Heck, Bernhard: Biography
| 1951 | Born in Au am Rhein/Germany |
Education and academic degrees:
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1969 - 1974 |
Studied Surveying at the University of Karlsruhe (TH) earning the degree "Diplom in Engineering" |
| 1979 | Doctorate in Engineering (Dr.-Ing.), Fakulty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering, University of Karlsruhe (TH) |
| 1984 | Postdoctoral lecture qualification and grant for the teaching certificate in the field of Geodesy, University of Karlsruhe (TH) |
Professional activities:
| 1980 - Present |
Member of various special study groups (SSG) including the International Association of Geodesy (IAG), Chairman of the SSG 5.122 (Geodynamical effects of global gravity field variations, 1987-1991) and SSG 4142 (Application of boundary value techniques to space and airborne gravity field observations, 1991 – 1995) |
| 1994 - Present |
Member of the German Geodetic Commission |
| 1995 - 1999 | Secretary of Section IV for the IAG (General Theory and Methodology) |
| 1995 - 2003 | Speaker for the Geodesy Section of the National Committee for Geodesy and Geophysics (Nationalkomitee für Geodäsie und Geophysik, NKGG) |
| 1996 - 2000 | Expert for the German Research Foundation (DFG) in the Subject "Geodesy" |
| 1996 - 2009 | Dean of the Surveying degree program (rather Geodesy and Geoinformatics) |
| 1999 - Present |
Director of the Geoscience Community Observatory for the universities of Karlsruhe and Stuttgart in Schiltach/ Black Forest (BFO) |
| 1999 - 2003 | President of Section IV for the IAG (General Theory and Methodology) |
| 1999 - Present |
Member of the DVW-Working Group 10 “Experimental, Applied, and Theoretical Geodesy” |
| 2000 - Present |
Member of the Editorial Board for the Delft University Press |
| 2001 - 2002 | Director of the DVW-Working Group 2 “Vocational training and technical literature” |
| 2001 - Present |
Member of the Scientific Steering Committee for the international geosciences project EUCOR-URGENT |
| 2002 - Present |
Senate Representative for the University of Karlsruhe in cooperation with the Technology and Economics University of Budapest/ Hungary |
| 2003 - Present |
Member of the Steering Committee for the IAG Inter-Commission Committee on Theory |
| 2004 - Present |
Spokesperson for the Scientific Committee of the German Geodetic Commission (DGK) |
Awards:
| 1986 - 1991 | Heisenberg-Scholarship Holder from the DFG |
| 1991 - Present |
IAG Fellow |
| 09. / 10.1996 | Guest professor at the TU Budapest/Hungary |
| 03.2004, 03.2005 | Guest professor at the UFPR (Federal University of Paraná) Curitiba/Brazil |
| 2006 | Awarded an honorary degree (Dr.h.c.) at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics |