Prof. Dr. Christian Berndt
Head of the Research Unit Marine Geodynamics
Scientist, Deputy Speaker Topic 3
Office:
Raum: 8D/229
Phone: +49-431-600-2273
Fax: +49-431-600-2922
E-Mail: cberndt(at)geomar.de
Address:
GEOMAR | Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
East shore campus
Wischhofstrasse 1-3
D-24148 Kiel
Germany
Research interests
- Fluid migration in marine sediments
- Effect of geological processes on climate change
- Volcanic hazards
- Effect of fluid migration on submarine slope stability
- Seismic imaging
Resume
- Since 2008 Professor of Marine Geophysics at IFM-GEOMAR, Kiel, since 01.01.2012 GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany
- Since 2024 Honorary Professor at University of Aarhus, Denmark
- Since 2012 Visiting Professor at the University of Southampton, U.K.
- 2015 Research Fellow at Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
- 2008-2012 Adjunct Research Fellow at National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, U.K.
- 2006-2021 Director of Oceansurv Ltd., Cowes, U.K.
- 2006-2008 Principal Geophysicist at National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, U.K.
- 2002-2006 Senior Geophysicist at Southampton Oceanography Centre (since 2005 National Oceanography Centre Southampton), Southampton, U.K.
- 2000-2002 Research Associate at University of Tromsø, Norway
- 1996-2000 PhD student (Dr.Scient.), University of Oslo, Norway
- 1995-1996 German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Fellow at University of Hawai'i at Manoa, USA
- 1995 Research Scientist at Geomar, Kiel, Germany
- 1989-1994 MSc (Dipl.-Geophys.) in geophysics, Christian-Albrechts-University, Kiel, Germany
Research cruises
- 2025 R/V Sonne, SO312, Pacific Ocean (Kermadec Arc)
- 2025 R/V Sonne, SO310, Pacific Ocean (Cook Strait)
- 2024 R/V Maria S. Merian, Mediterranean Sea (Aegean Sea)
- 2023 R/V Sonne, SO299/2, Indian Ocean (Sunda Strait)
- 2023 R/V Tangaroa, TAN2305, Pacific Ocean (Hikurangi Margin)
- 2023 R/V Tangaroa, TAN2304, Pacific Ocean (Hikurangi Plateau)
- 2022 R/V Alkor AL579, Baltic Sea
- 2021 D/V Joides Resolution, IODP Exp. 396, Atlantic Ocean (European Sea)
- 2020 R/V Sonne SO277, Mediterranean Sea (Strait of Sicily)
- 2019 R/V Meteor 154/1, Caribbean
- 2018 R/V Alkor AL514, Baltic Sea
- 2018 R/V Sonne SO266, Pacific Ocean (South China Sea)
- 2017 R/V Alkor AL501, Baltic Sea
- 2017 R/V Maria S. Merian MSM63, North Sea
- 2016 R/V Sonne SO252, Pacific Ocean (Papua New Guinea)
- 2016 R/V Alkor AL487, Baltic Sea
- 2015 R/V Sonne SO241, Pacific Ocean (Gulf of California)
- 2015 R/V Poseidon POS491, Baltic Sea
- 2014 R/V Ocean Researcher 5, Pacific Ocean (South China Sea)
- 2013 R/V Ocean Researcher 5, Pacific Ocean (South China Sea)
- 2013 R/V Sonne SO227, Pacific Ocean (South China Sea)
- 2012 R/V Alkor AL404, Baltic Sea
- 2012 R/V Alkor AL403, Baltic Sea
- 2012 R/V Maria S. Merian MSM21/4, Atlantic Ocean (Svalbard)
- 2012 R/V Meteor M87/2, Atlantic Ocean (European Sea)
- 2011 R/V Alkor AL381, Baltic Sea
- 2011 R/V Aegeo, Mediterranean Sea (Ionian Sea)
- 2010 R/V Alkor AL360, Baltic Sea
- 2010 RRS James Cook JC45, Caribbean
- 2010 R/V Aegeo, Mediterranean Sea (Ionian Sea)
- 2009 R/V Alkor AL341, Baltic Sea
- 2008 R/V Heincke HE295, North Sea
- 2008 RRS James Clark Ross, Atlantic Ocean (Svalbard)
- 2008 R/V Thomas Thompson, Pacific Ocean (Oregon)
- 2006 RRS Charles Darwin, Atlantic Ocean / Mediterranean Sea
- 2005 R/V Jan Mayen, Atlantic Ocean (Barents Sea)
- 2004 R/V Urania, Mediterranean Sea (Adriatic Sea)
- 2003 R/V Urania, Mediterranean Sea (Adriatic Sea)
- 2002 R/V Jan Mayen, Atlantic Ocean (Barents Sea)
- 2001 R/V Jan Mayen, Arctic Ocean
- 2000 R/V Jan Mayen, Atlantic Ocean
- 1998 R/V Maurice Ewing, Pacific Ocean (Hawaii)
- 1994 R/V Aleksandr Karpinskiy, Atlantic Ocean
- 1993 R/V Poseidon POS200, Atlantic Ocean
- 1993 R/V Littorina, Baltic Sea
- 1992 F/S Livonia, Atlantic Ocean (Greenland Sea)
Current projects
- 2023-2025 REET, BMBF.
- 2024-2027 Multimarex, BMBF.
- 2024-2025 MetaSeis, HGF.
- 2024-2027 BRASS, BMBF.
