[Geoqus] PhD position at the GFZ Potsdam, Germany

[Oliver Heidbach heidbach@gfz-potsdam.de]

Dear colleges,

the German Research Centre for Geosciences GFZ 
(https://www.gfz-potsdam.de/en/) offers a PhD position in the research 
field of geomechanical-numerical modelling. The project is part of the 
site selection process for a repository of high-level radioactive waste 
in Germany, but due its basic research character is also related to the 
more general topic of new and changing usage concepts of the subsurface 
in order to achieve climate protection goals, e.g. through increased use 
of deep geothermal energy or for storing green energy. This places new 
demands on the integrity and long-term stability of geo reservoirs, 
which are directly related to the recent crustal stress state and to 
human-induced stress changes.

The project investigates new ways to calibrate 3D 
geomechanical-numerical models using indirect data from well image logs 
to enable robust predictions of the stress state of the upper crust. 
 From our cooperation partner NAGRA (https://nagra.ch/) in Switzerland, 
we have access to a globally unique data set from nine scientific deep 
wells with a large number of high-quality stress measurements at depth. 
This data set is available for testing and validating new concepts. The 
position is part of the SpannEnD joint project 
(https://www.spannend-projekt.de). The partners in the project are the 
TU Darmstadt (Prof. Andreas Henk, Dr. Karsten Reiter) and the Karlsruhe 
Institute of Technology KIT (Prof. Frank Schilling, Dr. Birgit Müller).

Further details are provided at:

https://www.gfz-potsdam.de/en/career/job-offers/details/8476

Best regards

Oliver Heidbach

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Head of the World Stress Map Project
Section 2.6 Seismic Hazard and Risk Dynamics
Helmholtz Centre Potsdam
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
Professor of Applied Geophysics, TU Berlin

www.world-stress-map.org
www.gfz-potsdam.de/en/staff/oliver-heidbach
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