Jürgen Grötsch
Dr. Jürgen Grötsch
Lecturer and Advisor Geo-Energy
GeoCentre Northern Bavaria
Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)
Germany
Background
Currently, Jürgen is Lecturer Geo-Energy in the Master Program at
the Friedrich-Alexander University (Erlangen, Germany). He also
works as Assurance Consultant for the national Nuclear Waste Site
Program in Germany and as Energy Transition Advisor. Next to this,
he is a member of the OSDUTM Forum, a game changing
open-source software development consortium on Subsurface Data
& Workflow Management.
Jürgen has a background in carbonate sedimentology, stratigraphy
and palaeoceanography. Following a brief career in academia, he
worked for 31 years with Shell where he had various functions
around the globe like Chief Geologist and Head of Geological
Services. Since 2010 his focus was on digital technology
development, ultimately leading into the global project of the
OSDUTM data platform. End of 2022, he retired from
Shell.
Jürgen published many widely cited scientific papers and books on
geoscience. The latest one is on "Digital Geology" which he
introduced in Shell Learning. There he was responsible for setting
up and executing graduate training programs for young subsurface
professionals. Next to work, he enjoys cycling, blues, jazz and
playing chess.
Affiliations and Accreditation
Board Memberof the Dachverband der Geowissenschaften (DVGeo),
Germany
Past-President and Board Memberof the German Geological Society
(DGGV)
Scholar and Alumni of the "Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes",
Germany
SPE Distinguished Lecturer 2016/17 on carbonate reservoirs.
Member of the European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers
(EAGE)
Member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists
(AAPG)
PostdocUniversität Tübingen, Germany - Carbonate sequence
stratigraphy
PhD FAU, Erlangen, Germany - Cretaceous carbonate platforms
Postgraduate UC San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography,
USA - Marine Geology
MSc FAU, Erlangen, Germany - Devonian conodont stratigraphy
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