CV

Education

• Ph.D in Geophysics, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 2019
• M.S. in Earth Science majoring in Geophysics, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 2013
• B.S. in Earth Science, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 2011

Professional Career

• since 04/2023: Deputy head
  • RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany: Geophysical Imaging and Monitoring Teaching and Research Unit
• since 08/2021: Postdoctoral researcher
  • RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany: Chair of Methods for Model-based Development in Computational Engineering
• 07/2020 – 12/2021: Guest scientist
  • Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen, Germany: Geoscience Center
• 01/2020 - 07/2021: Postdoctoral researcher
  • RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany: Aachen Institute for Advanced Study in Computational Engineering Science
• 01/2014 – 12/2019: Doctoral student
  • Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany: Institute of Geology, Mineralogy and Geophysics
• 11/2013 – 03/2014: Museum Guide
  • Deutsches Bergbau-Museum, Bochum, Germany
• 06/2013 – 08/2013: Summer Intern
  • Princeton University, NJ, USA: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• 04/2012 – 12/2013: Research Assistent
  • Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany: Institute of Geology, Mineralogy and Geophysics
• 10/2011 – 03/2012: Working Student
  • E.ON Gas Storage GmbH, Essen, Germany
• 08/2011 – 10/2011: Visiting Fellow
  • Australian National University, Canberra, Australia: Research School of Earth Sciences
• 04/2010 – 06/2011: Working Student
  • E.ON Gas Storage GmbH, Essen, Germany
• 08/2008 – 10/2008: Intern
  • Dr. Spang GmbH, Witten, Germany

Skills

• Computing: Fortran, Python, Matlab, LaTeX, Git version control
• Languages: German (native), English (fluent), Swedish (fair)

Publications

Uncertainties and robustness with regard to the safety of a repository for high-level radioactive waste: introduction of a research initiative

Kurgyis, K., Achtziger-Zupančic, P., Bjorge, M., Boxberg, M.S., Broggi, M., Buchwald, J., Ernst, O.G., Flügge, J., Ganopolski, A., Graf, T., Kortenbruck, P., Kowalski, J., Kreye, P., Kukla, P., Mayr, S., Miro, S., Nagel, T., Nowak, W., Oladyshkin, S., Renz, A., Rienäcker-Burschil, J., Röhlig, K.-J., Sträter, O., Thiedau, J., Wagner, F., Wellmann, F., Wengler, M., Wolf, J. and Rühaak, W., 2024. Uncertainties and robustness with regard to the safety of a repository for high-level radioactive waste: introduction of a research initiative. Environmental Earth Sciences, 83:82. doi: 10.1007/s12665-023-11346-8.

Field-test performance of an ice-melting probe in a terrestrial analogue environment

Baader, F., Boxberg, M.S., Chen, Q., Förstner, R., Kowalski, J. and Dachwald, B., 2024. Field-test performance of an ice-melting probe in a terrestrial analogue environment. Icarus, 409:115852. doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2023.115852.

Ice Transit and Performance Analysis for Cryorobotiv Subglacial Access Missions on Earth and Europa

Boxberg, M.S., Chen, Q., Pleas, A.-C., and Kowalski, J., 2023. Ice Transit and Performance Analysis for Cryorobotic Subglacial Access Missions on Earth and Europa. Astrobiology, 23(11):1135-1152. doi: 10.1089/ast.2021.0071.

Ice Melting Probes

Dachwald, B., Ulamec, S., Kowalski, J., Boxberg, M.S., Baader, F., Biele, J., and Kömle, N., 2023. Ice Melting Probes. In: Badescu, V., Zacny, K., Bar-Cohen, Y. (eds) Handbook of Space Resources. Springer, Cham. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-97913-3_29.

Preparing for InSight: Evaluation of the Blind Test for Martian Seismicity

van Driel, M., Ceylan, S., Clinton, J. F., Giardini, D., Alemany, H., Allam, A., Ambrois, D., Balestra, J., Banerdt, B., Becker, D., Böse, M., Boxberg, M. S., Brinkman, N., Casademont, T., Chèze, J., Daubar, I., Deschamps, A., Dethof, F., Ditz, M., Drilleau, M., Essing, D., Euchner, F., Fernando, B., Garcia, R., Garth, T., Godwin, H., Golombek, M. P., Grunert, K., Hadziioannou, C., Haindl, C., Hammer, C., Hochfeld, I., Hosseini, K., Hu, H., Kedar, S., Kenda, B., Khan, A., Kilchling, T., Knapmeyer-Endrun, B., Lamert, A., Li, J., Lognonné, P., Mader, S., Marten, L., Mehrkens, F., Mercerat, D., Mimoun, D., Möller, T., Murdoch, N., Neumann, P., Neurath, R., Paffrath, M., Panning, M. P., Peix, F., Perrin, L., Rolland, L., Schimmel, M., Schröer, C., Spiga, A., Stähler, S. C., Steinmann, R., Stutzmann, E., Szenicer, A., Trumpik, N., Tsekhmistrenko, M., Twardzik, C., Weber, R., Werdenbach-Jarklowski, P., Zhang, S., and Zheng, Y., 2019. Preparing for InSight: Evaluation of the blind test for martian seismicity. Seismological Research Letters, 90(4):1518-1534. doi: 10.1785/0220180379.

A nodal discontinuous Galerkin approach to 3-D viscoelastic wave propagation in complex geological media

Lambrecht, L., Lamert, A., Friederich, W., Möller, T., and Boxberg, M. S., 2018. A nodal discontinuous Galerkin approach to 3-D viscoelastic wave propagation in complex geological media. Geophysical Journal International, 212(3):1570-1587. doi: 10.1093/gji/ggx494.

A Nodal Discontinuous Galerkin Solver for Modeling Seismic Wave Propagation in Porous Media

Boxberg, M. S., Heuel, J., and Friederich, W., 2017. A nodal discontinuous galerkin solver for modeling seismic wave propagation in porous media. In Vandamme, M., Dangla, P., and Pereira, J.-M., editors, Poromechanics VI. American Society of Civil Engineers. doi: 10.1061/9780784480779.185.

Wave Propagation in Porous Media Saturated with Two Fluids

Boxberg, M. S., Prévost, J. H., and Tromp, J., 2015. Wave propagation in porous media saturated with two fluids. Transp. Porous Med., 107(1):49-63. doi: 10.1007/s11242-014-0424-2.