Here you will find an overview of the lecturers in the NHRE degree programme. Get in direct contact and get to know the respective professorships, institutes and research areas. 

Prof. Dr. Guido Morgenthal

Head of course program NHRE
Institute of Structural Engineering
Professorship for Modelling and Simulation of Structures

• Subjects
  • Primary hazards and risks (Wind engineering)
  • Structural engineering
  • Structural parameter survey and evaluation
  • Life-lines engineering
  • Computational and Experimental Wind Engineering

Jun.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Lars Abrahamczyk

Head of course program NHRE, Contact DAAD-EPOS NHRE
Institute of Structural Engineering
Professorship for Advanced Structures 

• Subjects
  • Primary hazards and risks (Seismic monitoring)
  • Earthquake engineering and structural design
  • Structural design and performance assessment (for extreme loading conditions)
  • Risk projects and evaluation of structures

Dr.-Ing. Jochen Schwarz

(Head of course program NHRE from 2010 to 2021)
Earthquake Damage Analysis Center (EDAC)

• Subjects
  • Primary hazards and risks (Seismic monitoring)
  • Earthquake engineering and structural design
  • Multi-hazard and risk assessment
  • Risk projects and evaluation of structures
  • Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and building stock survey
  • Structural design and performance assessment (for extreme loading conditions)

Jun.-Prof. Anastasia Athanasiou

Professorship for Natural Hazards and Structural Resilience

• Subjects:
  • Primary hazards and risks (Wind engineering)
  • Applied finite element methods and structural dynamics
  • Assessment of structural performance (under extreme loading conditions)

Prof. Dr. Fabrice Cotton

GFZ Potsdam

• Subject
  • Multi-hazard and risk assessment

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christan Koch

Institute of Construction Informatics, Applied Mathematics and Building Physics (IBMB)
Professorship for Intelligent Technical Design

• Subjects
  • Advanced building information modelling
  • Object-oriented modeling and programming in engineering

Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Carsten Könke

Institute of Structural Mechanics
Professorship for Structural Analysis and Component Strength 

• Subjects
  • Applied finite element methods and structural dynamics

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Matthias Kraus

Institute of Structural Engineering
Professorship for Steel and Hybrid Structures 

• Subjects
  • Structural engineering
  • Modelling of steel structures and numerical simulation
  • Design and interpretation of experiments

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Tom Lahmer

Institute of Structural Mechanics
Professorship for Optimization and Stochastics 

• Subjects
  • Stochastics and risk assessment
  • Introduction to Optimization / Optimization in Applications
  • Design and interpretation of experiments (incl. Signal Processing II)
  • Stochastic simulation techniques and structural reliability

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Melzner

BuiltEnvironment-Management-Institute
Professorship for Construction Engineering and Management 

• Subject
  • Disaster management and mitigation strategies

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Timon Rabczuk

Institute of Structural Mechanics
Professorship for Computational Mechanics 

• Subject
  • Finite element methods and structural dynamics
  • Applied finite element methods and structural dynamics

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Volker Rodehorst

Institute of Construction Informatics, Applied Mathematics and Building Physics (IBMB) 
Professorship for Computer Vision in Engineering 

• Subject
  • Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and building stock survey
  • Structural parameter survey and evaluation 

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Björn Rüffer

Institute of Construction Informatics, Applied Mathematics and Building Physics (IBMB) 
Professorship for Applied Mathematics 

• Subjects
  • Applied mathematics
  • Complex dynamics
  • Mathematics for data science

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Patrick Staubach

Institute of Structural Engineering 
Professorship for Soil mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering 

• Subjects
  • Geo- and hydrotechnical engineering
  • Secondary hazards and risks (land-use, site studies)

Dr.-Ing. Silke Beinersdorf

Institute of Structural Mechanics 
Earthquake Damage Analysis Center (EDAC) 

• Subject
  • Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and building stock survey
  • Multi-hazard and risk assessment
  • Geo- and hydrotechnical engineering: Flood Hazard and Vulnerability Assessment

Dr.-Ing. Holger Maiwald

Institute of Structural Mechanics 
Earthquake Damage Analysis Center (EDAC) 

• Subjects
  • Geo- and hydrotechnical engineering: Flood Hazard and Vulnerability Assessment
  • Multi-Hazard and risk assessment
  • Risk projects and evaluation of structures

Dr.-Ing. habil. Thomas Most

Institute of Structural Mechanics 

• Subject
  • Finite element methods and structural dynamics

Dr. Graeme Weatherill

GFZ Potsdam 

• Subject
  • Multi-hazard and risk assessment 

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Guido Morgenthal

Head of course program NHRE
Institute of Structural Engineering
Chair of Modelling and Simulation of Structures

