Priv. Doz. Dr. Sebastian Hainzl
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Building
H 7,
Room
302 (Büro)
Helmholtzstraße 6/7
14467
Potsdam
Function and Responsibilities:
Senior Scientist at GFZLecturer ("Privat-Dozent") at University of Potsdam
Research Interests:
Earthquake rupture processes and interactions, seismic hazard assessment, and statistical evaluationCareer:
since 2011 "Privat-Dozent" at Uni Potsdam since 2007 Researcher at GFZ (Potsdam)2004-2007 Hochschulassistent with Prof. F. Scherbaum (Geophysics, Univ. Potsdam)
2001-2004 Post-doctoral research associate (Univ. Potsdam, DFG SCH280/13)
1999-2001 Post-doctoral research associate (Univ. Potsdam, SFB 555)
Teaching Experience:
- Fracture dynamics
- Mathematical Problems in Geophysics
- Complex Systems in Geophysics and Geology
- Seismology II: Seismic Hazard
- Advanced Methods in Signal Processing
Conference Organization (EGU, ESC, ESF, AGU, and Statistical Seismology)
Editorial Experience:
- Guest editor of 2 special issues in Tectonophysics
- Reviewer of several scientific journals and national/international science foundations
Education:
2011 Habilitation in Geophysics (University of Potsdam)1995-1999 Dr. rer. nat. in Nonlinear Dynamics (Univ. Potsdam, summa cum laude)
1988-1995 Diploma Physics (University of Bonn, summa cum laude)
1988-1990 Vordiplom Physics (University of Kassel)
Projects:
- Graduate school “Explorative Simulation in Earth Sciences (GEOSIM)”
- EU-project NERA-NA4 “Networking European Rapid Response Networks”
- EU-project REAKT-WP3 "Towards Operational Earthquake Forecasting"
- Partner of the INGV-project “ByMur – multi-risk with Bayesian approach”
Awards:
2016 GFZ-Price for Senior Scientists2014 Editor's Citation for Excellence in Refereeing of the American Geopysical Union
2011 Outstanding GJI Reviewer
2007 Outstanding GJI Reviewer
2005 Editor's Citation for Excellence in Refereeing of the American Geopysical Union
2005 AGU Journal Highlight: Zöller, Hainzl, Holschneider & Ben-Zion, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L03308, doi 10.1029/2004GL021871 (2005)
2001 Award of the Universitätsgesellschaft for the best Ph.D. 1999/2000 at the University of Potsdam