Ilker Fer is to receive the Georg W眉st Prize 2017
The German Society for Marine Research (Deutsche Gesellschaft f眉r Meeresforschung, DGM) recently announced the recipient of the Georg W眉st Prize 2017. Congratulations Ilker Fer!
Main content
Ilker Fer听is to听receive the听biennial prize during a ceremony at the General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union in April 2017.听Fer is awarded the prize for his internationally recognized work on turbulence, mixing and dense water formation in high latitudes.
Working in the harsh environments of the Arctic and Antarctic, Fer used a variety of observational tools and platforms, including icebreakers, helicopters, drift stations on ice-floats, gliders, micro-structure profilers and under-sea-ice instrumentation. Based on these valuable observations in combination with theoretical and numerical models, he contributed substantially to the understanding of key mechanisms in the meridional overturning circulation.
The prize, generously sponsored by the international Springer Journal Ocean Dynamics, consists of a 3-D laser-engraved picture of the old meteor in a glass block, a prize certificate, an honorary lifetime membership of the German Society for Marine Research and a prize money of 1,500 鈧�.听Previously the prize has been awarded to听Carsten Eden (2015), Gregory Johnson (2013), Andreas Oschlies (2011), Karen Heywood (2009), Eberhard Fahrbach (2007) and听Stephen Rintoul (2005).
听Read also听on听.