Wissenschaftliche Lebensläufe Prof. Bernhard Heck Prof. Nico Sneeuw Dr. Thomas Forbriger Dr. Malte Westerhaus Dr. Rudolf Widmer-Schnidrig Dr. Walter Zürn
Curriculum vitae - Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Dr.h.c. Bernhard Heck Position Professor, Geodetic <strong>Institut</strong>e, University of Karlsruhe Address Geodetic <strong>Institut</strong>e, University of Karlsruhe, Englerstr. 7, D-76128 Karlsruhe, Germany. Tel. +49-721-608-3674(Office), E-mail: heck@gik.uni-karlsruhe.de; Secretary: Mrs. D. Bracko (Tel. +49-721-608-3668, Fax 49-721-608-6808, e-mail: diana@gik.uni-karlsruhe.de;) Education and degrees 1974 Diplom-Ingenieur in Geodesy, University of Karlsruhe 1979 Dr.-Ing. in Geodesy from Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geodesy, University of Karlsruhe 1984 Habilitation in Geodesy, University of Karlsruhe Academic positions 1974 - 1979 Research Assistant at the Geodetic <strong>Institut</strong>e, University of Karlsruhe 1979 – 1985 Associate Professor (Hochschulassistent) at the Geodetic <strong>Institut</strong>e, University of Karlsruhe 1985 - 1991 Associate Professor (Privatdozent) at the Geodetic <strong>Institut</strong>e, University of Stuttgart; research stays at Faculteit der Geodesie TU Delft, and Dept. of Geodetic Science and Surveying, Ohio, State University, Columbus/OH, USA since 1991 Full Professor (Physical and Satellite Geodesy) at the Geodetic <strong>Institut</strong>e of the University of Karlsruhe Research Physical Geodesy: terrestrial and spaceborne gravity field determination, geodetic boundary value problems, vertical reference systems, modelling of topographic-isostatic effects. Satellite Geodesy: GPS positioning (mitigation of errors due to multipath and atmospheric effects, antenna calibration; determination of precibitable water vapor from GPS signals). Mathematical Geodesy: textbook on geodetic reference systems; deterministic and stochastic models in geodetic deformation analysis, time series analysis of permanent GPS data. Interdisciplinary geodynamic projects: recent crustal movements in the regions of the Upper Rhine Graben and Antarctic Peninsula. About 130 scientific papers in refereed journals and Symposia Proceedings About 160 presentations at scientific meetings Supervisor of 15 PhD dissertations and 4 habilitations Responsibilities, awards, memberships 1986 - 1991 Heisenberg Research Scholarship of the German Research Foundation (DFG). 1999 - 2003 President of IAG Section IV – General Theory and Methodology. Since 1996 Study Dean for Geodesy and Geoinformatics at Karlsruhe University. Director of the Geoscientific Observatory in Schiltach/Black Forest (BFO) since 1999. Member of the EUCOR-URGENT Scientific Steering Committee since 2001. Since 2004 Spokesman of the Scientific Advisory Board of the DGK (Deutsche Geodätische Kommission). 2006 Dr.h.c. at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics. 5 relevant publications Heck, B.; Seitz, K.: A comparison of the tesseroid, prism and point-mass approaches for mass reductions in gravity field modelling. Journal of Geodesy, 81 (2007), 121-136 Bischoff, W.; Heck, B.; Howind, J.; Teusch, A.: A procedure for estimating the variance function of linear models and for checking the appropriateness of estimated variances: a case study of GPS carrier-phase observations. Journal of Geodesy (2006) 79, 694 – 704 Rozsa, S.; Heck, B.; Mayer, M.; Seitz, K.; Westerhaus, M.; Zippelt, K.: Determination of Displacements in the Upper Rhine Graben Area from GPS and Leveling Data. Int. J Earth Sci (Geol. Rundsch.) (2005) 94: 538 - 549 Rozsa, Sz.; Mayer, M.; Westerhaus, M.; Seitz, K.; Heck, B.: Towards the determination of displacements in the Upper Rhine Graben area using GPS measurements and precise antenna modelling. Quaternary Science Reviews, 24 (2005), 425 - 438 Adam,. F.; Dede, K.; Heck, B.; Kutterer, H.; Mayer, M.; Seitz, K.; Szucs, L.: GPS deformation measurements in the geodynamic test network Soskut. Periodica Polytechnica, Ser. Civ. Eng. Vol. 46, No 2 (2003), 169 – 177
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