Geophysics and Water Resources
The Geophysics group focuses on the application and development of physical methods to studies of the solid Earth, including seismic methods, geodynamic modelling, potential field methods, geoelectric methods, georadar methods, wireline logs, and geothermal modelling.
The Water Resources research field focuses on the advancement of techniques for monitoring and simulating processes that govern fluxes of water and matter across hydrological domains; land surface, vadose zone, groundwater, and water bodies such as streams, lakes, and oceans.
Future student projects
- Inspiration catalogue
- Or come by our offices and talk to us about your ideas
Previous student projects
Ongoing reseach projects
- Center for Hydrology (HOBE)
- Groundwater resources development and sustainable agiculture
(Danida Fellowship Centre) - TReNDS - Transport and Reduction of Nitrate in Danish Landscapes at various Scales (Danish Research Council)
- ENIGMA - European training Network for in situ imaGing of dynaMic processes in heterogeneous subsurfAce environments
- WaterProtect (Horizon2020)
- HighPhos (Geocenter Denmark)
- GeoConcept (Geocenter Denmark)
- Interception (Geocenter Denmark)
- Geological characterization of clayey till using cross-borehole ground penetrating radar (Geocenter Denmark)
- ESGUSA - Enhancing Sustainable Groundwater Use in South Africa
Completed research projects
- Centre for Regional Change in the Earth System (CRES)
- Hydrological Forecasting and Data Assimilation (HYDROCAST)
- Center of Lake Restoration (CLEAR)
- Environmental Technology for Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide (CO2-GS)
- Nitrate Reduction in Geologically Heterogeneous Catchment (NICA)
- Rehabilitation of degraded waters(AQUAREHAB)
- Hydrological Modelling for Assessing Climate Change Impacts at different Scales (HYACINTS)
Courses coordinated or co-taught by staff from the Geophysics group
BSc curriculum
- GeoIntro: Basic Geophysics and Hydrogeology (L. Nielsen) - Blk1
- Introduction to Solid Earth Geophysics (L. Nielsen and G. Iaffaldano) - Blk1
- Mathematics for Geoscientists (G. Iaffaldano) - Blk1
- Geophysics: Global Tectonics (I. Artemieva) - Blk3
- Structural Geology (L.O. Boldreel) - Blk3
- Geologic Evolution of Denmark and the North-Atlantic Region (DanNor) (L. Nielsen) - Blk4
- Basic Geophysics and Hydrology Mandatory course
- Hydrogeology (HydroGeo)
Mandatory course - Hydrology (Hydro)
- Hydrogeological Field Course
- Basic Geochemistry
- Statistics in Geoscience
- Jordens opbygning, dynamiske historie og ressourcer (Geologi)
MSc curriculum
- Interpretation of Reflection Seismic and Wireline Log Data (L.O. Boldreel) - Blk1
- Solid Earth Geophysics (part 1) (I. Artemieva) - Blk1
- Acquisition and Processing of Seismic Data (L. Nielsen) - Blk2
- Solid Earth Geophysics (part 2) (G. Iaffaldano) - Blk2
- Lithosphere Structure from Geophysical Data (I. Artemieva) - Blk3
- Marine Geoscience (L.O. Boldreel) - Summer
- Water Resources (part 1)
Mandatory course - Water Resources (part 2)
Mandatory course - Groundwater Geochemistry
Mandatory course - Groundwater Exploitation and Protection
- Hydrogeology: Data Collection and Processing
- Water Resources Management
- Also: Climate Change and Water Resources
- Introduction to Arctic Geoscience
- The University of Texas at Austin, USA
- ETH Zürich, Switzerland
- Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany
- Uppsala University, Sweden
- University of Lausanne, Switzerland
- Maersk Oil, Denmark
- Danish Hydrocarbon Research and Technology Centre, Denmark
- Aarhus University, Denmark
- Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS), Denmark
- Ørsted (formerly DONG Energy), Denmark
- Haifa University, Israel
- University of Concepcion, Chile
- Ecole Normale Superieure Paris, France
- University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
- Australian National University, Australia
- DHI
- CUAHSI: Consortium of Universities for the advancement of Hydrologic Science
- GEUS: Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
- Hydrologiforum (Danish Network)
- TERENO: Terrestrial Environmental Observatory
- HOFOR
- NIRAS
- Region Hovestaden
- COWI
- Orbicon
HOBE
- Meadow Site - Skjern Enge
- Agricultural Site - Voulund
- Forest Site - Gludsted Plantation
- Stream Sites - Holtum
- Ringkøbing Fjord
National Park Thy
Hydrology of groundwater and lakes in National Park Thy.
Nørresø
Water and nutrient balance of a groundwater-fed lake in a forested till catchment.
Bøllemosen
Hydrology and nutrient cycling in a temperate raised bog.
Vestskoven Closing the forest water cycle budget using cosmic-ray neutron probe.
The study targets include secular evolution of the continental lithosphere, mantle structure, orogenic processes, rift processes, plate tectonic reconstructions, structure and dynamics of sedimentary basins, oceanic break-up and formation of continental margins, hydrogeophysics, topographic evolution, and neotectonics.
Staff
| Name | Title | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ane Labianca | PhD student | +45 91 33 36 60 | |
| Anton Grønne Kühl | PhD fellow | +45 353-34742 | |
| Bolette Badsberg Jensen | PhD student | +45 353-26802 | |
| Dongfang Qu | Postdoc | +45 353-33094 | |
| Elisa Bjerre | PhD fellow | +45 35 22 53 22 | |
| Felipe Andrés Quiero Silva | PhD fellow (affiliate) | ||
| Giampiero Iaffaldano | Associate professor | +45 353-34640 | |
| Hoang Huy Bui | PhD student | +45 353-34656 | |
| Johanna Keskinen | PhD student | +45 353-25733 | |
| Juan Ignacio Martin de Blas | PhD student | +45 353-30662 | |
| Karsten Høgh Jensen | Professor | +45 353-22484 | |
| Lars Nielsen | Professor | +45 353-22454 | |
| Lars Ole Boldreel | Associate professor | +45 353-22459 | |
| Mads Christian Lund Lorentzen | PhD student | ||
| Mahin Esmaeil Zaei | PhD student | +45 353-36869 | |
| Majken Caroline Looms Zibar | Associate professor | +45 353-22444 | |
| Peter Engesgaard | Professor | +45 353-22464 | |
| Rena Meyer | Postdoc | +45 353-37665 | |
| Sascha Müller | Postdoc | +45 353-34599 | |
| Skylor Milton Steed | PhD student | +45 353-27011 | |
| Søren Jessen | Associate professor | +45 353-22478 | |
| Tanja Denager | PhD student | +45 353-34402 | |
| Torben Obel Sonnenborg | Affiliate Professor | +45 91 33 36 35 |
Head of Research Group
Giampiero Iaffaldano
Associate Professor
Phone: +45 353-34640
E-mail: giia@ign.ku.dk