H.-P. Bunge is Professor and Chair of Geophysics at the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Universität Munchen, and is Head of the Munich Geo-Center. Prior to his Munich appointment he spent five years on the faculty at Princeton University, New Jersey. Professor Bunge's research interests lie in the application of high performance computing to problems of Earth and planetary evolution, including core, mantle and lithospheric dynamics. A member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences, Bunge is also President of the Geodynamics Division of the European Geosciences Union (EGU).