Willkommen zur 11. Geotechnik Fachtagung

PROF. DR. LYESSE LALOUI

Chair full professor, director of the civil engineering department and laboratory of soil mechanics

PROF. DR. HANS SCHIEGG

CEO Swiss Geopower

PROF. DR. SOPHIE MESSERKLINGER

Chair of geotechnical engineering, FH Oberösterreich, Campus Wels

PROF. DR. MARTIN SAAR

Chair for Geothermal Energy and Geofluids, ETH Zürich

DR. PETER MEIER

CEO Geothermie Schweiz

Barbara Franzen

Kantonsrätin

DR. THOMAS REINSCH

Director of laboratory at Fraunhofer IEG

Thomas Reinsch is Head of Laboratories at Fraunhofer IEG since August 2020. After studying physics and geology at the University of Cologne, he worked at the German Research Centre for Geosciences GFZ in Potsdam and earned a PhD degree from Clausthal University of Technology in Petroleum Engineering studying the well integrity of high-temperature geothermal wells. At GFZ, he started as doctoral student, continued as a research assistant and afterwards as group leader in the section »Geothermal Energy Systems«. He worked at the Delft University of Technology in section »Reservoir Engineering« in the Department »Geoscience & Engineering« in 2018 before he continued as a group leader in sections »Geoenergy« and later »Near-Surface geophysics« at GFZ. The main focus of Thomas’ work is related to fiber optic sensing technologies for downhole and surface applications ranging from well integrity to seismic exploration studies.

DR. PAUL SELVADURAI

Post Doc ETH Zürich

ANTONIO SALAZAR

Geotechnical engineer with experience in tunnel design and construction supervision. I have worked on tunneling projects in Chile, Peru, Austria, and Switzerland. I am currently doing a Ph.D. in ETHZ on deep borehole stability for geothermal energy production. Together with Prof. Rabaiotti, we have developed expertise in distributed fiber optics measurements for field and laboratory applications.