Vita
| Name | Timo Kessler |
| Birth date | 10/07/1981 |
| Nationality | german |
Education
| 10/2015 – ongoing | University of Salzburg MSc studies in geology |
| 12/2008 – 05/2012 | Technical University of Denmark and Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Denmark PhD in glacial geology and hydrogeology title: Hydrogeological Characterization of Low-Permeability Clayey Tills - The Role of Sand Lenses |
| 02/2008 – 10/2008 | UNESCO-IHE and Technical University of Delft, Netherlands and Sokoine University of Tanzania Graduation (Dipl.-Ing.) in environmental engineering |
| 01/2007 – 12/2007 | Gobabeb Training and Research Centre, Namibia Studies abroad |
| 10/2002 – 12/2006 | University of Stuttgart, Germany Studies in environmental engineering |
Research Experience
| 12/2017 – ongoing | Forum Bergbau und Wasser researcher for numerical modeling, University of Greifswald |
| 06/2016 – 02/2017 | Degent-Net - Distributed geothermal low-temperature heating grids in urban areas consultant in numerical modeling, Geoconsult ZT GmbH, Salzburg, AT |
| 12/2008 – 06/2012 | REMTEC - Remediation Technologies for contaminated soil and groundwater researcher and site engineer for contaminant investigation and remediation, Technical University of Denmark |
Professional Experience
| 12/2017 – ongoing | Georesearch Forschungsgesellschaft mbH, Salzburg, Austria
research consultant hydrogeology |
| 01/2013 – 11/2017 | Geoconsult ZT GmbH, Salzburg, Austria
project leader hydrogeology (groundwater modeling) |
Research Interests
• retracement of deep groundwater with respect to origin and retention times
• numerical modeling of mine water and vulnerable groundwater resouces
• description and stochastic sinulation of geological heterogeneity
• hydraulic classification of karstic and crystalline formations in fault zones
• assessment of geothermal resources in complex tectonic frameworks
Further Qualification
Glaciology and glacial geology – field course in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland
Geostatistics and GIS – PhD course at the University of Århus, Denmark
Hydrogeophysics – PhD field course at GEOcenter Copenhagen, Denmark
Modeling Heterogeneity and Transport in Geologic Media – PhD course at GEOcenter Copenhagen, Denmark
Flow and Transport in Porous/Fractured Media – summer school in Cargèse, Corsica
Groundwater modeling with HydroGeoSphere, PhD course at GEOcenter Copenhagen, Denmark
Key Publications
Kessler, T.C., Comunian, A., Oriani, F., Renard, P., Nilsson, B., Klint, K.E., Bjerg, P., 2012. Modeling Fine-scale Geological Heterogeneity – Examples of Sand Lenses in Tills. Groundwater.
Kessler, T.C., Klint, K.E., Nilsson, B., Bjerg, P.L., 2012. Characterization of Sand Lenses Embedded in Tills. Quaternary Science Reviews, 53, 55-71.
Kessler, T.C., Klint, K.E., Nilsson, B., Bjerg, P.L., 2011. Characterization of sand lenses and their role for subsurface transport in low-permeability clay tills. GeoHydro 2011, Proceedings paper.
Kessler, T.C., Klint, K.E.S., Renard, P., Nilsson, B., Bjerg, P.L., 2010. Geostatistical description of geological heterogeneity in clayey till as input for improved characterization of contaminated sites. IAHS, GQ2010, Proceedings paper.
Christiansen, C., Damgaard, I., Broholm, M.M., Kessler, T.C., Klint, K.E., Nilsson, B., Bjerg, P.L., 2010. Comparison of Delivery Methods for Enhanced In Situ Remediation in Clay Till. Ground Water Monitoring & Remediation, 30 (4), 107-122.
Skills
| Languages | |
| German | excellent (mother tongue) |
| English | excellent (speaking and writing) |
| Danish | fluent (speaking and writing) |
| French | moderate (speaking) |
| IT | |
| data processing: | MS Office, Latex |
| database management: | Access, SQL, Viewlog, SiteFX, GeoDIN |
| GIS: | ArcMap, QGIS |
| modeling: | Feflow, Modflow, Hydrogeosphere, Petrel |
| geostatistics: | SGemS, TPROGS, R |
| programming: | Matlab - good; Python, Java - basic |
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