Background
Porstendorfer, Gottfried was born on November 23, 1929 in Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany. Son of Walter and Elsa (Mueller) Porstendorfer.
Porstendorfer, Gottfried was born on November 23, 1929 in Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany. Son of Walter and Elsa (Mueller) Porstendorfer.
Diploma in Geophysics, Mining Academy, Freiberg, Germany, 1954. Doctor rerum naturalium, Mining Academy, Freiberg, Germany, 1960. Doctor rerum naturalium habilitatus, Mining Academy, Freiberg, Germany, 1964.
Scientist, VEB Geophysik, Leipzig, Germany, 1954-1956;
assistant Institute of Applied Geophysics, Mining Academy, Freiberg, 1956-1960;
associate professor Institute Applied Geophysics, Mining Academy, 1965-1966;
professor Institute Applied Geophysics, Mining Academy, 1966-1990;
professor emeritus, Mining Academy, since 1990;
scientific leader department practical geophysics, Academy of Sciences, Berlin, 1960-1966. Deputy director Department Institute Geodynamics Jena, Freiberg, 1964-1966. Deputy decanFaculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Mining Academy, 1989-1991.
Curator Technology Union Bergakademie, Freiberg, since 1994, deputy director section of geoscience, 1968-1975,81-84. Officer International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, 1965, 75-79.
Member European Association of Exploration Geophysicists, German Geophysical Society, Deutscher Hochschulverband/German University Union.
Married Evamaria Hahn, July 2, 1955. 1 child, Sabine.