Volcantectonics and volcanic hazards
We monitor volcanoes with satellites, drones, and geophysical field sensors to study physical processes before, during, and after volcanic eruptions and their hazards. Data science methods include radar tracking, InSAR, pixel offset and digital image correlation, thermal and computer vision, and image classification.
Our research group studies the broad range from the surface to the depths, from surface alteration and morphology changes to the functioning of magma chambers and magma intrusions, stress changes in the crust, and the complex interactions between volcanoes and their environment.
We work extensively in the field, mapping and measuring processes and developing new methods to understand the evolution of craters and domes on active volcanoes. Further analysis is done using data science approaches and various modeling techniques. These include mathematical and numerical models as well as experimental simulations in the volcano and bubble laboratories.
In our group, geophysicists, geologists, geodesists, physicists and remote sensing scientists work together in an interdisciplinary environment. Interested students and cooperation partners: please do not hesitate to contact us!
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Thomas R. Walter, Group head, Volcanology - Structural Geology - Geophysical Remote Sensing. (private website)
Alina Shevchenko, Postdoc, Discovery Fellowship, works on interaction of volcanoes and permafrost
Daniel Mueller, Postdoc, works on hydrothermal alterations at faults
Edgar Zorn, Postdoktorand
Ai Lun, PhD candidate, works on volcano crater formation and morphology changes at Lastarria, IPOC network
Benjamin De Jarnatt, PhD candidate, works on rock strength changes at volcanoes, RottnRock project
Maria Hurley, PhD candidate, works on volcano-fault interactions, DAAD project
Gao Guosheng, PhD candidate, works on sensing geothermal activities
Pouria Marzban, PhD candidate, works on slope instability
Davitia James, PhD candidate, works on hydrothermal alteration and structure control, RottnRock project
Alea Joachim, PhD candidate, works on combining tremor and drone data
Rene Mania, PhD candidate, works on dome building volcanoes
Masoud Allahbakhshi, PhD candidate, works on geysers
Julia Nikutta, BSc thesis, geophysics, works on tumuli of Fagradallsfjall
Isabella Feldmann, MSc thesis, geology, works on the deformation in the Krafla region
Jari Schiffmann, MSc thesis, geoecology, works on wildfires during volcano eruptions
Clara Nuszer, MSc thesis, geology, works on the Stefanos crater of Nisyros
Mohannad Zahra, MSc thesis, remote sensing, works on InSAR uplifts at Reykjanes