Gregor Hillers

University of Helsinki

Professor Gregor Hillers completed his doctoral degree in Geophysics at ETH Zürich, Switzerland, in 2005. In his thesis “On the Origin of Complexity in Continuum Fault Models With Rate and State Friction” he used numerical models of an earthquake fault to analyze the effect of various physical fault zone properties on the synthetic seismicity patterns, in comparison to observed earthquake complexities. Prof Hillers’ main research areas include seismology, array seismology, passive or noise-based seismic imaging and monitoring, and earthquake physics and scaling relations. He currently holds the position of Professor in Seismology at the University of Helsinki’s Institute of Seismology at the Department of Geosciences and Geography. He has been managing the mobile Finnish Seismic Instrument Pool FINNSIP. In FAME, Prof Hillers expands his research and collaboration network in Finland to enhance subsurface imaging and monitoring techniques. Two FAME related DREAM PhD candidates support this integration.