At our PhD program, IMPRS-ESM, you will be part of several circles that you could draw on for inspiring exchange, beginning with your work group as well as your fellow PhD candidates at our institute and cooperating institutes.
At the same time, you will be part of a larger, interdisciplinary scientific workforce. As a young researcher you will interact scientifically with PostDocs and senior scientists of the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, the Universität Hamburg, and various cooperating institutes, national and international.
As IMPRS-ESM doctoral candidate you and your research will also profit from being part of a greater multi-disciplinary network of young scientists within the Max Planck Society. You will benefit from the work of the program’s PhD representatives, the services that come with the greater multi-disciplinary network of the Max Planck Society and its Max Planck PhDnet.
Locally, all of our PhD candidates are automatically member of one of the Universität Hamburg graduate schools that also offer a range of opportunities.
PhD representatives
- Serving as contact and spokespersons of all doctoral candidates in IMPRS-ESM.
- Elected by their fellow PhD candidates and serving for one year (optional two).
IMPRS-ESM PhD representatives help to maintain a prosperous academic and work environment for doctoral candidates. They mainly communicate important and critical issues within the group of doctoral candidates, but also between them and the leaders of our doctoral program, including the IMPRS Office.

Lucas Carnier Casaroli
Phone: +49 (0)40 41173 - 158
lucas.casaroli@mpimet.mpg.de
Felix Schaumann
Phone: +49 (0)40 41173 - 124
felix.schaumann@mpimet.mpg.de
Zoi Kourkouraidou
Phone: +49 (0)40 41173 - 158
zoi.kourkouraidou@mpimet.mpg.de
Eduardo Alastrué de Asenjo
Phone: +49 (0)40 42838 - 2604
eduardo.alastrue-de-asenjo@mpimet.mpg.de
Doctoral candidates
Our PhD candidates have come from all parts of the world. They bring a broad variety of academic training and skills.
Name | ResearchGroup | Phone | Address | |
Alastrue de Asenjo, Eduardo | eduardo.alastrue-de-asenjo@mpimet.mpg.de | Climate Modeling Group (IfM) | 42838 2604 | B347 |
Andernach, Malena | malena.andernach@mpimet.mpg.de | Ocean Physics | 41173 193 | B117 |
Bayley, Clara | clara.bayley@mpimet.mpg.de | Drivers of Tropical Circulation | 41173 317 | B421 |
Behncke, Jacqueline | jacqueline.behncke@mpimet.mpg.de | Observations, Analysis and Synthesis | 41173 413 | B118 |
Beobide Arsuaga, Goratz | goratz.beobide-arsuaga@mpimet.mpg.de | Climate Modeling Group (IfM) | 42837 7481 | B337 |
Burt, Daniel | daniel.burt@mpimet.mpg.de | Biogeochemistry research | 41173 193 | B117 |
Campos, Hernan | hernan.campos@mpimet.mpg.de | Tropical Cloud Observations | 41173 183 | B412 |
Carnier Casaroli, Lucas | lucas.casaroli@mpimet.mpg.de | Ocean Biogeochemistry | 41173 158 | B222 |
Chan, Kenneth | kenneth.chan@mpimet.mpg.de | Drivers of tropical circulation | 42838 tbd | G1639 |
Deutloff, Jakob | jakob.deutloff@mpimet.mpg.de | Drivers of tropical circulation | 41173 147 (42838 8121) | B424 (G1529) |
Ding, Hairu | hairu.ding@mpimet.mpg.de | Global Circulation and Climate | 41173 183 | B412 |
Dorff, Henning | henning.dorff@uni-hamburg.de | Atmospheric Measurements / Process Modelling | 42838 4920 | G1631 |
Duque Villegas, Mateo | mateo.duque@mpimet.mpg.de | Climate Vegetation Dynamics | 41174 254 | G1711 |
Fan, Hongdou | fan.hongdou@mpimet.mpg.de | Climate Modeling Group (IfM) | 42838 5656 | B345 |
Franke, Henning | henning.franke@mpimet.mpg.de | Wave Driven Circulations | 41173 104 | B405 |
Gensch, Luisa | luisa.gensch@mpimet.mpg.de | Sustainability and Climate Risks | 42838 5744 | GB 208.1 |
Glöckner, Helene | helene.gloeckner@mpimet.mpg.de | Global Circulation and Climate | 414473 317 | B421 |
Gnanaraj, Abisha | abisha.gnanaraj@mpimet.mpg.de | Global Circulation and Climate | 41173 386 | B429 |
Grunau, Jonas | jonas.sebastian.grunau@uni-hamburg.de | Sustainability Economics | 42838 3288 | VMP 2136 |
