Curriculum Vitae

Skills

  • Expertise:
    • Global Seismology, Hypocenter location, Local earthquake tomography, Geostatistics, Seismic background noise studies
    • Basic wave path modelling using theory of elasticity, Eikonal equation or ray theory
    • Volcanic geology and morphology, Geoscientific site assessment (incl. SWOT plans for public authorities)
  • Field geophysical experience in passive, reflection and refraction seismology, magnetometry, EM, gravity and GPS measurements
  • Working environments
    • Cities: Lüneburg, Kiel, Edinburgh, Ponta Delgada, Malmö
    • Rural Europe: Iceland, Azores (Sao Miguel, Terceira, Corvo), Scotland (part. Bathgate Hills, Isle of Mull), Germany (Eifel, Rhön, Hessische Senke), South Italy (part. Vesuvio, Campi Phlegrei, Etna)
    • Rest of the world: Merapi volcano (Indonesia)
  • Offshore data acquisition experience on numerous cruises:
    • 2008 R/V Polarstern ARK XXIII/2: Longyearbyen-Reykjavik, Arctic Sea as research group leader
    • 2004 R/V Arni Fridriksson A13/2004: Akureyri-Reykjavik, North Iceland as chief scientist
    • 2004 R/V Dröfn cruise: Dalvik-Akureyri, Last cruise to North Iceland as chief scientist
    • 1999 - 2001 Various cruises on R/V Alkor in Baltic Sea
    • 1999 R/V Poseidon cruise 252 Reykjavik-Reykjavik, North Iceland
    • 1994 R/V Tethys, Nice-Ajaccio, Mediterranean
  • Computer programming in C, Java, Fortran
  • Script programming in bash, HTML and CSS
  • Basic system maintenance in Linux, preferably Ubuntu
  • Languages
    • German: mother tongue
    • English: fluent
    • Portuguese: basic (tested) skills oral and written
    • French: a bit rusty, but with training orally fluent
    • Norwegian, Swedish, Dutch, Danish, Icelandic: Basic reading and understanding in decreasing order