Dr. Cédric Schmelzbach

Graduate of University of Zurich, Switzerland, (M.Sc.), and Uppsala University, Sweden (Ph.D.), including a visit as reseacrh fellow to Rice University, Houston. After graduating, Dr. Schmelzbach worked as a postdoc first at University of Potsdam, Germany, and later at Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. He joined ETH Zurich in 2012, and currently holds a position as senior scientist and lecturer. Dr. Schmelzbach’s research is centered around seismic exploration at different scales including near-surface seismic methods, acquisition and processing of seismic multicomponent data, seismic spatial-gradient and rotational-motion measurements, and multi-disciplinary investigations of the shallow subsurface. More recently, he became involved in space exploration and is a member of the Science Team of NASA’s InSight mission to Mars as well as the LISA consortium. Dr. Schmelzbach is member of EGU, AGU, EAGE, SEG and DFG. He holds offices with the EGU and is editor of Advances in Geophysics.