Function and Responsibilities:

Research geophysicist and research software engineer, specialized large data, HPC, and modelling

Permanent staff at GFZ

Research Interests:

My overall research interest lies in the quantitative imaging and numerical modeling of processes in the Earth's crust and mantle. To this end, I use the synergistic combination of state-of-the-art geophysical measurement techniques, in particular seismic and geodetic observations (InSAR, GNSS, DAS). The aim of my research is to provide high-resolution insights into the dynamics of volcanic, magmatic, and tectonic processes, thereby making a direct contribution to the effective mitigation of geological hazards. Methodologically, my focus is on the development of data-driven open-source software, in particular through the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC) for the automated analysis of large amounts of data (big data).

• Physical Volcanology
• Earthquake Seismology
• Data-driven Observational Geophysics
• Research Software Development (GitHub)
• Large-Data Analysis and High-Performance-Computing
• AI in Seismology

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Career:

since 2022: Research Geophysicist and Research Software Engineer at GFZ Section 2.1 Physics of Earthquakes and Volcanoes

2020-2022: PhD Candidate at University of Potsdam / GFZ Potsdam

2019: Visiting scientist at Earthquake Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan

2019: Research scientist for Earthquake Modelling at GFZ Potsdam, Germany

2016-2020: Research Software Engineer for InSAR data processing and analysis at the University of Kiel, Germany

2015-2016: Geophysicist and interpreter at P-Cable 3D Seismic AS, Oslo, Norway

2015: Visiting scientist for earthquake seismology at USGS in Menlo Park, California, USA

2014-2015: Visiting scientist at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia

2013-2014: Visiting scientist at the USGS in Menlo Park, California

2012-2015: Study of Geophysics at the University of Kiel, Master's thesis in seismology (with Dr. Walter D. Mooney, USGS, USA)

2010: DAAD Fellow internship at the Department of Land, Air and Water Researches at University of California, Davis

2009-2011: Student assistant at the Geological Institute, University of Kiel

2008-2012: Study of Geosciences at University of Kiel, Bachelor's thesis in Geophsics (with Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Rabbel)

Projects:

2025-2027: Co-lead Eger Large-N Seismic Experiment - ELISE. In collaboration with international and national partners.

2024-2027: Digitaler Zwilling zur Bewertung des Explorationspotentials von GeoREssourcen: geothermische Tiefenanomalie Eifel (Funding BMBF).

since 2024: Core developer of Qseek - Open-source framework for large-scale AI earthquake detection and localisation.

2022-2027: Geosphere INfrastructures for QUestions into Integrated REsearch, Geo-INQUIRE. With Fabrice Cotton (Funding EU Horizon).

2022-2023: Co-lead Eifel Large-N Seismic Experiment. In collaboration with international and national partners.

since 2022: Core developer of lightguide - Processing for distributed acoustic sensing data.

2019-2023: Real-time earthquake rIsk reduction for a reSilient Europe, RISE. With Stefan Wiemer (Funding EU Horizon).

since 2017: Core developer of Kite for InSAR processing and analysis.

2016-2020:  Bridging Geodesy and Seismology for improved and automated estimation of faulting events with Prof. Dr. Henriette Sudhaus (Funding DFG).

2018: Co-funder and CTO of QuakeSaver GmbH, developing smart seismic sensors.

since 2016: Core developer for open-source Pyrocko - Software for Seismology.

2012-2014: NGA-East coordinated by the Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research center (PEER), University of California, Berkeley (Funding DoE).

Research Boards and Committees:

Memberships

• DGG (Deutsche Geophysikalische Gesellschaft)
• EGU (European Geophysical Union)
• SSA (Seismological Society of America)