Function and Responsibilities:
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since 2021 Emeritus
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since 1997 Professor of Geophysics, Univ. Potsdam and Head of Section Deep Geophysical Sounding, GFZ
- 2010 - 2016 Director of Department Physics of the Earth, GFZ
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1994 - 1997 Assistant Professor, Seismology, Univ. Göttingen
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1991 - 1993 Consultant, Teledyne Geotech Washington DC USA
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1987 - 1994 Research Scientist, GFZ Potsdam & Seismolog. Central Obs.
Research Interests:
Development & application of geophysical methods (seismics, seismology, magnetotelluric, modelling) for interdisciplinary connection with other geo-disciplines - with the aim to understand processes and for applications on scales ranging from plate tectonics to near surface processes. Applied aspects include the study of near surface processes, shale gas and geothermal reservoirs
Career:
Education:
Projects:
Selected projects
German Reasearch Council (DFG)
German Ministry of Research and Technology (BMBF) Geotechnologien
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2009 - 2012 Seismic tomography algorithmus for fundamental and applied purposes, Helmholtz - Russia Joint Research Group, Coordinator: M. Weber
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2004 - 2005 DEPAS Pool – Landteil (DEPAS-LA), M. Weber & A. Schulze
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2001 - 2004 Mallik, M. Weber, J. Erzinger, R. Emmermann & E. Huenges
Helmholtz Association (HGF)
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since 2012 DESERVE , Co-Coordinator: M. Weber
Awards:
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Young Scientists’ Publication Award 1991 of the European Geophysical Society (EGS)“ for the most outstanding contribution in the scientific journals of the EGS in 1990” for Evidence of a laterally variable lower mantle structure from P- and S-waves, Geophys. J. Int., 102, 231-255, 1990 (Co-author: J.P. Davis).
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Award of the German Geophysical Society for the presentation at the 49th Meeting of the German Geophysical Society, 1989”: Subduction zones – Their influence on travel times and amplitudes of seismic signals.
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1982 - 1983 Scholarship of the World University Service of Canada
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1981 - 1982 Scholarship of the German Academic Exchange Service