• Seismology; Borehole Geophysics, Seismic Monitoring of induced seismicity (geothermal, CO2 storage); Earthquake physics, Seismotectonics, Seismic Cycle at the North Anatolian Fault Zone; Shear-wave anisotropy; Wide aperture seismics.

Geophysical Field Campaigns / Projects:


• GONAF (Geophysical Downhole Observatory at the North Anatolian Fault), ICDP project, Principal Investigator, see www.gonaf.de
• PIRES (Princes Islands real-time permanent seismic network), Princes Islands/NW Turkey, Principal Investigator
• Induced Seismicity during CO2 storage, subproject of Helmholtz-Alberta Initiative (HAI), co-PI
• Spatiotemporal variations of the crustal stress field during the seismic cycle, subproject of Young Investigator Group, Principal Investigator
• Task-Force of the International Lithosphere Programme (ILP), project ‘From Microseismicity to Large Earthquakes’, PI
• GEISER-subproject, Induced seismicity in geothermal reservoirs, co-PI
• Non-Double-Couple components in seismic moment tensors (NDC), PI
• 2009-11 CLEAN-Project, Seismic Monitoring of CO2-storage in the Altmark Gas Field, co-PI
• 2007-9 Seismic Monitoring of CO2-storage, Michigan/US, Co-PI
• 2005/’06 EGELADOS (Seismic broadband network), Agean Seas, Project partner
• 2005/’06 Seismic Monitoring, Marmara Sea/Turkey (OBS-network), PI
• 2005 Seismic Monitoring, Ganos Fault/Turkey , PI
• 2004/’05 Seismic Monitoring Columbo-Volcano, South Aegean, PI
• 2003/’04 Seismic Monitoring oft he active plate boundary south of Crete/Libyan Sea, PI
• 2002/4 Seismic Monitoring oft he Hellenic Volcanic Arc, South Aegean, PI
• 2000 Seismic Monitoring of induced seismicity at the KTB super deep borehole, PI
• 1997 Wide Aperture Seismic Profiling, Crete, South Aegean (amphian), PI
• 1997 Wide Aperture Seismic Profiling, Italy, Project partner
• 1997 Seismic Monitoring, Beirut/Libanon, Project partner
• 1996 Wide Aperture Seismic Profiling, Cyprus, PI
• 1995 Wide Aperture Seismic Profiling, Texas/US, Project partner
• 1994/5/6 Seismic Monitoring, Cyprus, PI
• 1993/5/6/7 Wide Aperture Seismic Profiling, NE Atlantic, PI/project partner
• 1993/4 Wide Aperture Seismic Profiling, Ross Sea/Antarctic, Project partner

• 2006 Venia Legendi (Privat-Dozentur), Ruhr-University Bochum
• 2006 Habilitation in Geophysics (Dr. rer. nat. habil.), Ruhr-University Bochum
• 2000 PhD in Geophysics (Dr. rer. nat.), Hamburg University
• 1997 Diploma in Geophysics (MSc.), Hamburg University
• 1992 Job Training (Berufsausbildung) as Electronic Technician at Bosch-Siemens HG

• Since 2010 W2-Professor for Experimental and Borehole Seismology at Freie Universität Berlin
• Since 2010 Head of Young Investigators Group (YIG) 'From Microseismicity to Large Earthquakes: Studies Related to Seismic Hazard Assessment, Carbon Sequestration and Sustainable Resource Management'
• 2007-2009 Member of 'Helmholtz-Akademie für Nachwuchs-Führungskräfte‘ performed by Malik Management Zentrum St. Gallen
• 2007-2009 Visiting Scholar at Department of Geophysics, Stanford University
• 2003-2007 Research Scientist at Helmholtz-Zentrum Potsdam Deutsche GeoForschungsZentrum GFZ in Section 3.2 ‚Geomechanics and Rheology‘
• 2000-2003 Assistant Professor (C1) at the chair of Geophysics (Prof. Harjes) at U Bochum
• 1997-2000 Scientist(Wiss. Mitarbeiter) at Hamburg University within the DFG priority program KTB-ICDP

• 2007 Heisenberg-Fellowship awarded by Deutschen ForschungsGemeinschaft (DFG)

Honorary Posts:
• since 2007 member of editorial board for ‚Pure and Applied Geophysics‘ (PAGEOPH)
• 2005-2008 Executive Manager of Deutsche Geophysikalische Gesellschaft (DGG)
• Reviewer for various geophysical journals

             Recent Publications:

