Curriculum Vitae
Personal data
| name: | Dr. Thomas Hertweck |
| birthday: | May 1974 |
| birth place: | Baden-Baden, Germany |
| residence: | Kent, UK |
| nationality: | German |
Education
| 08/1980 - 07/1984: | Theodor-Heuss-Grundschule, Baden-Baden |
| 08/1984 - 05/1993: | Markgraf-Ludwig-Gymnasium, Baden-Baden; degree: Abitur (1.3) |
| 10/1993 - 05/2000: | University
of Karlsruhe (TH), Geophysical
Institute; degree: Dipl.-Geophys. (summa cum laude) (1.5 years leave of absence due to compulsary military service) |
| 08/2000 - 02/2004: | University of Karlsruhe (TH), Department of Physics; degree: Dr.rer.nat. (summa cum laude) |
Military service
| 04/1995 - 09/1995: | SPersIntegrVwdg (closed 2004), Cologne, Germany; national service |
| 10/1995 - 03/1996: | Eurocorps, Strasbourg, France; national service |
| 07/1996 - 08/1996: | Eurocorps, Strasbourg, France; reserve duty training exercise |
| 09/1996 - 02/2003: | alarm reserve duty, Bundeswehr |
Employment
| 08/2000 - 08/2004: | Scientific employee, Geophysical Institute, University of Karlsruhe (TH) |
| 01/2001 - 08/2004: | Teaching assistant & Student mentor, Geophysical Institute, University of Karlsruhe (TH) |
| 05/2001 - 08/2004: | Assistant computer system administrator, Geophysical Institute, University of Karlsruhe (TH) |
| 09/2004 - 06/2007: | Researcher & Senior Geophysical Software Developer, Fugro Seismic Imaging Ltd, London, UK |
| since 07/2007: | Head of Research and Development, Fugro Seismic Imaging Ltd, London, UK |
Professional affiliations
| 01/1999 - 08/2004: | Wave Inversion Technology (WIT) Consortium |
| since 01/2000: | European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE) |
| since 01/2000: | Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) |
| since 01/2005: | FSI's representative in the Wave Inversion Technology Consortium |
| since 10/2005: | Member of the Editorial Board, Journal of Seismic Exploration |
| since 01/2006: | Deutsche Geophysikalische Gesellschaft (DGG) |
Continuing education
- 2nd WIT workshop on seismic true-amplitude imaging, Germany
- 3rd WIT workshop on seismic reflection imaging, Germany
- Workshop on seismic waves in laterally inhomogeneous media, Czech Republic
- Annual international geophysics conferences (SEG, EAGE, DGG)
- SEG/EAGE Distinguished Instructor Short Courses
- EAGE Education Days
- Parallel Programming Workshop (MPI and OpenMP), High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart (HLRS)
- Workshop on the advanced usage of the typesetting program LaTeX
- Seminars on rhetoric
- Seminars on presentation techniques
Special skills and licenses
- Clean driving license
- Computer literacy (Linux, Unix, MS Windows)
- Programming languages (e.g., C/C++, F77/F95, MPI, openMP, HTML/CSS, Shell, Perl)
- Mathematical software (e.g., Matlab, MapleV, Gnuplot)
- Geophysical software (e.g., Uniseis, Headwave, Norsar2D/3D, SU, SEPlib, OpendTect, SeisMaster, ProMAX)
- Office software (e.g., LaTeX, OpenOffice, Acrobat)
- Linux & Unix system administration
- Typewriting (>300 characters per minute; certified)
- Basketball referee license (currently inactive)
Some honorary activities and services
| 05/1991 - 08/2004: | Basketball referee |
| 05/1995 - 08/2004: | Basketball referee tutor and instructor |
| 10/1997 - 05/1998: | Organisation of the international geophysics student meeting GAP |
| 09/1998 - 05/2002: | Student representative at the Department of Physics, University of Karlsruhe (TH) |
| 12/1998 - 05/1999: | Organisation of the national physics student representative meeting ZaPF |
| 01/1999 - 08/2004: | Student mentor at the Geophysical Institute in Karlsruhe |
| since 01/1999: | Reviewer for Geophysics, Journal of Seismic Exploration, and Geophysical Prospecting |
| since 03/1999: | Linux support via suse-linux / opensuse-de mailing list |
| since 05/2000: | Collaboration on the project Geophysikstudenten.de |
| 05/2001 - 05/2004: | Mentor of the German geophysics student representative in the board of the DGG |
| since 08/2003: | Author and maintainer of "Linux Kernel Howto" (in German) and other Linux-related Howtos |
| since 03/2008: | Member of the Karlsruhe University alumni club London |
| 07/2009 - 05/2010: | Organisation of the first Karlsruhe GPI alumni meeting |