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Magdalena Scheck-Wenderoth - Curriculum Vitae#


  • 1986 - 1993: Study of Geology, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen and Technische Universität Berlin. Diploma Thesis (in German): Structural analysis of the Gela-Nappe, Afro-European zone of convergence, Ramacca, Sicily (funded by Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes)
  • 1993: Project leader at EXALYT Berlin: projects in the field of contamination clean-up of groundwater and soil
  • 1994 - 1997: Doctorate study in Geosciences at Freie Universität Berlin and GFZ Potsdam: Theme: 3D Structural modelling of the Northeast German Basin considering crustal models
  • 1997 - 2000: Postdoc at GFZ Potsdam, geoprocess modelling group, within the framework of the German Research Foundation (DFG) joint project "Complementary studies to DEKORP BASIN96", since 1999 "Modelling of Geoprocesses ", performing research in intracontinental basins of North Central Europe. Preparation of the DFG priority programme "Sedimentary Basin Dynamics"
  • 2000: Research assistant professor at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, within the framework of the PACE TMR-network. Research topic: Basement structures in the Danish North Sea
  • 2001 - 2008: Researcher at GFZ Potsdam in the sections "Organic Geochemistry" and "Modelling of Geoprocesses ". Research topic: intracontinental northern European basins, passive continental margins of the Atlantic Ocean in Norway and South Africa, salt dynamics
  • 2008: Head of Section 4.4: Sedimentary Basin Analysis at GFZ Potsdam, 2014: Director Department 4. Chemistry of the Earth and then since 2016 Director of Department 6 Geotechnologies and Head of Section 6.1. Basin Modelling
  • 2008 - 2009 Helmholtz Management Academy (Malik Management Zentrum St. Gallen)
  • 2013: Professorship Sedimentary Basin Analysis at RWTH Aachen University as a joint appointment with GFZ Potsdam
  • 2024: Professorship Sedimentary Basins and Georessources at Technische Universität Berlin

Area of expertise:

Geoenergy and deformation of the crust and lithosphere,

Structure, geodynamics and physical properties of the deep subsurface,

Digital Twins of reservoirs, sedimentary basins and orogens relevant for geodynamic and geothermal applications,

Data-integration into virtual 3D structural representations of sediments, crust and lithospheric mantle, as a base for thermal and rheological modelling as well a for simulations of coupled thermo-hydraulic-mechanical processes

Past, present and future climate-groundwater interactions

The link between the geoscientific and human perspective with focus on resilient urban futures

3D gravity modelling, structural and subsidence history and salt dynamics.

Regional studies in Central Europe (Central European Basin System, Brandenburg, Elbe catchment, Berlin); South and North Atlantic conjugate passive margins, Arctic basins (Beaufort-MacKenzie Basin, Barents-Kara Sea), the North Anatolian Fault in the Maramara Sea, Sicily, Corinth-Rift, the Alps and their forelands (Molasse Basin, Upper Rhine Graben, Po Basin) the Andes and their foreland.

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