About
Jasper Moernaut is an Associate Professor at the University of Innsbruck's Sedimentary Geology Group. His research focuses on natural hazards, paleoseismology, and lacustrine geology, with expertise in earthquake-induced sediment deformation and subaquatic landslide dynamics. He holds a PhD from Ghent University (2010) and has held academic positions at the Universidad Austral de Chile (2014-2015) and ETH Zürich (2011-2013).
- Current Role: Associate Professor, University of Innsbruck
- Key Research: Lacustrine paleoseismology, subaqueous landslides, and seismic hazard analysis
- Notable Projects: "QuakeScene Chile" (FWF-funded, 2022-2026), Dead Sea Basin studies, and Alpine lake seismic records
Research Interests:
Specializes in sedimentary records of natural hazards, including paleoseismic reconstruction, submarine landslides, and marine geophysics. Explores earthquake-triggered processes in lacustrine and marine environments, with applications to hazard mitigation.
Recent Work Trends:
Focus on calibrating lacustrine sediment records with historical seismic events (e.g., Carinthia, Austria), quantifying earthquake recurrence intervals, and developing new methodologies for analyzing subaqueous mass movements using geophysical and sedimentological tools.
Grants/Advising:
Principal Investigator of multiple FWF and EU-funded projects (e.g., "Tiefer Sehen", "Tyrol on Shaky Slopes"). Supervised 10+ PhD, 14 MSc, and 15 BSc students. Active in teaching geophysics, applied seismology, and limnogeology.
Labs/Teams:
Core member of the Sedimentary Geology Group at UIBK, collaborating with international institutions (ETH Zürich, MARUM Bremen) on projects like the LIBRE drilling initiative and IODP Expedition 386.
