Extraordinary professorship for Oliver Ritter

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16.04.2015: At the suggestion of the faculty for Geosciences of the Freie Universität Berlin and with permission of the Senate Administration for Education, Youth, and Research, Oliver Ritter was awarded the academic distinction of extraordinary professor at 31st March 2015.

[Translate to English:] Prof. Dr. Oliver Ritter

16.04.2015: At hte suggestion of the faculty for Geosciences of the Freie Universität Berlin and with permission of the Senate Administration for Education, Youth, and Research, Oliver Ritter was awarded the academic distinction of extraordinary professor at 31st March 2015. Oliver Ritter teaches geophysics at the FU Berlin. At the GFZ, he heads the Geo-Electromagnetic Working Group.

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