Research interests

Research project

  • “Cyclic rock-ice mechanical variations in permafrost rocks preparing rock-slope failure”
  • rock-ice mechanical variations in thawing permafrost rocks
  • combining laboratory rock-ice-mechanical testing with geophysical monitoring at the Zugspitze summit Impact of permafrost degradation on the stability of rock walls

 

Further research interests:

  • Natural hazards in alpine regions in general
  • Climate change in alpine regions
  • Climate & heat transfer modeling in frozen/permafrost rocks

Awards

10/2017 - 09/2019 PhD research fellowship (Elitenetzwerk Bayern, Elite Network of Bavaria)
01/2017 Best Master thesis award in the masters program Engingeering Geology and Hydrogeology by the Munich GeoCenter