She comes from the coast, and soon she’ll see nothing but the sea for two whole months. We’re talking about Rieke Schäfer, who is 26 years young, and a doctoral student at the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB). On 14 April 2023, she’ll be swapping her desk job and lab work for life on the high seas. Her new place of work will be a large research ship that is going to sail about 16 000 km...
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