Dominik is Director for the Natural Hazards division at NGI, leading a group of more than 70 experts working on research and special consultancy projects globally, including among others a large portfolio of tsunami projects and establishing the Global Tsunami Model (GTM) international network of experts. He is an internationally recognized expert in earthquake engineering, engineering seismology and seismic risk assessment. He holds a master’s and PhD from Bauhaus-University Weimar (Germany) and a Dr.philos. from the University in Bergen (Norway). He has 25 years of experience working in earthquake- and geohazards-affected regions worldwide.