Biography
Prof. Bjorn Stevens is the Managing Director of the Max-Planck-Institute for Meteorology where he leads the Atmosphere in the Earth System department. He is also a professor (§17) at the University of Hamburg.
Personal History
Born 19 April, 1966, Augsburg Germany
Family: Married (Andrea Brose); two children, Saskia (born 1997), Anouk (born 1999)
Education
| Ph.D. | Atmospheric Science, 1992-1996, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO, USA Dissertation: "On the Dynamics of Precipitating Stratocumulus" