GEOMAR  Kopp, Heidrun

Prof. Dr. habil. Heidrun Kopp

Scientist, Topic 3
Research Division 4: Dynamics of the Ocean Floor
Research Unit: Marine Geodynamics

Office:
Phone: +49-431 600 2334
E-Mail: hkopp(at)geomar.de

Address:
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Room 8D-227
Wischhofstrasse 1-3, D-24148 Kiel
Germany

Assistants:
Anne Völsch / Jette Schätzel / Ines Staben
Phone: +49-431 600 2271
E-Mail: office-fb4(at)geomar.de

Research Focus

  • Seafloor geodesy for the detection of crustal deformation
  • Subduction processes and seismicity at convergent plate boundaries
  • Natural hazards
  • Seismic imaging techniques for exploring the structure of the crust and lithosphere
  • Influence of plate interface geometry on seimogenesis and rupture processes

Projects & Cruises

  • 2026:              T-SECTOR CLEFT (PI), ERC SynGrant, SO321/1-2
  • 2025:              MMC-3 (PI), DAM, M215
  • 2025:              T-SECTOR SEPR (co-PI), ERC SynGrant, SO314
  • 2024 - 2026:   coordinated research initiative MULTI-MAREX (coordinator),
                           3. DAM research mission mareXtreme
  • 2023 - 2029:   T-SECTOR (PI), ERC Synergy Grant
  • 2023 - 2025:   DYNAMET (co-PI), BMBF, SO299
  • 2022 – 2026:  EnvSeis (PI), Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Doctoral Network, EU
  • 2022 - 2025:   PISAGUA (co-PI), BMBF, SO297
  • 2022 - 2024:   CLOCKS (co-PI), BMBF, SO294
  • 2021 - 2024:   COMBO (PI), BMBF, SO288
  • 2018 - 2020:   SPP2017 Alp Array (PI), DFG
  • 2018 - 2020:   ARCHIMEDES (co-PI), BMBF, SO267
  • 2017 - 2021:   LOBSTER (PI), DFG, MSM71
  • 2017:              MARE (PI),  DFG, M143
  • 2015 - 2018:   GeoSEA (Koordinatorin), BMBF, SO244
  • 2015:              Marsite Pickup (PI), DFG, POS484/1
  • 2014:              DIONYSUS (PI), DFG, M111
  • 2012 - 2014:   GEOSEA (PI), BMBF
  • 2011 - 2012:   ALPHA (PI), DFG, M86/3
  • 2011 - 2013:   South China Sea (PI), NSF China
  • 2010 - 2011:   TIGER, Petersen Stiftung
  • 2007 - 2009:   MANGO (PI), BMBF, SO192
  • 2006 - 2007:   SINDBAD (Coordinator), BMBF, SO190
  • 2005 - 2008:   SEACAUSE I & II (PI), BMBF, SO186/3
  • 2006 - 2007:   SUNDA (PI), DFG
  • 2006 - 2009:   Thales was Right (co-PI), EU-6 FP, MSM04/02
  • 2006 - 2007:   TRAIL (PI), DFG
  • 2005 - 2008:   SALVATORE (co-PI), EU-6 FP
  • 2004 - 2006:   MERAMEX (PI), BMBF SO176 & SO179
  • 2004 - 2005:   SundaArc (co-PI), DFG/BMBF

Vita

  • Since 2024       Coordination 'MULTI-MAREX', 3. DAM research mission mareXtreme
  • Since 2023       PI, ERC Synergy Grant T-Sector
  • Since 2021       Head of Research Division 4: Dynamics of the Ocean Floor, GEOMAR
  • 2019 - 2021      President of the German Geophysical Society DGG
  • Since 2019       Chair European Marine Board Marine Geohazards and Blue Economy
  • Since 2019       Vice President Inter-Commission Committee on Marine Geodesy (ICMG)
  • Since 2019       Chair ICMG Ocean Disaster Monitoring
  • 2018 - 2028      Adjunct, Dept of Earth Sciences, Dalhousie University 
  • 2018                 Visiting Scientist, ONC and Univ. Victoria, Kanada
  • 2017 - 2019      president-elect of the German Geophysical Society (DGG)
  • 2016 - 2019      Member of the Scientific Advisory Board, DVGeo
  • 2015 - present  Member of the Consultatory Commitee for Antarctic Research, UBA
  • 2015 - present  Member of the Steering Committee, SPP2017 & AlpArray
  • 2012 - 2017      Head of Research Division 4: Dynamics of the Ocean Floor, GEOMAR
  • since 2012        Professor for Seafloor Geodesy, Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR)
  • 2011                 Habilitation, University of Kiel
  • since 2010        Board of Directors, German Geophysical Society
  • 2003 - 2012      Assistant Professor, Marine Seismology, IFM-GEOMAR, Kiel
  • 2001 - 2003      Post Doc, GEOMAR, Kiel
  • 1998 - 2001      Research Scientist (PhD/ Dr. rer. nat in 2001)
  • 1998                 Visiting Scientist, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, USA
  • 1997 MSc.        Geophysics, University of Kiel (Diplom)
  • 1994 BSc.         Geophysics, University of Kiel (Vordiplom)

Teaching

  • 060021           Regionale Geophysik
  • 500087           Current Research Topics in Marine Geodynamics
  • 060910           Dynamik der Erde / Dynamics of the Earth
  • 500078           Einführung in die Geophysik I
  • 060187           Plate Tectonics
  • 500035           Petroleum Geophysics
  • 500073           Einführung in die Geophysik II: Geoelektrik
  • 060183           Praktikum zu Einführung in die Geophysik II
  • 500051           Fundamental Concepts in Geodynamics
  • 500144           Continental Margins
  • 500095           Geothermie
  • 500028           Reservoirgeophysik
  • 06515             Subduction Zones – Subduction Factory

Committees and Cooperations

2021 - 2023            
Vice president of the German Geophysical Society (Deutsche Geophysikalische Gesellschaft)

2019-2021       
Chairwoman of the European Marine Board Working Group Marine Geohazards and Blue Economy

2019-2021
President of the German Geophysical Society (Deutsche Geophysikalische Gesellschaft)

since 2019           
Vice president of the Inter-Commission Committee on Marine Geodesy (ICCM), IUGG

2017 - 2019         
Designated president of the German Geophysical Society (Deutsche Geophysikalische Gesellschaft)

2016 - 2019         
Member of the scientific advisory board, DVGeo

2015 - 2021          
Member of the commission  "independent scientific experts for Environmental Protection in the Antarctic" German Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt -UBA)

2015 - 2024         
Member of the steering committee SPP2017 & AlpArray

2010 - 2023         
Board Member of the German Geophysical Society (Deutsche Geophysikalische Gesellschaft).

Patent

Kopp, H., Lange, D., Steffen, K. P. and Petersen, F. Antragsteller/Inhaber: GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel (2017) Vorrichtung zur lösbaren Verbindung eines Drahtes und Verfahren zum Ausbringen des Gerätes in ein Gewässer mit der Vorrichtung. DE 102016107558 A1 2017.10.26 (Patent).

Science Communication

a selection - mostly available in German only

Selected publications

Publications (OceanRep)

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