GFZ German research centre for geo sciences

Dr. Grzegorz Kwiatek

Group Leader
Dr. Grzegorz Kwiatek
Building D, Room 422 (Büro)
Telegrafenberg
14473 Potsdam

Research Interests:

  • Undestanding of geomechanical-seismological (“seismomechanical”) processes in fluid- and mining-induced seismicity.
  • Physics of earthquake source
  • Earthquake scaling relations between laboratory experiments on rock samples and picoseismicity recorded in-situ.
  • Acoustic emission analysis from laboratory experiments on rock samples

Career:

  • 2002-2007: Research Assistant, Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland.
  • 2007-2017: Researcher, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences.
  • 2017-2020: Senior Reseacher, Free University Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
  • 2020- Senior Researcher, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany; Section 4.2: Geomechanics and Scientific Drilling
  • 2015- Co-founder, Consultant – Geophysics, fastloc GmbH, Berlin, Germany.

Education:

  • 2002 MEng in Environmental Geophysics: AGH University of Science and Technology, Cracov, Poland, Dept. of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection. Title of thesis: “A computer program for the local seismic hazard assessment based on the catalog of Rudna Copper Mine”.
  • 2007 PhD in Seismology, Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland. Title of thesis: “Source tomography of seismic events recorded in Rudna Copper Mine, Poland”.
  • 2014 Habilitation in Earth Sciences, Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences. Title: “Source processes and scaling relations from induced seismicity to laboratory studies on rock samples”.

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