Guenther, Moritz | moritz.guenther@mpimet.mpg.de | Global Circulation and Climate | 41173 404 | B307 |
Hellmich, Lara | lara.hellmich@mpimet.mpg.de | Decadal Climate Prediction (MiKlip) | 41173 205 | B227 |
Hemshorn de Sánchez, Anna Luisa | anna.luisa.sanchez@tuhh.de | Climate Surface Interaction | 41173 183 | B412 |
Henry, Clara | clara.henry@mpimet.mpg.de | Ocean Physics | 41174 245 | B124 |
Hillenkötter, Dominic | dominic.hillenkoetter@mpimet.mpg.de | Complex Modelling and Extreme Computing | 41173 116 | B206 |
Karvinen, Mikael | mikael.karvinen@mpimet.mpg.de | Director’s Research Group (OES) | 41173 116 | B206 |
Kourkouraidou, Zoi | zoi.kourkouraidou@mpimet.mpg.de | Energy transfer through low-mode internal waves | 41173 158 | B222 |
Krieger, Daniel | daniel.krieger@hzg.de | Coastal Climate | 04152 87 1559 | |
Liu, Jun | zhijun.liu@mpimet.mpg.de | Climate-Biosphere Interactions | 42838 tbd | G1704 |
Liu, Quan | quan.liu@mpimet.mpg.de | Director’s Research Group (OES) | 41173 205 | B227 |
Morfa Avalos, Yanmichel | yanmichel.morfa-avalos@mpimet.mpg.de | Cloud-Wave Coupling | 41173 147 | B424 |
Peinado Bravo, Angel | angel.peinado@mpimet.mpg.de | Computational Infrastructure and Model Development | 41173 104 | B313 |
Pistor, Raphael | raphael.pistor@mpimet.mpg.de | Small-Scale Atmospheric Modeling (MI) | 42838 5083 | G1604 |
Puebla Rentería, Luciana | luciana.puebla-renteria@mpimet.mpg.de | Environmental Economics | 42838 3223 | VMP 2138 |
Rapanague Sepulveda, Maria Jesus | maria-jesus.rapanague@mpimet.mpg.de | Director Research Group (OES) | 41174 168 | B318 |
Reinken, Constanze | constanze.reinken@mpimet.mpg.de | Climate-Biogeosphere Interaction | 42838 542 | G1704 |
Ritschel, Markus | markus.ritschel@mpimet.mpg.de | Sea ice - UHH, Dirk Notz | 42838 6518 | B240 |
Roemer, Florian | florian.roemer@uni-hamburg.de | Radiation and Remote Sensing | 42838-8123 | G1533 |
Salinas Matus, Mariana | mariana.salinas@mpimet.mpg.de | Ocean Biogeochemistry | 41173 145 | B127 |
Schanz (geb. Machnitzki), Tobias | tobias.machnitzki@hereon.de | Model-Driven Machine Learning | 04152 87 2154 | hereon |
Schaumann, Felix | felix.schaumann@mpimet.mpg.de | Environmental Economics | 42838 3223 | VMP5-2133 |
Schickhoff, Meike | meike.schickhoff@mpimet.mpg.de | Climate-Biogeosphere Interaction group | 41173 110 | G1710 |
Schmidt, Luca | luca.schmidt@mpimet.mpg.de | Precipitation Convection | 41173 388 | B419 |
Sharma, Shivani | shivani.sharma@hereon.de | Model-Driven Machine Learning | 04152 87-2156 | hereon |
Specht, Nora | nora-farina.specht@mpimet.mpg.de | Climate Vegetation Dynamics | 41173 126 | G1713 |
Ssebandeke, John | john.ssebandeke@mpimet.mpg.de | Climate Energetics | 41174 168 | B168 |
Tschirschwitz, Janina | janina.tschirschwitz@mpimet.mpg.de | Wave Driven Circulations | 41173 147 | B424 |
Thazhissery Pavanan | aiswarya.thazhissery-pavanan@mpimet.mpg.de | Climate statistics and climate extremes | 41173 | GB 105 |
Vicari, Robert | robert.vicari@mpimet.mpg.de | Cloud-wave coupling | 41173 466 | B405 |
Winkler, Marius | marius.winkler@mpimet.mpg.de | Climate Surface Interaction | 41173 106 | B307 |
Wong, Josephine | josephine.wong@mpimet.mpg.de | Climate Vegetation Dynamics | 41173 148 | G1713 |
Yoon, Arim | arim.yoon@mpimet.mpg.de | Climate Surface Interaction | 41173 386 | B429 |
Zinchenko, Vadim | vadim.zinchenko@hereon.de | Model-Driven Machine Learning | hereon |

Through the Max Planck PhDnet, IMPRS-ESM PhD representatives connect with those from other Max Planck Institutes. PhDnet facilitates collaboration among PhD candidates from more than 80 Max Planck Institutes within the whole Max Planck Society and serves as a voice of all doctoral candidates at the administrative level of the Max Planck Society.
Currently the elected IMPRS-ESM PhD representatives are:
Rapanague Sepúlveda, Maria
Tel: +49 (0)40 41174 168
maria-jesus.rapanague@mpimet.mpg.de
Bayley, Clara
Tel: +49 (0)40 41174 317
clara.bayley@mpimet.mpg.de
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