News
Apr 30, 2017
ROMY in "Science"
The ROMY ring laser is featured in a dedicated article in "Science" including an instructive Youtube video on the project.
Mar 28, 2017
Bessel Award to Prof Billen
Bessel Award to Prof Billen
Feb 09, 2017
MGC verleiht Preise an zwei Geophysiker/innen
Auf der diesjährigen Absolventenfeier des Münchner Geozentrums wurden zwei Geophysiker/innen mit Preisen für ihre Abschlußarbeiten geehrt.
Sep 28, 2016
Fest for Prof Soffel 80th Birthday
A Fest in honor of the 80th birthday of Prof Soffel will be held on Nov 19th, 2016. Please hold the date.
Sep 28, 2016
Werner Bauer tritt in den verdienten Ruhestand
Werner Bauer, technischer Mitarbeiter am geophysikalischen Observatorium in Fuerstenfeldbruck, tritt am 30.9. 2016 nach 38 Dienstjahren in den verdienten Ruhestand.
May 25, 2016
Martin Feller verstorben.
Die münchener Geophysik nimmt heute Abschied von ihrem langjährigen Mitarbeiter am Geophysikalischen Observatorium Martin Feller.
May 09, 2016
Heiner Igel elected to Leopoldina
Professor Heiner Igel has been elected to the Leopoldina, the National German Academy of Sciences.
Feb 11, 2016
Uwe Kirscher wins outstanding dissertation award
The Munich GeoCenter awarded a prize to Uwe Kirscher for his outstanding dissertation titled "Paleozoic Paleogeography of the South Western Part of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt - Paleomagnetic Constraints".
Nov 06, 2015
Start of ExaHyPE Project to Develop Exascale Software for Geophysics and Astrophysics
A billion billion, i.e. 10^18 computer operations per second (1 exaflop/s) is the level of performance that the next generation of supercomputers should be able to deliver. However, programming such supercomputers is a challenge. In October 2015, the EC began funding "ExaHyPE", an international project co-coordinated by Dr. Alice Gabriel and Prof. Heiner Igel, which seeks to establish the algorithmic foundations for exascale supercomputers in the next four years. The grant totals EUR 2.8 million.
Apr 02, 2015
Rick O'Connell has passed away.
Richard J. O'Connell has passed away.
Feb 09, 2015
Simon Baumann succeeds in Student Paper Competition
Simon Baumann is one of three prize winners of the Student Paper Competition for the 2015 Copper Mountain Meeting on Multigrid Methods.
Feb 09, 2015
Simon Baumann succeeds in Student Paper Competition
Simon Baumann is one of three prize winners of the Student Paper Competition for the 2015 Copper Mountain Meeting on Multigrid Methods.
Jan 30, 2015
Stephan Eder wins outstanding dissertation award
The Munich GeoCenter awarded a prize to Stephan Eder for his outstanding dissertation titled "Magnetite in Organisms and the Biophysics Underlying Magnetoreception".
Dec 04, 2014
Professor Bunge named Secretary of the Commission of Informatics at the LRZ
Professor Bunge named Secretary of the Commission of Informatics at the LRZ
Dec 04, 2014
Professor Bunge named Secretary of the Commission of Informatics at the LRZ
Professor Bunge named Secretary of the Commission of Informatics at the LRZ
Dec 04, 2014
Professor F. Guillocheau to visit the Geodynamics Group
Professor F. Guillocheau from the University of Rennes in France will visit the Geodynamcis Group on December 17th 2014.
Oct 01, 2014
TERRA-Neo on October Sheet of DFG Math Calender
The October Sheet of the 2014 DFG Math Calender features a simulation result from our joint TERRA-Neo project.
Oct 01, 2014
TERRA-Neo on October Sheet of DFG Math Calender
The October Sheet of the 2014 DFG Math Calender features a simulation result from our joint TERRA-Neo project.
Sep 05, 2014
Michael Volk wins outstanding student presentation award
At the 14th Castle Meeting in Évora, Portugal, Michael Volk presented a talk on 'The Effect of Pressure on Absolute Paleointensities'. For his presentation he received an Outstanding Student Presentation Award. Michael Volk is a member of the Magnetism Group at Munich Geophysics.
Aug 01, 2014
Professor T. Tanimoto to visit the Seismology Group
Professor T. Tanimoto from the University of California at Santa Barbara will visit the Seismology Group during the months of September and October 2014.
Jun 04, 2014
Welcome to Stephanie Wollherr, PhD Student
Stephanie Wollherr joins the seismology group to pursue her PhD conducting realistic earthquake scenario simulations including source dynamics on natural fault zones with SeisSol. Welcome!
Jun 04, 2014
Alice Gabriel receives the PASC14 Best Poster Award Solid Earth Dynamics
The poster contribution "Simulating large-scale earthquake dynamic rupture scenarios on natural fault zones with the ADER-DG method" received the Best Poster Award in Solid Earth Dynamics at the 2014 Platform of Advanced Scientific Computing Conference (PASC14) in Zurich, Switzerland.
Apr 16, 2014
Computational record on SuperMUC
Scientists at LMU and TUM have optimized the SeisSol earthquake simulation software on the Supercomputer SuperMUC to push its performance beyond the “magical” 1 petaflop/s mark – one quadrillion floating point operations per second.
Mar 26, 2014
Welcome to Velotiana Jean-Luc RALAIARISOA
Velotiana Jean-Luc RALAIARISOA, Master's Student in Paris 7 (Institute of Earth Physics of Paris IPGP) is commencing a two-months internship in seismology at LMU from March 24th until May 21st as part of a new exchange program available to LMU and IPG geophysics masters students.
Jan 16, 2014
Short Visit of Prof. Cristobal Castro 16./17.01.2014
Prof. Cristobal Castro from Universidad de Tarapacá (Chile) is visiting the SeisSol team for 2 days. He will introduce us in his recent work on 17.01., 10:15 in a Geocomputing Seminar entitled "FROM TSUNAMI PROPAGATION TO THREE DIMENSIONAL INUNDATION".
Dec 28, 2013
Research Visit by Dr. Giampiero Iaffaldano
The geodynamics group is pleased to welcome Dr. Giampiero Iaffaldano from the Australian National University, Canberra. Dr. Iaffaldano will stay for a 6 week research (December 2013 to Mid January 2014) visit.
Dec 28, 2013
Professors Seth and Carol Stein in Munich
Short Course in Tectonics and Geodynamics
Dec 15, 2013
Karin Sigloch wins faculty award for excellency in teaching
Karin Sigloch wins 'Fakultätspreis für exzellente Lehre im SS2013'.
Oct 22, 2013
Lorenzo Colli wins "Best SAGA Student Paper Award" at the 13th SAGA conference
At the 13th biennial conference of the South African Geophysical Association Lorenzo Colli presented a talk on the temporal changes in South Atlantic spreading rates and how they are linked to the history of uplift and subsidence of the surrounding continents via upper-mantle pressure-driven flow. For his presentation he received the Best SAGA Student Paper Award.
Oct 16, 2013
28.10.-30.10. Visit of Dr. van Dinther (ETH Zurich)
We will welcome Dr. Ylona van Dinther for a research visit to Dr. Alice Gabriel working on the coupling of geodynamic and earthquake source modeling. She will present her latest research on Tuesday, 29.10. in a lunchtime seminar entitled: "Seismo-thermo-mechanical modeling of subduction zone seismicity".