Curriculum Vitae
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Contact
Tobias Köhne
Institut für Methodik der Fernerkundung (IMF)
Münchener Str. 20
D-82234 Weßling
Germany
Employment
| 11/2024 – today | German Aerospace Center (DLR) |
| Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany | |
| Staff Researcher |
Studies
| 10/2018 – 10/2024 | California Institute of Technology, United States |
| Ph. D. Geophysics | |
| Graduate Student Researcher | |
| 08/2016 – 12/2018 | The University of Texas at Austin, United States |
| M. Sc. Aerospace Engineering, 3.93 GPA | |
| Graduate Research Assistant at the Center for Space Research | |
| 10/2012 – 02/2016 | Technische Universität München, Germany |
| B. Sc. Mechanical Engineering, passed with distinction | |
| Overall grade 1.5 (top 5% of the class) | |
| 04/2008 – 09/2010 | FernUniversität Hagen via the Young Business School Heidelberg, Germany |
| B. Sc. Business Informatics, passed exams in 7 courses |
Teaching Experience
| 01–03/2023, 04–06/2020 | Teaching Assistant at Caltech: |
| Tectonic Geodesy | |
| 01–03/2021 | Teaching Assistant at Caltech: |
| Introduction to Earth and Planetary Sciences: Geophysics | |
| 10/2013 – 03/2015 | Teaching Assistant at the TUM: |
| Higher Mathematics for Mechanical Engineering |
Internships
| 10/2015 – 02/2016 | Industrial internship with Airbus Defence & Space GmbH, Mechanical Design Office |
| Ottobrunn, Germany | |
| 08–09/2012 | Industrial internship with Premium Aerotec GmbH |
| Augsburg, Germany |
Social Engagement
| 08/2012 – today | Member of the Service Civil International (German Branch) e.V. |
| 09/2020 – 9/2024 | Mentor in the buddy program for first-year Geophysics students |
| 10/2019 – 9/2024 | Elected officer of the Caltech Alpine Club |
| 06/2022 – 12/2023 | Member of the Unlearning Racism in Geosciences Pod |
| in the Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, Caltech | |
| 06/2020 – 06/2022 | Member of the Graduate Student Council |
| Elected student representative for the Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences | |
| Co-Chair of the student council 02/2021 - 06/2022 | |
| 10/2012 – 09/2015 | Member of the student council |
| Elected student representative within the Department of Mechanical Engineering, | |
| Head of the student newspaper | |
| 09/2011 – 07/2012 | Volunteer Service in Togo, West Africa with the SCI Germany: |
| Teacher for Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry at the C.E.G. de Gadjagan |
Publications
See my ORCID or Google Scholar profiles.