Christoph Reigber#
| Membership Number: | 3777 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2014 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2005 - 2010 Science Advisor & Shareholder Space Tech GmbH (STI) Immenstaad, Germany
- 2004 - 2008 Co-director Central Asian Institute for Applied Geosciences (CAIAG), Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
- 1992 - 2004 Director Department: Geodesy & Remote Sensing GFZ Potsdam
- 1980 - 1992 Director Department: Theoretical Geodesy DGFI, Bavarian Academy of Sciences, Munich
- 1974 - 1986 Project Manager: SFB 78-Satellite Geodesy, TU Munich
- 1970 - 1974 Senior Research Scientist, SFB 78-Satellite Geodesy, TU Munich
- 1965 - 1970 Research Scientist, Institute for Astronomical and Physical Geodesy, Technical University (TU) Munich
Fields of Scholarship
- Geopotential satellite mission design and development
- Determination of the global gravity field models using satellite and terrestrial data
- Combination of geophysical, geodetic and atmospheric data for Earth System studies
- Determination of Earth kinematics using satellite observables
Honours and Awards
- 2010 Grand Prix 2010 of French Air and Space Academy
- 2008 State Award of Republic of Kyrgyzstan
- 2007 2007 William T.Pecora Award for GRACE Team, DOI & NASA
- 2006 NASA Earth Explorers Program Office GRACE Mission Award
- 2003 Werner von Braun Medal of DGLR (Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Luft & Raumfahrt)
- 2003 Honorary Professorship of Wuhan University, China
- 2002 Vening Meinesz Medal of the European Geophysical Society
- 2002 Corresponding Member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences
- 1998 Honorary Doctorate (Dr.-Ing.E.h.), University Bonn
- 1994 AGU Fellow (American Geophysical Union)
- 1992 ERS-1 Award of ESA (European Space Agency)
- 1991 Award of CSTG Commission of IAG
- 1991 Fellow of IAG (International Association of Geodesy)
- 1986 NASA Group Achievement Award (Crustal Dynamics Project)
- 1985 Alexander von Humboldt Price for Scientific Cooperation between Germany and France
- 1977 CNES (Centre National D`Etudes Spatiales) “Medaille de Bronze"