Subjects:

• Structural engineering
• Structural parameter survey and evaluation
• Life-lines engineering 
• Model validation and simulation (Group project)
• Nonlinear analysis of structures under extreme Loading

Jun.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Lars Abrahamczyk

Head of course program NHRE
Institute of Structural Engineering
Chair of Advanced Structures

Subjects:

• Primary hazards and risks
• Earthquake engineering and structural design
• Risk projects and evaluation of structures
• Model validation and simulation (Group project)

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hans-Joachim Bargstädt

Chair for Construction Engineering and Management
Professor for Construction Engineering and Management

Subject:

• Disaster management and mitigation strategies

Prof. Dr. Fabrice Cotton

GFZ Potsdam

Subject:

• Multi-Hazard and risk assessment

Prof. Dr. phil. habil. Frank Eckardt

Chair of Urban Studies and Social Research

Subject:

• Disaster management and mitigation strategies

Prof. Dr. Gottfried Grünthal

GFZ Potsdam

Subject:

• Multi-Hazard and risk assessment

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Klaus Gürlebeck

Institute of Mathematics and Physics
Professor for Applied Mathematics

Subjects:

• Advanced training course
• Advanced modelling - CAE
• Advanced modelling - Calculation 
• Applied mathematics

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Rüdiger Höffer

Windingenieurwesen und Strömungsmechnik (University Bochum)

Subject:

• Primary hazards and risks: Wind Engineering

apl. Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Reinhard Illge

Institute of Mathematics and Physics

Subject:

• Structural parameter survey and evaluation

Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Carsten Könke

Institute of Structural Mechanics
Chair of Structural Analysis and Component Strength

Subjects:

• Finite element methods and structural dynamics
• Advanced Finite element methods and structural dynamics

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Matthias Kraus

Institute of Structural Engineering
Professor for Steel and Hybrid Structures

Subjects:

• Structural engineering
• Experimental structural evaluation and rehabilitation
• Modelling of steel structures and numerical simulation

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Tom Lahmer

Institute of Structural Mechanics
Juniorprofessorship Optimization and Stochastics

Subjects:

• Stochastics and risk assessment
• Introduction to Optimization / Optimization in Applications
• Design and interpretation of experiments (incl. Signal Processing  II)

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Timon Rabczuk

Institute of Structural Mechanics
Chair of Computational Mechanics

Subject:

• Finite element methods and structural dynamics

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Volker Rodehorst

Computer Vision in Engineering

Subject:

• Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and building stock survey
• Structural parameter survey and evaluation

Dr.-Ing. Jochen Schwarz

Earthquake Damage Analysis Center (EDAC)

Subjects:

• Primary hazards and risks (Seismic monitoring)
• Earthquake engineering and structural design
• Multi-Hazard and risk assessment
• Risk projects and evaluation of structures
• Evaluation of Existing Masonry Structures under Extreme Impacts (in the frame of “Model validation and simulation”)
• Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and building stock survey
• Assessment of structural performance (under extreme loading conditions)

Vert.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Kristina Doycheva

Computer Science in Structural Engineering

Subject:

• Fundamentals of structural health monitoring (SHM) and intelligent structural systems

Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Torsten Wichtmann

Geotechnics
Chair of Soil mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering

Subjects:

• Geo- and hydrotechnical engineering
• Secondary hazards and risks (land-use, site studies)
• Project geotechnics

Dr.-Ing. Silke Beinersdorf

Earthquake Damage Analysis Center (EDAC)

Subject:

• Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and building stock survey
• Multi-Hazard and risk assessment

M.Sc. Anastasiia Legatiuk

Institute of Mathematics and Physics

Subjects:

• Advanced Training Course
• Advanced Modelling – Calculation
• Advanced Modelling – CAE
• Applied mathematics

Dr.-Ing. Holger Maiwald

Earthquake Damage Analysis Center (EDAC)

Subjects:

• Geo- and hydrotechnical engineering: Flood Hazard and Vulnerability Assessment 
• Assessment of structural performance (under extreme loading conditions)

Dr.-Ing. Hans-Georg Timmler

Institute of Structural Engineering
Chair of Modelling and Simulation of Structures

Subjects:

• Nonlinear analysis of structures under extreme Loading

Dr. Graeme Weatherill

GFZ Potsdam

Subject:

• Multi-Hazard and risk assessment

Dr.-Ing. Volkmar Zabel

Institute of Structural Mechanics
Lecturer for Experimental Structural Dynamics

Subject:

• Finite element methods and structural dynamics
• Experimental structural dynamics