Prof. Dr. Conny Aerts
Physical sciencesAsteroseismology
Environment, Physical sciences
Geophysics, oceanography, electromagnetism
Marine geophysical investigations of tectonic processes
Exploration of marine resources
Developing marine deep-sea instrumentation
Developing data-interpretation algorithms
Invited to be a visiting researcher at the University of Tokyo, Japan, 2010
Marie Curie Fellowship, 1999 – 2001
Van Kranendonk Prize for Excellence in Teaching, University of Toronto, Canada, 1996
Burton Fellowship, University of Toronto, Canada, 1996
Grant from the Canadian government, 1993 – 1995
English, French, German
Kutterolf, S., Jegen, M., Mitrovica, J. X., Kwasnitschka, T., Freundt, A. and Huybers, P. J. , A detection of Milankovitch frequencies in global volcanic activity Geology, 2013
Worzewski, T. and Jegen M., Hydration and dehydration cycle across the subduction zone. Nature Geoscience, 2010
M. Jegen-Kulcsar et al., Joint inversion of marine magnetotelluric and gravity data incorporating seismic constrints: preliminary results of sub-basalt imaging off the Faroe Shelf. In: Earth and Planetary Science Letters 282, 2009. S. 47-55.
Jegen M. et al., Homotopic Inversion of Geophysical Data, Geophysics, 2001
BLUE Mining, funded by the European Union (EU), development of marine exploration technology for marine orebodies
FREIA, funded by SINDRI, an international association of petroleum companies, Faroe Islands (3D mapping of basalt thickness and basement structure in the South Eastern Faroe Shetland Trough derived from commercial 3D multi-component data set), 2010 – 2012
ISOLDE, funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) (Electromagnetic, gravimetric and seismic measurements to investigate the Tristan da Cunha hot spot and its role in the opening of the South Atlantic Ocean), 2011-2013
SUGAR (part A2), funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) (development of a towed fixed-geometry CSEM system, development of dual natural and controlled source marine EM receivers for methane detection and quantification), 2008 – 2011
TIMBA, funded by Wintershall (sub-salt imaging using multi-component geophysical data and development of 20 shallow-water MT instruments), 2007 – 2010
JRG – Marine EM junior research group (part of Collaborative Research Centre 574), funded by the DFG (imaging of fluids in subduction zone using marine MT, methane hydrate detection using controlled source EM, development and construction of 10 marine MT instruments), 2005 – 2010
Associate editor of First Break Journal
Member of the faculty committee on science and technology transfer, since 2008
Marie Curie Fellow, since 2002
Member of the German Geophysical Society (DGG), American Geophysical Union (AGU) and Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG), since 2002
Member of the regional European AGU Commission, 2001 – 2003
Graduate of the Management Academy at the Malik Management Centre, St. Gallen
Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) European Lecturer, lecture series at 15 universities and exploration companies, 2013
GAUSS Lecturer (prestigious lecture series sponsored by the German Geophysical Society) at the European Geophysical Union General Assembly in Vienna, 2016
Participated in the round table on effective resource technologies hosted by the Helmholtz Association in Brussels
Co-owner of a patent for a marine magnetotelluric instrument, 2006
Project acquisition and project management
Organisation and execution of marine measurement campaigns
Teaching activities
PR work
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Physical sciencesAsteroseismology
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Physical sciencesNanoscience and nanotechnology, Coordination Chemistry, Supramolecular Chemistry, Molecular Magnetism
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