POLMAR courses 2018
| Month | Date | Course topic | Lecturer(s) / Trainer(s) | Course type |
| 2018 | ||||
| January | 16 | Bremen Fireside Chats Marine and Climate Sciences | Nike Fuchs (POLMAR / AWI alumna), event manager, WAB – Windenergie Agentur | expert |
| 16 | Introduction to LaTeX | Prof. Dr. Dieter Wolf-Gladrow & Dr. Christoph Völker, AWI | general | |
| 31 Jan - 2 Feb | Coping with the challenges of a PhD Study | Dr. Bärbel Tress (Tress & Tress, München) | introductory | |
| March | 13 | Bremen Fireside Chats Marine and Climate Sciences | Dr. Ulrich Alt-Epping (Univ. Bremen alumnus), geologist at Wintershall, Barnstorf (Germany's largest oil and gas producer) | expert |
| 14 - 16 | How to publish in peer-reviewed journals | Dr. Gunther Tress (Tress & Tress, München) | general | |
| April | 5 - 6 | Programming in R for data analyses | Prof. Dr. Stephan Frickenhaus (AWI) | expert |
| 18 - 22 (NEW!) | Seagoing practical on RV "Heincke" | Prof. Dr. Jelle Bijma (AWI), Prof. Dr. Vikram Unnithan (Jacobs Univ.) | introductory | |
| 17 - 19 (Bonn) | Research Skills Development Course III | Helmholtz course | transferable skills | |
| 23 | Data visualization | Prof. Dr. Michael Greenacre (Univ. Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona) | expert | |
| 24 - 26 | Multivariate Analysis of Ecological Data, using R | Prof. Dr. Michael Greenacre (Univ. Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona), Prof. Dr. Stephan Frickenhaus (AWI) | expert | |
| May | 15 | Understanding peer-reviewed publishing | Dr. Gunther Tress (Tress & Tress, München) | introductory |
| 16 - 18 | How to present at international conferences | Dr. Gunther Tress (Tress & Tress, München) | general | |
| 25 (Haus der Wissenschaft, Bremen) | Career Paths of Marine and Climate Scientists | Alumni from POLMAR, GLOMAR, MarMic, et al. | 3rd graduate symposium for early career academics | |
| June | 5 - 8 (Sylt) | AWI PhD Days | DokTeam | conference, retreat |
| 13 - 15 (MARUM Bremen) | Statistics - An Introduction to Hypothesis Testing and Parameter Estimation (using R) Part I | Prof. Dr. Dieter Wolf-Gladrow (AWI) | ||
| 26 - 27 | Self and Time Management | Sabine Lerch, Soft Skills for Science | general | |
| July | 4 - 6 | An introduction to GMT (Generic Mapping Tool) | Florian Riefstahl (AWI) | introductory |
| 11 - 13 (MARUM Bremen) | Statistics - An Introduction to Hypothesis Testing and Parameter Estimation (using R) Part II | Prof. Dr. Dieter Wolf-Gladrow (AWI) | ||
| 4 - 11 | Geological and glaciological field trip to Austrian Alps | Prof. Dr. Olaf Eisen (AWI) & Dr. Christoph Mayer (KEG) | expert | |
| September | 10 - 12 (Göttingen) | Research Skills Development Course III: Career and Leadership | HGF | transferable skills |
| 18 | Sichtbarkeit und Impact von Forschung | Gudrun Witzler (AWI Bibliothek) | general | |
| 19 - 21 | Coping with the challenges of a PhD Study | Dr. Bärbel Tress (Tress & Tress, München) | introductory | |
| 25 - 28 | Compact Course in Marine Sciences: Biogeochemical oceanography and climate | POLMAR & AWI colleagues | general | |
| October | 8 - 10 | Basics in GIS & Introduction to ArcGIS Desktop 10.0 | Dr. Antonie Haas (AWI) | introductory |
| 15 - 26 | Ocean/Atmosphere Time Series Analysis: Theory and Practice | Dr. Jonathan Lilly (Seattle) | expert | |
| 15 - 19 (Helgoland) | Intensive German Course - Beginners level | Marion Tekolf | general | |
| 16 | Bremen Fireside Chats Marine and Climate Sciences | Dr. Carmen Friese (GLOMAR / MARUM alumna), research scientist, Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM), Berlin | expert | |
| November | 6 | Understanding peer-reviewed publishing | Dr. Gunther Tress (Tress & Tress, München) | introductory |
| 7 - 9 | How to publish in peer-reviewed journals | Dr. Gunther Tress (Tress & Tress, München) | general | |
| 10 - 18 | Echosounding Training Cruise with RV 'Polarstern' | Dr. Gerhard Kuhn, Dr. Boris Dorschel, Dr. Catalina Gebhardt (AWI) | expert | |
| 13 - 14 | Leadership Skills | Sabine Lerch, Soft Skills for Science | transferable skills | |
| 21 - 23 | How to present at international conferences | Dr. Gunther Tress (Tress & Tress, München) | general | |
| December | 3 - 6 (Schloss Buchenau) | Research Skills Development Course I | HGF | transferable skills |
| 11 - 12 | Third-party funding for doctoral candidates and postdocs | Dr. Lars Henning, Imke Fries (AWI) | general | |