Institute of Geophysics and Geoinformatics

In research and teaching, we focus on the development and application of new and advanced methods for the investigation and characterization of structures and processes within the Earth's interior.

On the geophysical side, the scope of our activities is centered on applied techniques to explore the earth from the near surface down to depths of  about 100 km. For this purpose, we develop numerical simulation and inversion software for electromagnetic fields and seismic waves, which play a fundamental role for the discovery and utilization of energy and resources (oil/gas, minerals, geothermal reservoirs, water, etc.).

On the geoinformatics side, the main activities concern mathematical and statistical methods to store, manage, analyse and retrieve geoscience data and models. We design spatio-temporal databases and information systems and are strongly involved in both the development and application of methods for 3D geomodeling. Furthermore, we contribute to the gOcad project.

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