{"id":877,"date":"2019-08-28T14:47:45","date_gmt":"2019-08-28T12:47:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stage.oktober.de\/bergbau\/?page_id=877"},"modified":"2026-01-08T17:17:02","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T16:17:02","slug":"christian-melchers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fzn.thga.de\/en\/fzn\/team\/christian-melchers\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Christian Melchers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fws_69d8129a13b55\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\" data-top-percent=\"5%\" data-bottom-percent=\"7%\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row standard_section\"  style=\"padding-top: calc(100vw * 0.05); padding-bottom: calc(100vw * 0.07); \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap\"><div class=\"row-bg\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row-bg-overlay\" ><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-t-w-inherits=\"default\" data-bg-cover=\"\" data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-hover-bg=\"\" data-hover-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" ><div class=\"column-bg-overlay-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\"><div class=\"column-bg-overlay\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\r\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\r\n\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n\t\t<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/fzn.thga.de\/en\/fzn\/team\/\"><span style=\"color: #e30000\">Team<\/span><\/a><\/h2>\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\r\n\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n\t\t<h1 style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"color: #06396a\">Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Christian Melchers<\/span><\/h1>\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p style=\"font-size: 28px;color: #00325f;line-height: 1.5;text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading\" >Leiter Forschungszentrum Nachbergbau<\/p>\r\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  vc_custom_1566995755379\" >\r\n\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n\t\t<h3><strong>VITA<\/strong><\/h3>\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"nectar-icon-list\" data-icon-color=\"default\" data-icon-style=\"border\" data-columns=\"3\" data-direction=\"vertical\" data-icon-size=\"small\" data-animate=\"\"><div class=\"nectar-icon-list-item\"><div class=\"list-icon-holder\" data-icon_type=\"icon\"><\/div><div class=\"content\"><h4>Since 2022<\/h4>Head of the Research Center for Post-Mining, Vice President of the THGA<\/div><\/div><div class=\"nectar-icon-list-item\"><div class=\"list-icon-holder\" data-icon_type=\"icon\"><\/div><div class=\"content\"><h4>2015-2022<\/h4>Stellvertrender Leiter des Forschungszentrums Nachbergbau<\/div><\/div><div class=\"nectar-icon-list-item\"><div class=\"list-icon-holder\" data-icon_type=\"icon\"><\/div><div class=\"content\"><h4>2012 bis heute<\/h4>Professor f\u00fcr Geoingenieurwesen und Nachbergbau an der THGA (2012 bis 2017 Stiftungsprofessur der RAG-Stiftung)<\/div><\/div><div class=\"nectar-icon-list-item\"><div class=\"list-icon-holder\" data-icon_type=\"icon\"><\/div><div class=\"content\"><h4>2010 bis 2012<\/h4>Lehrbeauftragter f\u00fcr Hydrochemie und Informationssysteme im Studiengang Geotechnik und Angewandte Geologie der THGA<\/div><\/div><div class=\"nectar-icon-list-item\"><div class=\"list-icon-holder\" data-icon_type=\"icon\"><\/div><div class=\"content\"><h4>2009 bis 2012<\/h4>Lehrbeauftragter f\u00fcr Bodenmechanik und Baugrunduntersuchung am Lehrstuhl f\u00fcr Angewandte Geologie der Westf\u00e4lischen Wilhelms-Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnster<\/div><\/div><div class=\"nectar-icon-list-item\"><div class=\"list-icon-holder\" data-icon_type=\"icon\"><\/div><div class=\"content\"><h4>2009<\/h4>Promotion zum Dr. rer. nat. im Fachbereich Geowissenschaften der Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftlichen Fakult\u00e4t der Westf\u00e4lischen Wilhelms-Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnster - Dissertation zum Thema: \u201eMethan im s\u00fcdlichen M\u00fcnsterland. Genese, Migration und Gefahrenpotential.\u201c<\/div><\/div><div class=\"nectar-icon-list-item\"><div class=\"list-icon-holder\" data-icon_type=\"icon\"><\/div><div class=\"content\"><h4>2007 bis 2012<\/h4>Gesch\u00e4ftsf\u00fchrender Gesellschafter der Ingenieurberatung f\u00fcr Angewandte Geologie und Geotechnik Diplom-Geologen Firchow &amp; Melchers GbR, L\u00fcnen<\/div><\/div><div class=\"nectar-icon-list-item\"><div class=\"list-icon-holder\" data-icon_type=\"icon\"><\/div><div class=\"content\"><h4>2004 bis 2007<\/h4>Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Lehrstuhl f\u00fcr Angewandte Geologie des Geologisch-Pal\u00e4ontologischen Institutes und Museums der Westf\u00e4lischen Wilhelms-Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnster<\/div><\/div><div class=\"nectar-icon-list-item\"><div class=\"list-icon-holder\" data-icon_type=\"icon\"><\/div><div class=\"content\"><h4>1997 bis 2003<\/h4>Studium der Geologie und Pal\u00e4ontologie am Geologisch-Pal\u00e4ontologischen Institutes und Museum der 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