• Bulut, F., Bohnhoff, M., Ben-Zion, Y., Evidence for a bimaterial interface along the Mudurnu segment of the North Anatolian Fault Zone from P arrival times and polarization analysis. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 327-328, 17-22, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2012.02.001, 2012.
• Bulut, F., Ellsworth, W.L., Bohnhoff, M., Aktar, M., Dresen, G., Spatiotemporal Earthquake Clusters along the North Anatolian Fault Zone Offshore Istanbul. Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 101(4), 1759-1768, doi: 10.1785/01200215, 2011.
• Bohnhoff, M., Zoback, M.D. , Oscillation of fluid-filled cracks triggered by degassing CO2 during leakage from its storage reservoir, J. Geophys. Res., 115, B11305, doi:10.1029/2010JB000848, 2010.
• Bohnhoff, M., Dresen, G., Ellsworth, W.L., Ito, H., Passive Seismic Monitoring of Natural and Induced Earthquakes: Case Studies, Future Directions ans Socio-Economic Relevance. In: S. Cloetingh, J. Negendank (eds.), New Frontiers in Integrated Solid Earth Sciences, International Year of Planet Earth, DOI 10.1007/978-90-481-2737-5_7, Springer, 2010.
• Kwiatek, G., Bohnhoff, M., Dresen, G., Schulze, A., Schulte, T., Zimmermann, G., Huenges, E. Microseismicity induced during fluid-injection: A case study from the geothermal site at Groß Schönebeck, North German Basin. Acta Geophysica, 58(6), 995-1020, doi:10.2478/s11600-010-0032-7, 2010.

Monographs:
• 2006: On the relation of stress and deformation fields to natural and induced seismicity’, Habilitationsschrift, GFZ Potsdam Scientific Techn. Reports, STR06/04, 157p.
(available at: www.gfz-potsdam.de/bib/pub/str0604/0604.htm)
• 2000: Krustenstruktur der Region Kreta aus weitwinkelseismische Messungen, Dissertation, Universität Hamburg, Reihe C, Geophysik, Nr. 19, 149p. (in German)
• 1997: Krustenstruktur des Island-Faeroer-Rückens aus weitwinkelseismischen Messungen. Diplomarbeit, Universität Hamburg, 71p. (in German)

Invited Talks:

• 2011: Technical University Vienna, Austria. ‘Experimentelle Seismologie: Fallstudien und aktuelle Entwicklungen’
• 2010: Kashiwazaki Symposium, Japan. ‘Passive Downhole Seismic Monitoring: Case Studies, Lessons Learnt and Future Challenges’
• 2010: Kashiwazaki Symposium, Japan. ‘GONAF: A deep geophysical observatory at the North Anatolian Fault’
• 2010: University of Potsdam, 'Passive Seismic Monitoring in Basic and Applied Seismology'
• 2010: PHASE meeting, Berlin, ‘Seismic Detection of CO₂ Leakage along Monitoring Wellbores’
• 2009: Freie Universitaet Berlin, ‘Experimental Seismology in Basic and Applied Science’
• 2009: Czech Academy of Science, Prague: ‘Seismic Detection of CO₂ Leakage Along Monitoring Wellbores’
• 2009: Stanford Rock Physics and Borehole Geophysics Meeting. ‘Seismic Detection of CO₂ Leakage Along Monitoring Wellbores’
• 2009: Jena University. ‘Experimental Seismology in Basic and Applied Research’
• 2009: US Geological Survey/Menlo Park. ‘Seismic Detection of CO₂ Leakage Along Monitoring Wellbores’
• 2009: IEA Wellbore Integrity Meeting/Calgary. ‘Passive Seismic Experiments Revealing Leakage Pathways’
• 2009: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. ‘Seismic detection of CO₂ leakage along monitoring wellbores’
• 2008: Helmholtz-Association, Berlin. ‘Scale-invariant analysis of natural and induced seismicity and socio-economic relevance’
• 2008: Stanford Rock Physics and Borehole Geophysics Meeting, ‘Seismic monitoring of CO₂ sequestration: A case study in the Michigan basin’
• 2008: University of California/Berkeley. ‘Seismotectonic Setting of the Aegean-Anatolian Region’
• 2008: University of Southern California/Los Angeles, ‘Seismotectonic Setting of the Aegean-Anatolian Region’
• 2008: Karlsruhe University. ‘Seismic Monitoring as a tool: Case studies and Applications’
• 2007: ICDP workshop Nagoya/Japan, ‘GONAF: A deep Geophysical Observatory at the North Anatolian Fault’
• 2007: IfM Geomar/CAU Kiel. ‘Active seismic profiling and passive seismic monitoring: Case studies and perspectives’
• 2006: Bonn University. ‘Scale-invariant analysis of rupture processes - case studies and perspectives’
• 2006: Jena University. ‘Seismotectonics of the Aegean-Anatolian region’
• 2006: Birkbeck College London. ‘Passive seismic monitoring as a tool - case studies and perspectives’
• 2006: EU Engine Workshop/Zurich. ‘Fault mechanisms of induced seismicity at the superdeep KTB borehole and their relation to fault structure and stress field’
• 2006: Geo-Center Hannover. ‘Passive seismic monitoring as a tool - case studies and perspectives’
• 2005: Freiberg University. ‘Scale-invariant analysis of rupture processes - case studies and perspectives’
• 2004: ICDP Workshop/Pilsen. ‘Monitoring of induced seismicity at the KTB super deep borehole’
• 2003: GFZ Potsdam. ‘Fluid-injection experiments at the KTB deep drill site’
• 2002: Hamburg University. ‘Monitoring and Analysis of fluid-injection induced seismicity’