Prof. Dr. Hans-Jürgen Götze

Prof. Dr. Hans-Jürgen Götze

Professor, Originator,
Software Developer,
Project Supervisor

Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel

Graduated from Clausthal University of Technology (1973); Professor of Applied Geophysics at Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn (1985-1987), Professor of Geophysics at Freie Universität Berlin (1987-2003) and since 2003 Professor of Geophysics and Geoinformation at Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel - retired in 2014. Visiting professor at the universities of Concepción (Chile) and Buenos Aires (Argentina). Guest residencies at Stanford University, the US Geological Survey (USA), Universidad de Buenos Aires (Argentina) and Antofagasta (Chile) and Geoscience Australia (Canberra, Australia).

Current activities and projects

  • Deformation patterns in relation to the deep configuration of the lithosphere of the Alps and their forelands – DEFORM (DFG project, 2021 – 2023, GFZ, U Mainz & CAU Kiel)
  • Guest scientist and software developer, Section 4.5 - Subsurface Process Modelling, GFZ Potsdam (IGMAS+)
  • ALPARRAY (AlpArray Gravity Research Group) – Chairman

Awards

  • Faculty Medal of the Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava (Slovakia)

Membership

  • German Geophysical Society (DGG)
  • German Geological Society (DGGV)
  • American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • European Geosciences Union (EGU)
  • International Association for Mathematical Geosciences (IAMG)

Selected publications

M. R. Alvers, H.-J. Götze, D. Anikiev, C. Plonka (2023). Inversion of potential fields by interactive optimization of 3D subsurface models using a spring-based space warping and evolution strategy. GEOPHYSICS.

Cite DOI

R. Pašteka, P. Zahorec, J. Papčo, J. Mrlina, H.-J. Götze, S. Schmidt (2022). The discovery of the “muons-chamber” in the Great pyramid; could high-precision microgravimetry also map the chamber?. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports.

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P. Zahorec, J. Papčo, R. Pašteka, M. Bielik, S. Bonvalot, C. Braitenberg, J. Ebbing, G. Gabriel, A. Gosar, A. Grand, H.-J. Götze, G. Hetényi, N. Holzrichter, E. Kissling, U. Marti, B. Meurers, J. Mrlina, E. Nogová, A. Pastorutti, C. Salaun, M. Scarponi, J. Sebera, L. Seoane, P. Skiba, E. Szűcs, M. Varga (2021). The first pan-Alpine surface-gravity database, a modern compilation that crosses frontiers. Earth System Science Data.

Cite DOI

D. Anikiev, H.-J. Götze, J. Bott, À. Gómez-García, M. L. Gomez Dacal, C. Meeßen, C. Spooner, C. Rodriguez Piceda, C. Plonka, S. Schmidt, M. Scheck-Wenderoth (2021). Interdisciplinary data-constrained 3-D potential field modelling with IGMAS+. EGU General Assembly 2021.

PDF Cite DOI

H.-J. Götze, F. Wellmann (2021). Uncertainties in Geomodelling Related to Geophysical Inversion. Encyclopedia of Solid Earth Geophysics.

Cite DOI

C. Spooner, M. Scheck-Wenderoth, M. Cacace, H.-J. Götze, E. Luijendijk (2020). The 3D thermal field across the Alpine orogen and its forelands and the relation to seismicity. Global and Planetary Change.

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Interests
  • Integration of Geophysics and Geology
  • Mathematical Geology and Potential Field Theory
  • Visualization and geoinformation
  • Geophysical field work in the Andes, Alps and research in the virtual space
Education

  • PhD in Geophysics (Dr. rer. nat.), 1976

    Clausthal University of Technology, Germany

  • Diploma in Geophysics, 1973

    Clausthal University of Technology, Germany

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