Dr. Patricia Martinez Garzon
Building
D,
Room
421
Telegrafenberg
14473
Potsdam
Research Interests:
• Fluid-induced seismicity (geothermal and hydrocarbon reservoirs, CO2 storage)
- Characterization of the stress field
• Reservoir geomechanics
- Fault mechanics of transform faults
• Physics of the earthquake source
• Seismic vs aseismic deformation
• Seismic vs aseismic deformation
• Interaction between shallow (brittle) and deep (ductile) processes
Career:
September 2010:Physics Degree (five years degree).
Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM).
June 2011:
Master in Geophysics and Meteorology (two years).
Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM).
Final Master Thesis: “Dynamic deformations from seismicity near the Itoiz Reservoir, Northern Spain”.
July 2014:
PhD at GeoForschung Zentrum Potsdam GFZ in the frame of the HAI program.
Thesis title: Seismo-mechanical reservoir characterization from fluid-induced seismicity
Supervisor: Prof. Marco Bohnhoff
September 2014 - December 2017:
Postdoc at GeoForschung Zentrum Potsdam GFZ in the frame of the Helmholtz Postdoc Programme
Since January 2018:
Principal Investigator of the Helmholtz Young Investigator Group "SAIDAN: Seismic and Aseismic deformation in the brittle crust: Implications for anthropogenic and natural hazard"
Projects:
- SAIDAN:Seismic and Aseismic Deformation in the brittle crust: from Anthropogenic to natural hazard
- Helmholtz Postdoc Programme: "Earthquake Hazard due to reservoir stimulation: A geomechanical study linking hazard and induced seismicity".
- Induced seismicity at The Geysers geothermal field: Analysis of spatiotemporal variations in the seismicity and stress field related to fluid injection and extraction.
- Helmholtz-Alberta Initiative (HAI): Analysis of induced seismicity related to CO2 storage and laboratory experiments on CO2 saturated samples.
- Geophysical Observatory North Anatolian Fault (GONAF): Participation in management and field drilling work.
Awards:
Best Student Presentation Award (May 2014), Annual Meeting of the Seismological Society of America, Anchorage, Alaska.
Best dissertation of the year at GFZ Potsdam (October 2014). Association of Friends and Sponsors of the GFZ, Potsdam, Germany.