Outreach and organisation
It becomes increasingly important to communicate complex findings to the general public and to scientists with different expertises. I enjoy communicating my research to different target groups, and I am actively involved in scientific outreach. I have also been accommodating scientific discussions and networking opportunities in the form of conference session and workshop organization. I focus on the scientific content, transferrable skills, a diverse representation of the speakers, and fostering an open, inviting environment for fellow scientists. You can find out more about my outreach activities and other responsibilities below.
Outreach activities
Appearance in outreach media (video)
04.2022, Scientific guest in podcast episode ‘Unraveling the geologic history of Venus‘, ‘The Cosmic Cast’ podcast and YouTube channel
Outreach articles (peer-reviewed lay scientific articles)
Gülcher, A. J. P. (2021), A surprisingly geologically active Venus – evidence for recent volcanic and tectonic activity. The Science Breaker, Earth and Space, DOI: 10.25250/thescbr.brk555
Gülcher, A. J. P. (2020), Evidence for a hotspot Venus – clues from mysterious coronae. Nature Astrononomy “behind the paper”, https://go.nature.com/30HTHYP
Authored outreach blog posts
Become the next Early Career Scientist Representative for the Geodynamics Division! EGU Geodynamics blog series ’Early Career Scientists’, 01.2021
What to expect from vEGU21: virtual General Assembly, EGU Geodynamics blog series ‘conferences’, 04.2021
First-time convening an EGU session? Some advice from Early Career Scientists, feature for the official EGU blog website ‘GeoLog’ , 11.2020
Venus: Science! Today!, EGU Geodynamics blog series ’Peculiar Planets’, 09.2020
#shareEGU20_GD: online EGU General Assembly highlights, EGU Geodynamics blog series ‘conferences’, 04.2020
Zürich: surrounded by a geologist’s playground, ‘Geology in the city’ blog post for EGU’s Tectonics and Structural Geology division website, 03.2020
Edited outreach blog posts
I am an editor for the EGU Geodynamics blog website, in which features vary in content and format. The PhD Chronicles blog series gives a place for PhD researchers to share their experiences on commonly encountered situations and provide their unique view on the matter. With this blog series, I hope to encourage a feeling of belonging under fellow early career scientists. Interested in contributing a feature? Please contact me!
- Work-life balance during a PhD. ‘The PhD Chronicles’, Ben Knight, 09.2021
- The most important aspect of your PhD: supervisor-student relationship. ‘
The PhD Chronicles’, Diana Avadanii, 06.2021 - Finding support in a four-legged friend. ‘The PhD Chronicles’, Lori Willhite, 04.2021
- First time… Publishing a paper. ‘The PhD Chronicles’, Jamie Ward, 03.2021
- Should I… Do a coding-based PhD when I don’t have much experience coding?
‘The PhD Chronicles’, Dan Spencer, 02.2021 - Geodynamics 101: Dynamic Topography, Fred Richards, 11.2020
- Starting to teach? Here are three tips!, Menno Fraters, 06.2020
- The challenges and the-perks of being academic-nomads, Irene Bonati, 04.2020
- The conundrum posed by data and models, Dan Bower, 10.2019
- Adaption, Nicolas Coltice, 08.2019
- It doesn’t work! (Asking questions about scientific software), Patrick Sanan, 07.2019
‘Unraveling the geologic history of Venus – Anna Gülcher‘ episode of The Cosmic Cast podcast



The PhD Chronicles features image, by @theFlatType
Committees and activities
Roles in the European Geoscience Union:
- 05.2020-05.2022, EGU Geodynamics division: Early Career Scientist Representative
2-year appointment to represent Early Career Scientists in the EGU Geodynamics division and take active part of the EGU Early Career Scientists Committee - 05.2019-present, EGU Geodynamics division: blog editor
- 05.2020-present, EGU Geodynamics division: social media manager
- 05.2020-present, EGU ‘Work-life balance’ working group
Institutional responsibilities:
- 05.2020-05.2022, ETH Zürich: organiser of the 2022 Doctoral Retreat for all PhDs/Postdocs from the Department of Earth Sciences
Conference/workshop organisation:
- 09.2022, Ada Lovelace Workshop on Numerical Modelling of Lithosphere and Mantle 2022, Héviz, Hungary
- 09.2022, ‘Feedbacks between mantle composition, structure and evolution’ virtual mini-workshop
Session convening and chairing:
- 05.2022 EGU General Assembly (GA), session ‘Deformation processes from grain- to planetary-scales: experiments, observations, and models’
- 05.2022 EGU GA, short course ‘Meet the EGU journal editors’
- 12.2021 AGU Fall Meeting, session ‘Interdisciplinary perspectives on intraplate magmatism, mantle plumes, and the deep Earth: both past and present’
- 09.2021 Europlanet Science Congress, session ‘Venus Science and Exploration’
- 07.2021 Goldschmidt conference , session ‘Ancient mantle heterogeneities through time: observations to modelling’
- 04.2021 EGU GA, session ‘From minerals to the dynamics of Earth’s interior: linking crystal chemistry, rheology, and geodynamics across the scales’
- 04.2021 EGU GA, short course ‘Meet the EGU journal editors’