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Michael Commer

Guest Scientist

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mcommer@lbl.gov

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Biography

Dr. Michael Commer is an affiliate scientist (retiree) at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Energy Geosciences Division. His interests include large-scale, multi-dimensional, inverse and forward modeling problems arising in exploration and environmental geophysics, numerical methods on distributed computing platforms, accelerated hardware computing, and electromagnetic geophysics. He has over 10 years of experience in numerical programming, geophysical (joint) imaging and modeling methods. Dr. Commer started his career at LBNL in 2004 as a postdoctoral scientist, supported through a Feodor-Lynen fellowship by the German Alexander-von-Humboldt foundation. He graduated in 2003 at the University of Cologne (Germany). His Ph.D. focused on three-dimensional time-domain electromagnetic imaging methods, and included application of inverse methods to electromagnetic data from Merapi volcano (Indonesia).

Education

  • Ph.D. Institute of Geophysics, University of Cologne, Germany, 2004, “Three-dimensional inversion of transient-electromagnetic data: A comparative study."
  • Diploma Institute of Geophysics, University of Cologne, 1999, “A special method for the combined inversion of long-offset transient electromagnetic and magneto-telluric data."

Experience

  • Affiliate Scientist (Retired), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), 2022-Present
  • Geological Research Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), 2006-2022
  • Geological Research Postdoc, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), 2004
  • Internship, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, USA, 2001
  • Research Scientist and Assisting Faculty Member, Prof. B. Tezkan, Prof. A. Hoerdt , Prof. F. M. Neubauer, Institute of Geophysics and Meteorology, University of Cologne, 2000
  • System Engineer, STN Atlas Elektronik, Bremen, Germany, 1999-2000
  • Summer Internship, Alfred-Wegener-Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany, 1997
  • Summer Internship, YERALTI ARAMACILIK geophysical exploration company, Istanbul, Turkey, 1996
  • Scientific Assistant and part-time System Administrator, University of Cologne, 1995-1998

Awards

  • District D57 (The Redwood District - Northern California) winner in Toastmasters international public speaking contest; semifinalist at international contest in Vancouver, BC, 2017
  • R&D 100 Award (by R&D Magazine,) for EMGeo ElectroMagnetic Geological Mapper: 3-D geophysical imaging package for large-scale electromagnetic data sets that arise in hydrocarbon exploration, 2009
  • Feodor-Lynen-Fellowship, German Alexander-von-Humboldt Foundation, 2005-2007
  • Klaus-Liebrecht-Award for Outstanding Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Cologne, 2004
  • Exchange visitor scholarship, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), 2001
  • Diploma Institute of Geophysics Departmental Award “Completed With Distinction,” University of Cologne, 1999
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