GFZ German research centre for geo sciences

Priv. Doz. Dr. Wolfgang Graf zu Castell-Rüdenhausen

Head
Priv. Doz. Dr. Wolfgang Graf zu Castell-Rüdenhausen
Building A 70, Room 325 (Büro)
Telegrafenberg
14473 Potsdam

Function and Responsibilities:

  • Head of Department Geoinformation and CIO
  • Chair of the Helmholtz Open Science Working Group
  • Member of the Steering Board Helmholtz Metadata Collaboration (HMC)
  • Member of the Steering Board Helmholtz Imaging (HIP)
  • Member of the Faculty of Mathematics, Technical University of Munich

Research Interests:

  • data-driven Analysis of complex systems
  • complex systems theory
  • kernel-based methods in approximation, statistics and machine learning
  • mathematical methods in imaging
  • applied data science
  • open science
  • digitalization in scientific organizations

Career:

  • since November 2021 Director Department Geoinformation at GFZ
  • April 2021 -- October 2021 Head of Central Department Strategy & Digitalization at HMGU
  • August 2019 -- March 2021 Head of Central Department ICT at HMGU
  • February 2009 -- June 2009 and February 2016 -- May 2016 Visiting professor at Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, N.Z.
  • August 2008  -- July 2019 Head of Department Scientific Computing at HMGU
  • August 2005 -- July 2008 Group Leader Computational Mathematics, Institute of Biomathematics and Biometry at HMGU
  • August 2003 -- July 2005 Scientist at Institute of Biomathematics and Biometry, GSF Research Center for Environment and Health
  • August 2002 -- July 2003 Visiting professor at Department of Mathematics, University of Virginia, U.S.A.
  • January 2001 -- July 2002 Scientist at Institute of Biomathematics and Biometry, GSF Research Center for Environment and Health
  • June 1999 -- December 2000 Assistent Professor at Mathematical Institute, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

Awards:

  • Erskine Fellow of the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, N.Z.
  • Digital Science Award (Project "Digital Earth")
  • PhD Grant of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

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