With over 4000 delegates, the yearly held Goldschmidt conference is the largest scientific forum in the geochemistry community and its related fields. The high concentration of geoscientists as well as the broad spectrum of sessions make the Goldschmidt conference an excellent forum to present your work to the biggest audience possible. Furthermore, it is a perfect opportunity to interact with scientist working on related topics. Even more so, the fact that you find scientists from such a broad range of fields makes the Goldschmidt Conference a perfect opportunity to deepen and expand your scientific views.
Funding from the GSGS allowed me to attend this year’s Goldschmidt conference and present our most recent data in one of the main sessions related to planetary differentiation and evolution (“New insights into lunar basalt sources using Titanium isotopes”). This allowed me to present my work to other groups working with Titanium isotopes. Moreover, I was able to take inspirations from other groups, not only working with Ti but with a myriad of topics, related to isotope geochemistry and beyond.
The large amount of delegates allowed me to make new contacts with people working on similar topics. Furthermore, I approached people from other realms of geoscience or they approached me, investigating the possibility of coupling advanced 3D imaging techniques with isotope analysis. Contacts were exchanged after fruitful discussions and there is a lot of potential for future works.

Sebastian Kommescher
PhD student
Institute of Geology and Mineralogy
Professor Dr Carsten Münker (working group)
PhD project: “Titanium isotope constraints on silicate differentiation and nucleosynthetic heritage of Earth and Moon”
Oral presentation title: “New insights into lunar basalt sources using Titanium isotopes.”