Tobias Schwestermann 
phone: +43 512 507 54234
fax: +43 512 507 54399
e-mail: tobias.schwestermann@uibk.ac.at
Reseach interests:
- Sedimentology
- Marine geology and geophysics
- Paleoseismology
- Submarine landslides and turbidites
Education:
Present: PhD student at the University of Innsbruck. Studying extreme event deposits archived in the sedimentary record offshore Japan; Supervisor: Prof. M. Strasser
2014-2016: Master in Earth Sciences at ETH Zurich. Master thesis: Mass-movement event stratigraphy in Lake Constance; Supervisor: Prof. F. S. Anselmetti
2014: Exchange semester at the University of Bergen, Norway
2011-2014: Bachelor in Earth Sciences at ETH Zurich. Bachelor thesis: Erosion and sedimentation in Lake Zurich - the influence of lake currents on sedimentary processes; Supervisor: Prof. M. Strasser
Reseach Expeditions:
2013-present: Several field campaigns (coring, reflection seismics, airgun seismics, bathymetry) on Swiss lakes.
Ocean-going Research Expeditions:
2016: R/V Sonne Cruise SO251B: Research Cruise to the Nankai Trough - Kumano Basin (Geophysicist / Sedimentologist / Student trainee)
2016: R/V Sonne Cruise SO251A: Research Cruise to the Japan Trench (Geophysicist / Sedimentologist / Student trainee)