2025.

Registration and abstract submission for GGRiP 2025 (Birmingham, 8th-10th April) meeting are now open! Please visit the conference website for more information: ggrip2025.co.uk

Calling all prospective PhD students: Join our PhD Interview Advice Session! 17th Feb 2025, 11:00AM (30mins) Zoom: zoom.us/j/94106049496 We'll share tips, experiences & answer your questions on PhD interviews. Open to all; spread the word! For queries, reach out to @volcdoc9.bsky.social

#Goldschmidt2025 Grant Application Deadline: 12 February. Explore the different grant options to see if you are eligible to apply: conf.goldschmidt.info/.../ModuleMe...

Here we are, AGC is open for submission! Find us here: agcj.org #DiamondOpenAccess #AGC

⚠️ALERT⚠️Deadlines are for our awards and bursaries are now less than a week away (15th January)! Apply now! Postdoctoral Medal: geochemistry.group/awards-and-m... ECR Prominent Lecture Series: geochemistry.group/awards-and-m... Meeting attendance Bursaries: geochemistry.group/funding-oppo...

10 x Geochemistry Related PhD positions available at the University of Helsinki and in other European universities in a project called 'Fluxes at Divergent Plate Boundary Environments Analyzed in Time and Space' (FluxBEATS) www.fluxbeats.eu

Happy New Year Geochemists! Another reminder that the deadline for our awards and bursaries is less than 2 weeks away...

Before 2024 reaches its end, meet @olivierpourret.bsky.social, an environmental geochemist, volunteering in our EDIA and Ethics team. Known as an advocate in such matters, see what were his motivations to join AGC here: journals.uu.se/AGC/community

Some geochemistry-related PhD and MSc by Research projects available at Bristol!

We are really pleased to announce a super-exciting opportunity for a 2-year postdoc to work understanding changes in latitudinal temperature gradient in Earth’s past history. University of Bristol, UK. More info and apply here: tinyurl.com/mrx66d2y @drsturobinson.bsky.social

Some PhD opportunities in Southampton!

The deadline for our awards and bursaries is rapidly approaching. Don't hesitate to apply!

The new edition of the Treatise on Geochemistry is out! www.geotraces.org/the-third-ed... #geochemistry

The next @minersoc.bsky.social Skills and Training session will take place on the 15th January. These have been great!

We are opening submissions on the 20th of January 🌋 Do you have research you would like to submit and be part of the very first issue of AGC? Help us gauge the volume of anticipated submissions filling in the form you find below. Publish diamond, publish in AGC!

We have started to put together a Geochemistry Starter pack. Please suggest others to add to the list and help grow our community! go.bsky.app/88B9vsg