Curriculum Vitae

Education
1996 - 2000
Dr. rer. nat. (Ph.D.) (summa cum laude), Physics (Geophysics, Seismology), Universität Göttingen, Germany
Thesis Title: A study of the Earth's upper mantle discontinuities in the Pacific using a short-period array (in English)
Supervisors: Dr. Christensen (Göttingen) and Dr. Weber (GFZ Potsdam)
1992 - 1996
Diplom (M.Sc.), Physics (Geophysics, Geodynamics), Universität Göttingen
Thesis Title: A study of the compensation mechanism of the Hawaiian Swell (in German)
Supervisor: Dr. Christensen
1990 - 1992
Vordiplom (B.Sc.), Physics, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany


Work Experience

05/2011 - today
Reader of Global Seismology, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, UK
05/2006 - 05/2011
Lecturer, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, UK
 09/2004 - 05/2006
Faculty Research Associate, Arizona State University, Tempe,USA
09/2003 - 09/2004
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Arizona State University, Tempe,USA
11/2000 - 09/2003
CSEDI Post-doctoral Researcher, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA
Supervisors: Dr. Revenaugh (UCSC, now University of Minnesota), Dr. Garnero (ASU) and Dr. Williams (UCSC)
06/1996 - 11/2000
Research Assistant, Seismology/Geodynamics, Institut für Geophysik, Universität Göttingen, Germany
Supervisors: Dr. Christensen and Dr. Weber
06/1996 - 11/2000
UNIX System Administrator, Institut für Geophysik, Universität Göttingen, Germany
09/1998 - 11/2000
Teaching Assistant, Seismology
Supervisor: Dr. Ritter, Universität Göttingen, Germany
06/1996 - 11/2000
Teaching Assistant, Seismological Seminar
in collaboration with: Dr. Weber and Dr. Ritter, Universität Göttingen, Germany
08/1993 - 09/1993
Research Assistant
GSF Forschungszentrum für Umwelt und Gesundheit, Braunschweig, Germany


Research Interest

Global structural seismology

Deep Earth boundary layer structure

Array Seismology


Biographical Information
Born: December 25, 1970
Citizenship German

married, two children


Community Service
Convener
AGU Spring Meeting 2002: Understanding the Heterogeneity of the Lower Mantle; joint with: Viewing Seismic Observations Through the Lens of Mineral Physics (co-convener: J. Revenaugh, Q. Williams).
Local Organizing Committee
13th Symposium on Studies of the Earth's Deep Interior, Leeds, 2012
Reviewer
  • Journal of Geophysical Research (Solid Earth)
  • Geophysical Journal International
  • Science
  • Nature
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors
  • Journal of Seismology
  • Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
  • Journal of Earthquake Research
  • Nonlinear Geophysics

Funding (for further information see Projects Page)

NSF CSEDI
A. McNamara (PI), E. Garnero (co-PI), and S. Rost (co-PI)

Investigation the relationship between plume dynamics and ULVZ  geometry
in collaboration with M. Manga (UC Berkeley)

NSF Geophysics
S. Rost (PI), and E. Garnero (co-PI)

Fine scale structure of the upper mantle using array technologies

NERC New Investigator Award
 S.Rost

Continental and oceanic upper mantle structure from seismic array data
NERC
Standard Grant
S.Rost and J. Brodholt (UCL)

Origin of the ultral-low velocity zones at the core mantle boundary

NERC
Standard Grant
S.Rost, G. Houseman, T. Wright, G. LLoyd, D. Cornwell, and R. Phillips

Deep crustal structure of the North Anatolian Fault Zone and the earthquake cycle


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