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Personal profile
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Key Qualifications
Marine geophysics, seismic data acquisition in Arctic Ocean, leadership experience, ocean bottom seismometers, management of seismic infrastructure
Research topics
Geophysical imaging of continental margins, geodynamic studies in the Arctic Ocean, geological storage of CO2, processing and modellig of seismic data, seismic tomography, joint onshore/offshore seismic data acqusition
Education
Degree: PhD in Natural Sciences
Place of education: Kiel University, Kiel, Germany
Graduation year 1996
Degree: MSc in Geophysics
Place of education: University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Graduation year 1992
Employment record and overall responsibilities
Professor
Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS), Copenhagen, Denmark
Key responsibilities: Seismic imaging and modelling
Period: since 2024
Senior Researcher
Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS), Copenhagen, Denmark
Key responsibilities: Continental Shelf Project of the Kingdom of Denmark, seismic refraction studies
Period 2004-2024
Senior Researcher
Danish Lithosphere Centre (DLC), Copenhagen, Denmark
Key responsibilities: Seismic studies on rifted continental margins
Period 2000-2004
Postdoctoral fellow
Department of Oceanography, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Key responsibilities: Analysis of seismic refraction data from the LITHOPROBE project
Period 1996-2000
Researcher
Department of Volcanology, GEOMAR, Kiel, Germany
Key Responsibilities Analysis of seismic reflection data from the Canary Islands.
Period 1996-1996
Project experience
Project: Continental Shelf Project of the Kingdom of Denmark
Period: since 2004
Project: Geological Storage of CO2 (CCS2022-24)
Period 2022-2024
Project: Tectonostratigraphic Atlas of the Northeast Atlantic (NAG-TEC)
Period 2008-2014
Project: European Plate Observing System (EPOS) – a European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC)
Period: since 2016
Project: DanSeis - the Danish national research infrastructure for seismic equipment
Period: since 2017
Research visits
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01-02/2016 |
Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven, Germany. Tomography and Monte Carlo analysis on seismic refraction data from the Eirik Ridge south off Greenland. |
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01-02/2009 |
Department of Oceanography, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada. Modeling of seismic refraction data from the Alpha Ridge, Arctic Ocean. |
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11/2003 |
GEOMAR Research Centre, Kiel, Germany, relocalization of ocean bottom seismometers. |
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10-12/2002 |
Department of Oceanography, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada. Depth migration of seismic data from the Nova Scotia margin. |
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02-04/2002 |
Department of Oceanography, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada. Modeling of Seismic refraction data from the Nova Scotia margin. |
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10/1998 |
Bullard Laboratories, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, England. Seismic tomography. |
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02-03/1995
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Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, Miami, Florida. Measurement of P- and S-wave velocities of core samples in a high-pressure testing facility |
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06-07/ 1995 04-07/ 1994 06-07/ 1993 |
Geological Institute, University of Århus, Denmark: interpretation and processing of high resolution reflection seismic data in the Canary Basin off northwest Africa. Seismic field work in Nørre Lyngby, Denmark.
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External positions
Member of Antarctica Expert Commission, German Federal Ministry of Environment and Consumer Protection
23 Nov 2021 → …
Co-chair of General Assembly, European Plate Observing Systems (EPOS) ERIC (European Research Infrastructure Consortium)
21 Apr 2020 → 20 Apr 2024
Delegate for Denmark in General Assembly, European Plate Observing Systems (EPOS) ERIC (European Research Infrastructure Consortium)
1 Dec 2018 → …
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Projects
- 3 Finished
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CCS2022-2024
Gregersen, U. (PI), Keiding, M. (PI), Fyhn, M. B. W. (PI), Abramovitz , T. J. (PI), Bjerager, M. (PI), Funck, T. (PI), Vosgerau, H. (CoI), Smit, F. (CoI), Mathiesen, A. (CoI), Mørk, F. M. (CoI), Schovsbo, N. H. (CoI), Petersen, H. I. (CoI), Nielsen, L. H. (CoI), Dybkjær, K. (CoI), Lauridsen, B. W. (CoI), Sheldon, E. (CoI), Olsen, M. L. (CoI), Pedersen, G. K. (CoI), Nielsen, C. M. (CoI), Rasmussen, E. S. (CoI), Jusri, T. A. (CoI), Laghari, S. (CoI) & Rasmussen, L. M. (CoI)
3/01/22 → 31/12/24
Project: Research
