Dr. Michael Landes

Responsibilities include the technical supervision before, during, and after the worship service, timely set up and removal of technical equipment, as well as security and lockup of the premises.

I organize the Crossroads outdoor fellowship including winter ski/snowshoe trips and summer hikes in the alpine region of Switzerland.

Permitting of sites as part of a seismic experiment to explore oil resources in the Rheingraben; successful completion led to follow-up job: comprehensive video analysis of existing road network in a 550 km2 large area in southern Rheinland-Pfalz.

Lithospheric structure of Korean peninsula - performed extensive collection, analysis and filtering of teleseismic data. Successfully developed a series of workshops for Geophysics students tailored to their specific needs using an adaptive teaching concept.

Detailed 3-D resolution of the very complex Caribbean-South America plate boundary and the St.Elias mountain range in Alaska using teleseismic data (G. Pavlis). Jury member at “Women In Science Research Conference 2009” Indiana University. Supervision of PhD student M.A. Bauer.

Lectures “Recyclable Resources Explored With Geophysical Methods” and “Non-Destructive Tests In Mechanical Engineering And Geophysics”.

Copy-Editing of scientific english publications in the field of mechanical engineering, online sample chapter in Microengineering of Metals and Ceramics , Wiley-VCH (2005).

Collaborative seismic experiment in Romania across Vrancea earthquake zone - duties included site and GPS surveying, shot timing, 3-D interpretation of seismic data. Organization of German part of a teleseismic study in Ireland; implementation of a new, innovative 3-D interpretation method yielded outstanding results identified as a major Caledonian tectonic structure in Ireland (J.R.R. Ritter). Supervision of diploma students M. Gehrig and Krishnakumar N.

Comprehensive seismic study in SW Ireland including field work, data collection and processing, Successful 2-D and 3-D interpretation taking into account available gravity and magnetic data. Seismic experiment in Los Angeles, software training at US Geological Survey, chairman at American Geophys. Union (AGU) conference session in San Francisco (California).

Research scholarship: Management and further extension of a worldwide seismic refraction database aiming for a global crustal model (W.D. Mooney).

Seismology

Seismology