Reasearch

Research into earthquake source mechanisms
Signal analysis of space-borne synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data
Analysis of tectonic, volcanic and induced surface motions
Development of methods for improved earthquake source analysis and model uncertainty estimation

Teaching

Praktische Geophysik (Bachelor course)
Einführung in die Geophysik III (Bachelor course)
Earthquake Deformation Cycle (Master course)
Seminar on Earthquakes and Crustal Deformation (Master course)
InSAR processing for earthquake source analysis (Master course)

Committees

Dean of Studies for Geophysics, and member of the Fakultätsrat der Physik, the Studienkommission and the Promotionsausschuss
Member of the Review Board of the German Research Foundation (DFG)
GPI representive at the Fachkreis Physik der Erde (https://www.fkpe.org/)

Publications

Supershear Rupture Along the Sagaing Fault Seismic Gap: The 2025 Myanmar Earthquake
Vera, F.; Carrillo-Ponce, A.; Crosetto, S.; Kosari, E.; Metzger, S.; Motagh, M.; Liang, Y.; Lyu, S.; Petersen, G.; Saul, J.; Sudhaus, H.; Symmes-Lopetegui, B.; Than, O.; Xiao, H.; Tilmann, F.
2025. The Seismic Record, 5 (3), 289–299. doi:10.1785/0320250025

On the Complex Topography of Marine Volcanoes and Its Control on the Spatial and Magnitude Distribution of Surface Displacement
Campbell, M.; Furst, S.; Sudhaus, H.; Urlaub, M.
2025. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 130 (8), e2024JB030805. doi:10.1029/2024JB030805

Milestones in precise Earth observation and their impact
Forbriger, T.; Sudhaus, H.; Zürn, W.
2023, January 9

Bericht zu den seismischen Messungen auf dem Gelände des Forschungszentrums Karlsruhe vom 5. bis 9. September 2003
Ritter, J. R. R.; Sudhaus, H.
2003. Geophysikalisches Institut

Results from the URban Seismology (URS) project in Bucharest, Romania
Balan, S. F.; Bartlakowski, J.; Diehl, T.; Forbriger, T.; Groos, J.; Jaskolla, B.; Rehor, L.; Ritter, J. R. R.; Sebe, O.; Sudhaus, H.; Wenzel F.; Ziehm, J.
2007. Proceedings / International Symposium on Strong Vrancea Earthquakes and Risk Mitigation, October 4 - 6, 2007, Bucharest, Romania. Ed.: G. Schmitt, 277–283, Matrix ROM

Broadband frequency-dependent amplification of seismic waves across Bucharest, Romania
Sudhaus, H.; Ritter, J. R. R.
2009. Journal of Seismology, 13 (4), 479–497. doi:10.1007/s10950-008-9140-0

High-resolution measurement of the seismic attenuation across the Vrancea region, Romania
Sudhaus, H.; Ritter, J. R. R.
2005. Geophysical Research Letters, 32 (10), L10301. doi:10.1029/2004GL022148

Characterization of small local noise sources with array seismology
Ritter, J. R. R.; Sudhaus, H.
2007. Near Surface Geophysics, 5 (4), 253–261. doi:10.3997/1873-0604.2007007