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Nordic EPOS
Voss, P. H. (PI), Funck, T. (CoI), Larsen, T. (CoI), Dahl-Jensen, T. (CoI) & Rinds, N. (CoI)
1/04/20 → 31/03/23
Project: Research
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The GEM2-project: Stratigraphy of the West Greenland margin
Gregersen, U. (PI), Knutz, P. (CoI), Pedersen, G. K. (CoI), Nøhr-Hansen, H. (CoI), Ineson, J. R. (CoI), Larsen, L. M. (CoI), Hopper, J. R. (CoI), Bojesen-Koefoed, J. (CoI), Dam, G. (CoI), Funck, T. (CoI) & Hovikoski, J. (CoI)
13/03/18 → 31/12/20
Project: Research
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CO2 storage potential in Denmark ‒ Scientific results and perspectives from investigations of selected geological structures in the CCS2022‒2024 project
Gregersen, U., Keiding, M., Fyhn, M. B. W., Abramovitz , T., Bjerager, M., Vosgerau, H., Smit, F. W. H., Mathiesen, A., Mørk, F., Funck, T., Schovsbo, N. H., Petersen, H. I., Nielsen, L. H., Dybkjær, K., Lauridsen, B. W., Sheldon, E., Pedersen, G. K., Nielsen, C. M., Rasmussen, E. S. & Malehmir, A. & 9 others, , 2025. 5 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract at conference
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Seismic investigations of eight geological structures for potential storage of CO2 in Denmark: an introduction
Gregersen, U., Fyhn, M. B. W., Keiding, M., Abramovitz , T., Bjerager, M., Vosgerau, H., Smit, F. W. H., Funck, T., Mathiesen, A., Mørk, F., Schovsbo, N. H., Petersen, H. I., Nielsen, L. H., Dybkjær, K., Lauridsen, B. W., Sheldon, E., Olsen, M. L., Pedersen, G. K., Nielsen, C. M. & Rasmussen, E. S. & 10 others, , 2025, In: GEUS Bulletin. 60, 29 p., 8385.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (Scopus) -
Advancements in seismic imaging for geological carbon storage: Study of the Havnsø structure, Denmark
Papadopoulou, M., Zappalà, S., Malehmir, A., Kucinskaite, K., Westgate, M., Gregersen, U., Funck, T., Smit, F. & Vosgerau, H., Sept 2024, In: International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control. 137, 14 p., 104204.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access7 Citations (Scopus) -
CCS2022-2024 WP1: The Jammerbugt structure. Seismic data and interpretation to mature potential geological storage of CO2
Fyhn, M. B. W., Mathiesen, A., Nørmark, E., Mørk, F., Smit, F., Vosgerau, H., Laghari, S., Funck, T., Jusri, T. & Gregersen, U., 22 Feb 2024, GEUS. 82 p. (Danmarks og Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse Rapport; No. 11, Vol. 2024).Research output: Book/Report › Report (publicly available)
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Combined onshore and offshore wide-scale seismic data acquisition and imaging for carbon capture and storage exploration in Havnsø, Denmark
Zappalá, S., Malehmir, A., Papadopoulou, M., Gregersen, U., Funck, T., Clausen, O. R. & Nørmark, E., 1 Jul 2024, In: Geophysics. 89, 4, p. B257–B272 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
9 Citations (Scopus)
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Preliminary results of the 2022 SEAMS expedition in Ammassalik Basin, East Greenland
Pérez, L. F. (Speaker), Hopper, J. R. (Speaker), Funck, T. (Speaker), Andresen, K. J. (Speaker), Kinnerup, S. H. G. (Speaker), Jensen, E. F. (Speaker) & Clausen, O. R. (Speaker)
27 Nov 2023 → 29 Nov 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Scientific presentation without abstract/poster
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The Lomonosov Ridge revisited: Evidence for pre-C24 seafloor spreading in Amundsen Basin?
Funck, T. (Speaker) & Shimeld, J. (Speaker)
3 Jun 2019 → 5 Jun 2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Scientific presentation without abstract/poster
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The northern continental shelf of Greenland and the Morris Jesup Rise imaged by seismic refraction data
Brotzer, A. (Speaker), Funck, T. (Speaker), Geissler, W. H. (Speaker), Berglar, K. (Speaker), Heyde, I. (Speaker) & Ehrhardt, A. (Speaker)
3 Jun 2019 → 5 Jun 2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Scientific presentation without abstract/poster
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WP2 Ongoing work at GEUS
Ahlstrøm, A. P. (Speaker), Mankoff, K. D. (Speaker), Solgaard, A. M. (Speaker), Fausto, R. S. (Speaker), Citterio, M. (Speaker), As, D. V. (Speaker), Box, J. E. (Speaker), Wiese, M. B. (Speaker), Voss, P. H. (Speaker), Larsen, T. B. (Speaker), Dahl-Jensen, T. (Speaker) & Funck, T. (Speaker)
9 Jan 2018 → …Activity: Talk or presentation › Scientific presentation without abstract/poster
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Lomonosov Ridge - a natural prolongation of the Northern Continental Shelf of Greenland
Marcussen, C. (Speaker), Mørk, F. M. (Speaker), Funck, T. (Speaker) & Hopper, J. R. (Speaker)
6 Dec 2017 → 8 Dec 2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Scientific presentation without abstract/poster
Press/Media
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Kamp om Nordpolens olie
Marcussen, C., Funck, T. & Dahl-Jensen, T.
9/12/07
1 Media contribution
Press/Media