Meet our team from the University of Hamburg, DESY, Helmut Schmidt University, GFZ Potsdam, European XFEL, and international contributors and experts working together on seismic and (geo)physical research.
Institutions
University of Hamburg
DESY
Helmut Schmidt University
GFZ Potsdam
European XFEL
University of Hamburg
Prof. Dr. Celine Hadziioannou (Coordinator)
Affiliation: Institute of Geophysics
Website: UHH Seismology, Website
Publications: Google Scholar
Interests: Celine explores seismic signals recorded in the absence of earthquakes, considering these usually discarded "noise" signals as valuable sources of information.
Collaborations: SPIN ITN "Monitoring a Restless Earth", Einstein Telescope, ErUM-WAVE
Prof. Dr. Oliver Gerberding (Coordinator)
Affiliation: Institut for experimental physics
Website: Gravitational wave detection
Publications: Google Scholar, ORCID
Interests: Oliver focuses on reducing noise in gravitational wave detectors and developing space-based detector technology.
Collaborations: LIGO-Virgo-Kagra, Einstein Telescope, LISA
Prof. Dr. Conny Hammer
Affiliation: Institut of Geophysics
Website: Machine Learning Methods in Geophysics
Publications: Google Scholar, ORCID
Interests: Conny focuses on machine learning methods in geophysics.
Collaborations: ErUM-WAVE
Antonia Kiel
Affiliation: Institute of Geophysics
Interests: Antonia works in seismology and machine learning, focusing on shallow groundwater monitoring using seismic noise.
Collaborations: CLICCS
Dr. Alexander Bauer
Affiliation: Institute of Geophysics
Website: Researchgate
Publications: Google Scholar
Interests: Alexander specializes in seismic data characterization and machine learning for wavefield separation.
Collaborations: ErUM-WAVE
Oliver Bölt
Affiliation: Institute of Geophysics
Interests: Oliver is a doctoral researcher applying machine learning to seismic data for signal detection and classification.
Vincent Wodtke
Affiliation: Institute of Geophysics
Interests: Vincent focuses on localizing seismic sources using array processing techniques and machine learning.
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
Dr. Holger Schlarb (Coordinator)
Affiliation: DESY
Website: Machine Beam Control group
Publications: Scientific Journal Articles, ORCID
Interests: Holger focuses on seismic and acoustic noise impacts on accelerator beam stabilization.
Dr. Markus Hoffmann
Affiliation: DESY
Erik Genthe
Affiliation: DESY
Helmut Schmidt University
Prof. Dr. Katharina-Sophie Isleif (Coordinator)
Affiliation: Institute of Automation Technology
Website: Metrology Group
Publications: Google Scholar
Interests: Katharina is engaged in modeling and mitigating Newtonian noise for the Einstein Telescope by applying DAS or self-made sensors in her lab.
Collaborations: LIGO-Virgo-Kagra, Einstein Telescope, LISA
Reinhardt Rading (PhD student)
Affiliation: Institute of Automation Technology
Website: Metrology Group
Publications: Google Scholar
Interests: Reinhardt develops high-precision optical sensors for various applications including the Einstein Telescope.
Collaborations: LIGO-Virgo-Kagra, Einstein Telescope
Wanda Vossius (PhD student)
Affiliation: Institute of Automation Technology
Website: Metrology Group
Interests: Wanda works on fiber sensors for Newtonian noise mitigation and outreach activities.
Collaborations: LIGO-Virgo-Kagra, Einstein Telescope
Spiridon Beis (Student assistant, RWTH Aachen)
Affiliation: Institute of Automation Technology
Website: Metrology Group
Interests: Spiridon works on simulations for Newtonian noise mitigation, WAVE data analysis, and outreach activities.
Collaborations: Einstein Telescope
GFZ Potsdam
Dr. Christopher Wollin
Affiliation: Helmholtz Center Potsdam, German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ)
Publications: ORCID
Interests: Christopher is specialized in fiber-optic sensing for seismic monitoring and crustal stressfield inversion.
Collaborations: SENSE, geoPuR
European XFEL
Dr. Immo Bahns
Affiliation: European XFEL
Publications: Researchgate, ORCID
Interests: Immo is an expert in nondestructive interactions of electromagnetic waves, project manager for XFELO demonstrator project.
International contributors and experts
Dr. Francesca Badaracco
Affiliation: Università di Genova
Publications: Researchgate, ORCID
Interests: Francesca specializes in Newtonian Noise cancellation for the Einstein Telescope and has supported the Hamburg gravitational wave detection groups in developing optimal seismic sensor placement strategies, including DAS, to mitigate this fundamental noise source. Now, she is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Genova, working in the KM3NeT Collaboration which recently has announced the first detection of an Ultra High Energy neutrino