Curriculum Vitae
Hans AGURTO-DETZEL, PhD
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Geophysical Institute
Hertzstraße 16, Geb. 6.42
76187 Karlsruhe
Germany
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
2008–2012 PhD in Seismology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
Thesis: “Seismotectonics of the southern subduction Chilean margin revealed by recent aftershock sequences”
Advisor: Prof. Andreas Rietbrock.
2001-2007 Geology (with Maximum Distinction), University of Concepción, Chile.
Thesis: “Sismicidad local de la Region de Aysen entre los 44° y 49°S, Chile”
Advisor: Prof. Klaus Bataille
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Lecturer of summer school course ‘Introduction to Seismology’. University of São Paulo, 2014-2016.
Supervision of undergraduate and master students on seismic data-processing related projects. University of Liverpool 2010-2012.
Demonstrator for the subject of Geophysical Exploration during 2009/2010. University of Liverpool, UK.
Demonstrator for the subject of Geotectonics during 2007. University of Concepción, Chile.
Lecturer of course “Mining Fortification” (80 hours) and “Basic Geology” (80 hours) led to coal miners. CAPEX Ltda. and Sevicio Nacional de Capacitación y Empleo (SENCE) during November 2007, Curanilahue, Chile.
FIELD EXPERIENCE
2024 Albania. Project ANTICS. Removal of 400 stations across the country. 9 days.
2023 Argentina. Project ANDES. Installation of 10 stations around Agua Negra pass, 4700 m height. 10 days.
2023 Albania. Project ANTICS. Servicing of 400 stations across the country. 17 days.
2022 Albania. Project ANTICS. Installation of 400 stations across the country. 21 days.
2022 Georgia. Project DAMAST. Installation of 5 online broadband stations. 14 days.
2022 Ecuador. Project HIPER, removal of broadband stations along the coast. 20 days.
2020 Pacific Ocean. Project HIPER, active/passive seismology on board RV L’Atalante. 40 days.
2018 Ligurian Sea, Mediterranean. Project SEFASILS, reflection and refraction profile onboard of RV Porquoi Pas?. 10 days.
2016 Pantanal, Brazil. Installation and service of seismic stations. 15 days.
2013 Minas Gerais, Brazil. Service of seismic stations. 11 days.
2010 Chile. Maule aftershocks monitoring. Coordination and deployment of seismic stations. 5 weeks.
2010-2011 Carboneras project. Deployment of seismic stations in southern Spain. 4 weeks.
2008 Tenerife, Spain. Experience using several geophysical techniques. 2 weeks.
2007 Monitoring of Aysén fjord seismic sequence in Aysen Region, southern Chile. 7 weeks split in several services.
2006 Project SEARCH (Seismic Experiment in the Aysen Region, Chile) during January-February 2006. Passive seismics in chilean Patagonia for 1 month.
2005 Reflection seismic experiment TIPTEQ (The Incoming Plate to megaThrust EarthQuake) January 2005. Active seismics, 1 month.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
September 2021 – Present. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
November 2016 – July 2021. Post-doc researcher at Géoazur, Université Côte d’Azur, France
March-August 2015. Post-doc Fellow at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
February 2013 – October 2016. Post-doc researcher at University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
October – December 2012. Research Assistant at University of Liverpool, UK.
SUPERVISION AND EXAMINING COMMISSIONS
Member Examining Commission Master Thesis of Sofia Cubillos Gordillo, Uni. Nacional de Colombia, June 2024.
Co-supervision of PhD thesis Caroline Chalumeau. Geoazur, 2021
Co-supervision of master thesis Alexandra Renouard. Geoazur, 2017
Member of Examining Commission Master Thesis of Ana Paula Souza, Uni. de São Paulo, March 2017.
Member of Examining Commission Master Thesis of Carolina Rivadeneyra, Uni. de São Paulo, April 2016.
Member of Examining Commission PhD Thesis of Fábio Dias, Uni. de São Paulo, March 2016
AWARDS AND GRANTS
Post-doc overseas visit grant FAPESP 2014/26330-0. Brazil, 2015.
Post-doc grant FAPESP 2014/09455-3. Brazil, 2014-2016.
Presidente de la República” scholarship. Chile, 2008-2012. Full 4-years funding for PhD studies.
Ilustre Municipalidad de Lebu scholarship for academic excellence. Chile 2001-2006.
PUBLICATION METRICS
Total citations: 672 (Google Scholar, December 2023)
h-index: 16 (Google Scholar, December 2023)
GoogleScholar Publons ResearchGate ORCID
Nature Geoscience
Geophysical Research Letters
Seismological Research Letters
JGR Solid Earth
Tectonophysics
Geophysical Journal International
Pure and Applied Geophysics
Journal of South American Earth Sciences
FONDECYT Chile
Brazilian Academy of Science
The Seismic Record
LANGUAGES
Spanish: Native speaker.
English: Fluent. TOEFL IBT score 95 (2008).
Portuguese: Fluent
French: Basic conversational