Short CV
Christian Hirt, Senior Research Fellow at Curtin University, Australia, holds a German Dipl.-Ing. and a Dr.-Ing. degree in Geodesy. His professional appointments include stays at the University of Hanover and HafenCity University Hamburg, Germany (as an Associate Professor). Christian is responsible for the successful development of a Digital Zenith Camera System, and the development of high-resolution gravity field models for Earth, Moon and Mars. He has been involved in the development of regional geoid models for Australia, and New Zealand. Christian has more than 70 (among them 49 peer-reviewed) scientific publications in his name, most of them as a senior author. Together with others, Christian is responsible or made essential contributions in attracting $1.25 Mio AUD worth of research funding. He is Chief Investigator of a $450,000 AUD Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Project on the use of GOCE satellite gravimetry over the Australian region, and recipient of a prestigious ARC Discovery Outstanding Researcher Award (DORA).
Selected Awards
- 2013, Hans-Fischer Fellowship, Institute for Advanced Study, Technische Universität München
- 2012, Researcher of the Year Award, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Curtin University, Perth
- 2011, Discovery Outstanding Researcher Award, Australian Research Council
- 2001, Victor-Rizkallah Award, Victor-Rizkallah-Foundation, Hannover
Research Interests
- Modern geodesy
- gravity field modelling and determination
- geodetic astronomy
- atmospheric refraction
Selected Publications
- Hirt, Christian; Kuhn, Michael: Evaluation of high-degree series expansions of the topographic potential to higher-order powers. J. Geophys. Res. 117 (B12), 2012.
- Hirt, C.; Claessens, S.J.; Kuhn, M.; Featherstone, W.E.: Kilometer-resolution gravity field of Mars: MGM2011. Planetary and Space Science 67 (1), 2012, 147-154.
- Hirt, C.; Featherstone, W.E.: A 1.5km-resolution gravity field model of the Moon. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 329-330, 2012, 22-30.
- Hirt, Christian: Efficient and accurate high-degree spherical harmonic synthesis of gravity field functionals at the Earth’s surface using the gradient approach. J Geod 86 (9), 2012, 729-744.
- Hirt, Christian; Guillaume, Sébastien; Wisbar, Annemarie; Bürki, Beat; Sternberg, Harald: Monitoring of the refraction coefficient in the lower atmosphere using a controlled setup of simultaneous reciprocal vertical angle measurements. J. Geophys. Res. 115 (D21), 2010.
- Hirt, Christian; Schmitz, Martin; Feldmann-Westendorff, Uwe; Wübbena, Gerhard; Jahn, Cord-Hinrich; Seeber, Günter: Mutual validation of GNSS height measurements and high-precision geometric-astronomical leveling. GPS Solut 15 (2), 2010, 149-159.
- Hirt, C.; Featherstone, W. E.; Marti, U.: Combining EGM2008 and SRTM/DTM2006.0 residual terrain model data to improve quasigeoid computations in mountainous areas devoid of gravity data. J Geod 84 (9), 2010, 557-567.
- Hirt, Christian; Bürki, Beat; Somieski, Anna; Seeber, Günter: Modern Determination of Vertical Deflections Using Digital Zenith Cameras. Journal of Surveying Engineering 136 (1), 2010, 1-12.
- Hirt, Christian: Prediction of vertical deflections from high-degree spherical harmonic synthesis and residual terrain model data. J Geod 84 (3), 2009, 179-190.
- Hirt, Christian; Flury, Jakob: Astronomical-topographic levelling using high-precision astrogeodetic vertical deflections and digital terrain model data. J Geod 82 (4-5), 2007, 231-248.
- Hirt, C.: Monitoring and analysis of anomalous refraction using a digital zenith camera system. Astronomy and Astrophysics 459 (1), 2006, 283-290.
