biography: June/2000: Doctoral Thesis (Dr.-Ing.) at Technische Universität München titled: "High resolution gravity field modelling by combination of terrestrial and altimetric data with satellite information" § since 2001: Research Scientist and Permanent Staff Member at the Technische Universität München, Institute for Astronomical and Physical Geodesy § High resolution Earth gravity field modeling § High performance computing for gravity field determination § Combination of satellite derived gravity fields with surface data § Time variable gravity field analysis and geophysical mass transport studies § Satellite radar altimetry and geophysical applications |