Curriculum Vitae

Thomas

Personal data

name: Dr. Thomas Hertweck
birthday: May 1974
current residence: Karlsruhe, Germany
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
07/2007 - 01/2013: Head of Research and Development, Fugro Seismic Imaging Ltd, London, UK
02/2013 - 12/2016: R&D Manager, CGG, London, UK
Since 01/2017: Senior Research Fellow & Teaching assistant, Geophysical Institute, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

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)
01/2005 - 01/2013: 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)
02/2013 - 12/2015: CGG's representative in the Wave Inversion Technology Consortium
Since 01/2017: Wave Inversion Technology (WIT) Consortium

Continuing education

Special skills and licenses

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
03/1999 - 03/2012: Linux support via suse-linux / opensuse-de mailing list
05/2000 - 05/2010: Collaboration on the project Geophysikstudenten.de
05/2001 - 05/2004: Mentor of the German geophysics student representative in the board of the DGG
08/2003 - 03/2012: Author and maintainer of "Linux Kernel Howto" (in German) and other Linux-related Howtos
03/2008 - 12/2016: Member of the Karlsruhe University alumni club London
07/2009 - 05/2010: Organisation of the first Karlsruhe GPI alumni meeting