Dr. Christian Brandes

since 04/2006
Researcher on a permanent position at the Institute of Geology/Leibniz University Hannover

2006
Doctoral degree (Dr. rer. nat.), Leibniz University Hannover (Thesis title: "The Evolution of the Limón Back-arc basin: Modelling of thermal-history and tectonic deformation")

2002
Diploma degree in Geology and Palaeontology, University of Hannover (Thesis title: "Faziesarchitektur grobklastischer Channel-Levee-Komplexe im Bereich des Sandino-Beckens, SW-Nicaragua")

2003 - 2005
Graduate scholarship from the State Lower Saxony

02. - 07.10.2010
IAS field Trip "Mass-transport deposits and gravity flows, syn- to post-glacial Carboniferous basins of Western Argentina"

29.09.2010
“Sedimentation and tectonics across the Andes”, Mendoza, Argentinien

04. - 10.10.2009
AAPG Hedberg Research Conference „Deepwater Fold and Thrust Belts“ Workshop and field trips, Tirrenia, Italy

01.04.2007
AAPG Field Trip "Famous and little known oil seeps of Los Angeles and Ventura County"

25. - 27.09.2006
Short Course „From outcrop analogues to seismic modelling: Integrated approaches to visualizing and understanding 3D geological bodies using PETREL” at GV Meeting in Potsdam

02. - 07.09.2006
IAS Field Trip “Tectonics and sedimentation of the active Taiwan mountain belt”

30.08.2006
Short Course “Experimental Stratigraphy” at the ISC 2006, Fukuoka, Japan

06.06.2006
Short Course “Depositional Sequences in Siliciclastic Environments” at SEPM-CES Meeting at Göttingen

10. - 11.09.2005
Short Course "Understanding and Modeling Hydrocarbon Generation and Migration in Sedimentary Basins" at AAPG Meeting and Exhibition, Paris

22. - 23.06.2005
SEPM/AAPG Field Trip "Regional to Wellbore Scale Petroleum Structures of the Alberta Thrust Belt"

18. - 19.06.2005
SEPM Short Course "3D Seismic Interpretation" at the AAPG Annual Meeting, Calgary

31.05. - 01.06.2004
Short Course "Integrated Stratigraphic and Tectonic Modelling" at Aachen University

02. - 05.03.2004
Short Course "Numerical Modelling of Geo-Processes" at Freiburg University

14. - 16.01.2004
Short Course "Seismic Imaging of Sedimentary Structures" at Bremen University/Research Center Ocean Margins

06. - 10.10.2003
Short Course "3D Seismic Interpretation" at Aachen University

08. - 13.06.2002
Short Course "Petroleum Geology" at Heidelberg University

08. - 09.11.2001
ODP Contourite Core Workshop" at Bremen University

03. - 07.05.1999
Short Course "Seismic Interpretation" at the Geological Survey of Lower Saxony

22. - 26.02.1999
Short Course "Microfacies Analysis of Carbonate Rocks" at Erlangen-Nürnberg University

15. - 20.02.1999
Short Course "Clastic Sedimentation Part II" at Bochum University