Kiel: Breaking the Surface. Women in Marine Research.

Marine research would be inconceivable without the work of women in science. Their research makes a decisive contribution to a better understanding of the oceans and to advancing current scientific research. Nevertheless, their contributions do not receive the recognition they deserve.

The exhibition ‘Breaking the Surface: Women in Marine Research’ focuses precisely on these perspectives. Personal insights into the day-to-day research lives of these female scientists are complemented by portraits by the photographer Marzena Skubatz. Notes, stories and visual impressions offer direct access to the people behind the science and their individual approaches to the ocean.

GEOMAR Director, Professor Dr Katja Matthes, is also featured in the exhibition, as one of the women portrayed. This makes it even more exciting that the exhibition is being shown at the GEOMAR campus in October.

Breaking the Surface is an initiative of the University of Hamburg and the International Maritime Museum Hamburg, supported by the German Alliance for Marine Research and the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development.

Information on visiting the Breaking the Surface exhibition at GEOMAR:
Soft opening: 7 October 2026
Venue: Foyer of Building 8 on the GEOMAR Campus, Wischhofstr. 1–3, 24148 Kiel
Opening hours: Mon–Thu 8.30 am to 4.00 pm, Fri 8.30 am to 3.00 pm

Admission to the exhibition is free!

Further information can be found at the following link: https://www.breaking-the-surface.com/