DeepDyn - DFG Priority Programm 2404

Project website for the German Science Foundation's Priority Programme SPP 2404 DeepDyn about the reconstructing the deep dynamics of planet Earth over geologic time

SPP2404 - DeepDyn in a nutshell

The DeepDyn joint project is investigating how the long-term development of the Earth's lower mantle influences the geodynamo. Researchers from five specialist areas - palaeomagnetics, geodynamics research, geodynamics, geochemistry and biomagnetism - are relating their findings to each other.

Reconstructing the Deep Dynamics of Planet Earth over Geologic Time

In the priority program 2404, scientists from Germany and abroad work on researching the deep interior of the earth in an interdisciplinary network.

27 Oct

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29 Oct

Workshop: Dynamos in a nutshell

News

Call for proposals for the second three-year funding

20 Oct

DeepDynSeminar #12: Sophie Roud

20 Oct

20/10/2025 DeepDynSeminar #12: Sophie Roud
Reliability of Magnetic Records: The Role of Microbial and Chemical Processes
08 Dec

08/12/2025 DeepDynSeminar #13: Gerd Steinle-Neumann
Hydrogen in Earth's core. Does it get in and what does it do?
19 Jan

19/01/2026 DeepDynSeminar #14: Jonathan Mound
Regional differences in heterogeneous thermochemical geodynamo simulations
Seminar series

Publications

Publications, research data and conference contributions of the priority program

Complete list of publications

News from the Priority Programm

17/09/2025 Call for proposals for the second three-year funding
Submit you propsal for the second funding period of our priority program
08/09/2025 Can the inner core of the Earth remain stationary?
Interview with Gerd Steinle-Neumann in GEO magazine
22/07/2025 DeepDyn Phd-student Carolina Camarda wins another Poster prize
Carolina Camarada wins another poster proze at the European XFEL Students and Science Day 2025
News overview

Annual Meetings, Workshops and Conference sessions

09 Apr

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10 Apr

09/04/2026 - 10/04/2026 Magnetomicrobiological Spring School
a DeepDyn Workshop
26 Jan

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29 Jan

26/01/2026 - 29/01/2026 ECS meeting
Meeting of all early career scientists at the Schneefernerhaus, Zuspitze
25 Nov

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28 Nov

25/11/2025 - 28/11/2025 DeepDyn Annual Conference 2025
Annual meeting of scientists participating in the priority program in Wernigerode
27 Oct

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29 Oct

27/10/2025 - 29/10/2025 Workshop: Dynamos in a nutshell
The 3-Day MagIC Dynamo Experience
28 Apr

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02 May

28/04/2025 - 02/05/2025 DeepDyn at EGU General Assembly 2025
DeepDyn members present their research at the EGU Meeting 2025
24 Feb

24/02/2025 Focus topic at the DGG
The priority program sets the tone at the Annual Meeting of the German Geophysical Society 2025
19 Nov

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22 Nov

19/11/2024 - 22/11/2024 DeepDyn Meeting 2404 in Rügen
Annual Meeting of all scientists of the priority programm 2404 DeepDyn in Sellin, Rügen
16 Nov

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17 Nov

16/11/2023 - 17/11/2023 Kick-Off Meeting of SPP 2404 - DeepDyn
Welcome, Barbara Romanowicz (Univ. Berkley) and Lisa Tauxe (SCRIPPS), as keynote speakers at our Kick-off meeting in Tutzing (Nov 15-17 2023).

School projects in DeepDyn

MagBacBayern is the first DeepDyn school project to be launched. Here, pupils from Munich and Bayreuth can actively research magnetotactic bacteria.

School projects

Projects in the priority programm

projects in the priority programm

Scientists

Scientists in the priority programm

Research institutions

participating research institutions in Germany

Group picture of the scientists in the Priority Programm at the beach of Sellin

Research team

An overview of all scientists involved in the priority program

Team

Participating research institutions

Map of participating research institutes in Germany

Map of all participating research institutes

Projects

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