• 4D geomechanical numerical finite element modelling of the state of stress and pore pressure distribution
• Pore pressure/stress coupling process in reservoirs
• Fluid flow induced and temperature induced changes in the state of stress within geothermal fields
• Calculation of induced seismicity from geomechanical numerical modelling results

• The Geysers: Towards the understanding of induced seismicity in the enhanced geothermal field The Geysers by hydro-thermo-mechanical modelling

• 2010 PhD in Geophysics, KIT, Karlsruhe
• 2006 Diploma in Geophysics, KIT, Karlsruhe

• Since 06/11 Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Section 2.6 The Geysers Project
• 09/09 – 03/10 CSIRO, AARC, Kensington, Australia 01/09 – 07/10 Industrial Traineeship
• 11/06 – 12/08 Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, World Stress Map Project

Altmann, J.B., Müller, T.M., Müller, B.I.R., Tingay, M.R.P., and Heidbach, O., 2010. Poroelastic contribution to the reservoir stress path. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, v. 47, p. 1104-1113.

Wenzlau, F., Altmann, J.B., and Müller, T.M., 2010. Anisotropic dispersion and attenuation due to wave-induced fluid flow: quasi-static finite-element modeling in poroelastic solids. Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 115, B07204, 12 pp., doi: 10.1029/2009JB006644.

Müller, B.I.R., Altmann, J.B., Dorner, A., Müller, T.M., and Tingay, M.R.P., 2008. Modelling pore pressure/stress coupling. In: Potvin, Y., Carter, J., Dyskin, A., Jeffrey, R., eds., 1st Southern Hemisphere International Rock Mechanics Symposium, Perth, Western Australia, ISBN 978-0-9804185-5-2, p. 275-285.

Altmann, J.B., Müller, B., Tingay, M., Heidbach, O., and Müller, T.M., 2008. Towards 3D spatio-temporal pore pressure stress coupling prediction in reservoirs. Extended abstract, Proceedings of 70th EAGE conference, Rome, Italy.

Westerhaus, M., Altmann, J., and Heidbach, O., 2008. Using topographic signatures to classify internally and externally driven tilt anomalies at Merapi Volcano, Java, Indonesia. Geophysical Research Letters, v. 35, L05310, doi: 10.1029/2007GL032262.