| Ph.D. Civil Engineering, University of Stuttgart | 
      
        | M.Sc. Geophysics, Michigan Technological University | 
      
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        | E-Mail | thomas.benz@wechselwirkung.eu | 
      
        | Mobile: | +49 179 1417446 | 
      
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        | Professional activities | 
      
        | 2009-present | Professor, Geotechnical Engineering, NTNU, Norway | 
      
        | 2008-present | Executive partner, Wechselwirkung - | 
      
        |  | Numerische Geotechnik GmbH | 
      
        | 2006-2008 | Research fellow, Institute of Geotechnical Engineering, | 
      
        |  | University of Stuttgart | 
      
        | 2002-2006 | Research fellow, Federal Waterways Engineering and | 
      
        |  | Research Institute | 
      
        | 2000-2002 | Project engineer, bridge design, LAP | 
      
        | 1998-2000 | Geophysicist, Schlumberger NSA | 
      
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        | Teaching activities | 
      
        | 2011 | Lecturer and tutor af the course "Applicazione del metodo degli | 
      
        |  | elementi finiti nell'Ingegneria Geotecnica”, Genova | 
      
        | 2009-present | Professor in Geotechnics, NTNU | 
      
        | 2008 | Lecturer and tutor at the course "L’uso del metodo degli | 
      
        |  | elementi finiti nell'Ingegneria Geotecnica”, Pisa | 
      
        | 2006-present | Lecturer at the course "Finite Elemente in der Geotechnik: | 
      
        |  | Theorie und Praxis", TAE Ostfildern | 
      
        | 2006-present | Lecturer at the course "Computational Geotechnics", | 
      
        |  | Amsterdam | 
      
        | 2006-2008 | Lecturer "Rock Mechanics", University of Stuttgart |