Scientific Interests

Plate tectonics and plate reconstructions

Modelling the crust and lithosphere (ocean and continent)

Gravity inversion

Combining different geophysical data sets

Education and Career

Since 03/2024 Researcher (PostDoc) at GEOMAR

02/2022 PhD in Geophysics: "Linking the Deep Structures of the South American and African cratons with satellite gravity data"

11/2020 - 02/2024 Research assistant  (PostDoc and Lecturer) at Kiel University, Working group Satellite and Aerogeophysics

01/2020 - 02/2020 Two-month research stay at Earthbyte Group, University of Sydney, Australia

09/2017 – 10/2020 Research assistant (PhD Student) at Kiel University, Working group Satellite and Aerogeophysics

08/2016 – 12/2016 Four-month research stay at Centre for Earth Evolution and Dynamics (CEED), University of Oslo, Norway

10/2014 – 08/2017 Msc Geophysics at Kiel University 

10/2011 - 09/2014 Bsc Geosciences at Goethe University Frankfurt 

Scientific articles - peer-reviewed

Haas, P., J. Ebbing,W. Szwillus (2023). Cratonic crust illuminated by global gravity gradient inversion. Gondwana Research Focus Review, doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2023.04.012.

Haas, P., R. D. Müller, J. Ebbing,N.-P. Finger, M. Kaban, C. Heine (2022). Modeling lithospheric thickness along the conjugate South Atlantic passive margins implies asymmetric rift initiation. Solid Earth, doi.org/10.1029/2021TC006828.

Ognev, I., J. Ebbing, P. Haas (2022). Crustal structure of the Volgo–Uralian subcraton revealed by inverse and forward gravity modelling. EGU Solid Earth, doi.org/10.5194/se-13-431-2022.

Haas, P., J. Ebbing, N. Celli, P. Rey (2021). Two-step gravity inversion reveals variable architecture of African cratons. Frontiers in Earth Science, doi.org/10.3389/feart.2021.696674.

Ebbing, J., D. Yixiati, P. Haas, F. Ferraccioli, S. Scheiber-Enslin (2021). East Antarctica magnetically linked to its ancient neighbours in Gondwana. Scientific Reports, doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-84834-1.

Haas, P., J. Ebbing, W. Szwillus (2020). Sensitivity analysis of gravity gradient inversion of the Moho depth – A case example for the Amazonian Craton. Geophysical Journal International, doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggaa122

Ebbing, J., P. Haas, F. Ferraccioli, F. Pappa, W. Szwillus, J. Bouman (2018). Earth tectonics as seen by GOCE – Enhanced satellite gravity gradient imaging. Scientific Reports, doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-34733-9.

Shahraki, M., H. Schmeling, P. Haas (2017). Lithospheric thickness jumps at the S-Atlantic continental margins from satellite gravity data and modelled isostatic anomalies. Tectonophyics, doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2017.10.027.

Invited talks

10/2023 Geophysics workshop in Douala, Cameroon: Geophysical inversion for imaging the crust 

09/2023 Seminar am Ifremer, Brest: The Lithospheric Architecture of the Conjugate South Atlantic Passive Margins — Implications for Asymmetric Rift Initiation

02/2020 Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists, NSW Division Meeting, Sydney: Satellite gravity data as an important tool to decipher the lithospheric architecture of supercontinents

02/2020 Geological Society of Australia, NSW Division Meeting, Sydney: Linking Gravity Gradient Inversion with Seismological Regionalization – Implications for the Moho depth of Western Gondwana Cratons

06/2018 Africa Array Scientific Meeting, Johannesburg: Working with satellite gravity data and tesseroids

Media

Drei Magnetsatelliten und ein Urkontinent (German) (2021):

www.deutschlandfunk.de/swarm-und-gondwana-drei-magnetsatelliten-und-ein-urkontinent-100.html

Unter dem Eisschild (German) (2021):

www.uni-kiel.de/de/universitaet/detailansicht/news/048-antarktika-nachbarn
www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/Swarm/Antarctica_s_magnetic_link_to_ancient_neighbours

Mit der Masterarbeit direkt in die New York Times (German) (2020):

www.youtube.com/watch

GOCE gradients linked to plate tectonics (2020):

www.uni-kiel.de/de/universitaet/detailansicht/news/neue-tektonische-ansichten-von-erde-und-antarktis/
www.esa.int/spaceinvideos/Videos/2018/11/GOCE_reveals_Antarctic_tectonics
www.nytimes.com/2018/11/23/science/east-antarctica-supercontinent.html