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Trond Ryberg

Dr. Trond Ryberg

Helmholtz Centre Potsdam
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
Section 2.2, Geophysical Deep Sounding

Telegrafenberg, E 322
D-14473 Potsdam
Phone: +49 331 288 1227
Fax: +49 331 288 1266
Mail: trond.ryberg@gfz-potsdam.de

Scientific interests:

  • Crustal structure at active and passive continental margins
  • Seismic imaging of major fault zones
  • Development of new seismic data processing methods
  • Ambient noise imaging techniques

Projects:

Current Projects

  • Imaging the crustal and upper mantle structure of the Walfish Passive Continental Margin within SPP SAMPLE
  • Crustal investigations at SAFOD
     

Past Projects

Career:

  • since 1995 Research Assistant, GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam,
  • 1994-1995 DAAD fellowship at the US Geological Survey Menlo Park, California,
  • til august 1994 Scientific employee at the GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam, department of Deep Seismic Sounding,
  • PhD at the Faculty of Physics of the University Karlsruhe
  • 1992-1993 PhD student at the GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam and Geophysical Institute Karlsruhe,
  • 1986-1991 Scientific employee at the Zentralinstitut für Physik der Erde Potsdam, department of seismology,

 

Education

  • Habilitation in Geophysics University of Potsdam, Germany, Structure of the Earth's upper mantle and transition zone
  • Ph.D. Physics University of Karlsruhe, Germany, PhD thesis Upper mantle seismic studies using Russian Nuclear Explosions (Adviser: K. Fuchs)
  • M.S. Physics Odessa State University, Ukraine, diploma thesis in scattering theory

Experience:

Teaching experience

  • Lecturer at Universität Potsdam, 3/00 - 6/00, Applied geophysics topic "Introduction to Shallow Seismics"
  • Lecturer at Universität Potsdam, 8/98 - 2/99, Applied geophysics topic "Introduction to Shallow Seismics"
  • Lecturer at Universität Potsdam, 3/98 - 6/98, Applied geophysics topic "Modern Exploration Seismics"

 

Skills

  • 12 years computer programming experience with FORTRAN, Pascal, C, and HPF in a variety of PC, workstation, massive parallel supercomputer environments.
  • Planing, preparation and accomplishment of seismic field experiments.
  • Advanced processing of seismic reflection and wide-angle data with ProMAX.
  • Fluent in Russian and English.

 

Professional Affiliations

Awards:

Fellowships and Grants

  • DFG grant: Crustal Structure at the Walfish ridge in Northern Namibia, LISPWAL 2010
  • DFG grant: Crustal Structure beneath the Los Angeles Basin and San Andreas Fault, LARSE'99, 1999 - 2000
  • DFG grant: Pre-site Surveys at the Global Site 'San Andreas Fault System', 1997 - 2000
  • DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst) postdoc fellowship, 1994/95


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