Besides the office at the GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences and the WSM team members we have support from numerous individual contributors (see list). Without their effort the project would not have been successful. In particular we collaborate closely with the International Seismological Centre (ISC) who provide a comprehensive global compilation of earthquake focal mechanisms that we use for the WSM project.

Management of the WSM Project
Oliver Heidbach (head), GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Germany, heidbach@gfz.de
Mojtaba Rajabi (deputy head), University of Queensland, Australia, m.rajabi@uq.edu.au

Former Heads of the WSM Project
Mary-Lou Zoback (1986-1992), Stanford University, USA
Karl Fuchs  (1995-2002), Karlsruhe University, Germany
Friedemann Wenzel (2003-2008), Karlsruhe University, Germany

Team Members of the WSM Database Release 2025
Oliver Heidbach, GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Germany
Mojtaba Rajabi, University of Queensland, Australia
Domenico Di Giacomo, International Seismological Centre ISC, United Kingdom
James Harris, International Seismological Centre ISC, United Kingdom
Steffi Lammers, GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Germany
Sophia Morawietz, GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Germany
Simona Pierdominici, GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Germany
Karsten Reiter, Technical University Darmstadt, Germany
Dmitry Storchak, International Seismological Centre ISC, United Kingdom
Sebastian von Specht, GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Germany
Moritz Ziegler, Technical University of Munich, Germany

Technical Support and Future Development Team 
Michael Drews, Technical University of Munich, Germany
Kirsten Elger, GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Germany
Tim Hake, GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Germany
Steffi Lammers, GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Germany
Vivien Lindemann, GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, German
Paola Montone, National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology INGV Rome, Italy
Birgit Müller, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology KIT, Germany

Team Members of the WSM Database Release 2016
Oliver Heidbach, GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Germany
Mojtaba Rajabi, University of Queensland, Australia
Xiaofeng Cui, Institute of Crustal Dynamics ICD, Beijing, China
Karl Fuchs, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology KIT, Germany
Birgit Müller, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology KIT, Germany
John Reinecker, Vulcan Energy Ressourcen GmbH, Germany
Karsten Reiter, Technical University Darmstadt, Germany
Mark Tingay, University of Adelaide, Australia
Friedemann Wenzel, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology KIT, Germany
Furen Xie, Institute of Crustal Dynamics ICD, Beijing, China
Moritz Ziegler, GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences
Mary-Lou Zoback, Stanford University, USA
Mark D. Zoback, Stanford University, USA

Office Location and Contact Address
Oliver Heidbach
GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences
Section 2.6 Seismic Hazard and Risk Dynamics
Telegrafenberg
14473 Potsdam
Germany

phone: ++49  331 6264-2814
e-mail: heidbach@gfz.de