Humboldt Research Fellowship für Waliur Rahaman

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Dr. Helmut Schwarz (Präsident der Alexander von Humbodt Stiftung), Joachim Gauck (Bundespräsident) und unser Alexander-von-Humboldt-Fellow Waliur Rahaman (GFZ, Sektion 3.4 - Oberflächennahe Geochemie) [v.l.n.r.] beim Jahrestreffen der Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung im Garten des Schloss Bellevue in Berlin.

Dr. Helmut Schwarz (Präsident der Alexander von Humbodt Stiftung), Joachim Gauck (Bundespräsident) und unser Alexander-von-Humboldt-Fellow Waliur Rahaman (GFZ, Sektion 3.4 - Oberflächennahe Geochemie) [v.l.n.r.] beim Jahrestreffen der Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung im Garten des Schloss Bellevue in Berlin.

Dr. Helmut Schwarz (Präsident der Alexander von Humbodt Stiftung), Joachim Gauck (Bundespräsident) und unser Alexander-von-Humboldt-Fellow Waliur Rahaman (GFZ, Sektion 3.4 - Oberflächennahe Geochemie) [v.l.n.r.] beim Jahrestreffen der Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung im Garten des Schloss Bellevue in Berlin.

http://www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/pressemitteilung-2013-13.html

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