Andreas Fichtner
Professor at ETH Zurich
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Top SchoolAndreas Fichtner is an applied theoretical seismologist and professor at ETH Zurich with 13+ years of experience developing high-performance wave propagation tools and pioneering continental-scale full-waveform inversion. He created a widely used seismic wave simulator and introduced efficient resolution analysis methods for full-waveform inversion, work that underpins nearly 40 peer-reviewed publications and several major discoveries in Earth structure, including a double-plume beneath the North Atlantic. His research blends numerical innovation, inverse theory, and interferometric techniques, often applied directly to real data to reveal tectonic processes. A recognized leader in computational seismology, he has received awards from AGU, IUGG, an ERC Starting Grant, and the Hoffmann Prize, and leads a research group dedicated to advancing wave-based imaging and seismic tomography.
13 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Australian National UniversityGeophysics, Applied Mathematics, Geophysics, Applied Mathematics at University of WashingtonBachelor of Science - BS, Geophysics, Bachelor of Science - BS, Geophysics at TU Bergakademie FreibergLudwig Maximilian University of MunichSeismology, Seismology at Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Github Skills (12)
geodesy9
waveform9
geophysics8
seismology8
structure-from-motion8
spectral5
file-generator1
earth1
python1
python-codes1
interpolation1
file-input1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
afichtner/ANTS
Jun 2013 - Nov 2013
Contributions:20 commits in 5 months
afichtner/surf
Nov 2013 - Sep 2022
Contributions:14 commits, 6 pushes, 1 branch in 8 years 11 months
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