NAWI Graz Geozentrum

Institutes at TU Graz and the University of Graz will cooperate even more closely in future at the NAWI Graz GeoCenter, planned for the TU Graz Campus Inffeldgasse: In this inter-university center, which is unique in Austria, synergies from earth sciences and geotechnics will be used in the best possible way and the disciplines represented will be further developed together.
The following institutes with a total of eight disciplines (in bold) are currently involved in the center:

  • Institute of Applied Geosciences (TU Graz, with two disciplines)
    • Mineralogy and Hydrogeochemistry: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Martin Dietzel
    • Engineering Geology: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Daniel Scott Kieffer
  • Institute of Rock Mechanics and Tunneling (TU Graz): Univ.-Prof. Dr. Thomas Marcher
  • Institute of Soil Mechanics, Foundation Engineering and Numerical Geotechnics (TU Graz): Univ.-Prof. Dr. Franz Tschuchnigg and
  • Institute of Earth Sciences (University of Graz, with four disciplines)
    • Hydrogeology: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Steffen Birk
    • Petrology and Geochemistry: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Christoph Hauzenberger
    • Geology: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Walter Kurz
    • Paleontology and Stratigraphy: Ao. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Bernhard Hubmann

The eight discipline heads form the management committee of the NAWI Graz Geocenter, which has been headed by Walter Kurz and Franz Tschuchnigg (deputy) since January 2024.