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News: 2023

NamTip researchers jointly looking at a map opened on the bonnet of a 4x4 car and in the shade of a tree

November 2023: Selecting new study sites in Namibia

Fieldwork started for the second phase of the NamTip project.

Group picture of Prof. Anja Linstädter, MSc student Helen Schroeter, Phd student Lisa-Maricia Schwarz and NamTip project manager Thomas Bringhenti, outdoors in front of a university building

November 2023: MSc thesis on Namibian drylands completed

Congratulations to Helen Schroeter for successfully defending her MSc thesis at the University of Potsdam in the framework of the NamTip project.

Prof. Linstädter and journalist sitting in a recording studio with cameras and screens with pictures of the desert in the background.

November 2023: TV broadcast on deserts and desertification

Prof. Linstädter was interviewed during an episode of the TV program “Planet Wissen”.

Smiling NamTip researchers holding prizes in their hands with a conference hall in the background

October 2023: NamTip PhD students scoop awards at the Oppenheimer Research Conference

UNAM PhD students Faith Chambara and Ndamonenghenda Hamunyela were awarded at the Oppenheimer Research Conference in South Africa.

Portrait picture of Thomas Bringhenti and Ildikó Orbán in front of a tree with yellow leaves

September 2023: New NamTip project manager on board

Thomas Bringhenti is joining the NamTip team as the new project manager.

TipEx rainout shelters with cows grazing in the background

Previous News (2019-2023)

News from NamTip Phase 1 can be found here.