Dr. Dieter Werthmüller

My research interest is the characterisation of the subsurface with geophysical methods for energy (geothermal, CO2 storage, H2 storage), resources (groundwater, mining), and environmental (landslides, salt water intrusions, permafrost degradation) reasons. My particular focus lies on electromagnetic (EM) methods, the accurate modelling of EM fields in the subsurface, and the inversion of EM data. I have a passion for open-source software, community-driven developments, and computational reproducibility. The near surface, the soil and rocks we are living on, hold many challenges that we must tackle collaboratively for a successful energy transition and a safe living in an ever more populated world.