Congratulations to Prof Dietmar Muller who has been awarded the Excellence Professor Award from the German Petersen Foundation for 2019. The award comes with €20,000 (about AU$32,000) and an invitation to spend 6-8 weeks at GEOMAR in Kiel to present a series of lectures, a short course, and to continue/launch collaborations in the field of marine geoscience. The GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research in Kiel is a world-celebrated institution that studies ocean circulation, climate change, marine biogeogchemistry, marine ecology, and the dynamics of the oceanic crust and lithosphere. This is wonderful international recognition of Dietmar’s ongoing contributions to marine geoscience!