May 19, 2017: Josephine Getz was awarded with the Max-Eyth Foundation Prize for Young Researchers for her master thesis on 'Soil relevant properties of biochar mineral composites derived from pyrolysis and HTC'.

Josephine Getz had carried out comparative studies on the properties of biochars from pyrolysis and HTC with regard to soil application. This research was the basis of her master thesis at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin in 2015. Josephine Getz has been working under the supervision of Dr. habil. Jan Mumme at ATB in Potsdam as well as at the University of Edinburgh.
Currently, she is about to begin her doctorate at the Dublin Institute of Technology, also on the subject of biochar.

The award ceremony took place in the context of a meeting on the promotion of young scientists held by the Max-Eyth-Gesellschaft Agrartechnik in the Association of German Engineers (VDI-MEG) in Hasbergen.