Fuhrmann, Thomas: Biography

Scientific career

10/2004 - 03/2010	Academic studies of Geodesy & Geoinformatics at KIT
10/2006	Intermediate diploma
01/2009	Seminar paper: Investigation of NURBS functions for the modelling of surfaces with the FLIC software package. Summary (German)
03/2010	Graduate Engineer of Geodesy & Geoinformatics Diploma thesis: On the potential of GNSS reference sites using PPP analyses of the GNSS Upper Rhine Graben Network GURN. Summary (German)
04/2010 - today	Research assistant at KIT, projects:
04/2010 - 01/2013	Project HE 1433/17-1 funded by German Research Foundation (DFG): Vertical crustal movements in the Upper Rhine Graben area derived from precise levelling and SAR interferometry
01/2012 - 09/2012	Analysis of recent surface movements in Northern Switzerland and South-Western Germany for NAGRA (National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste, Switzerland)
01/2013 - 01/2015	Project HE 1433/17-2 funded by German Research Foundation (DFG): Vertical crustal movements in the Upper Rhine Graben area derived from precise levelling, SAR interferometry and GNSS
01/2015 - 05/2015	Assessment of surface displacements over gas production fields in Northern Germany, part of DGMK project 776 "Reservoir Management and Seismicity".

08/2008 - 09/2008	Participation at the excavation campaign of the German Archeological Institute (DAI) in Pergamon (Western Turkey) Main tasks: Creation of a 3D model of the "castle hill" using GPS measurements, Installation of benchmarks, Surveying of archeological objects
03/2009	Responsible for surveying tasks at a rescue excavation at a tumulus in Elaia (ancient harbour of Pergamon) Tasks: 3D model of the mound, photogrammetric survey of the tumulus layers
08/2009	Renewed participation at the summer excavation campaign of DAI (Tasks: see above)
06/2014 - 08/2014	Research stay at the Department of Geoscience and Remote Sensing, TU Delft, The Netherlands, Cooperation with the Radar Group of Prof.dr.ir. Ramon Hanssen. Main research topic: Combination of surface displacements measured by SAR-Interferometry, levelling and GNSS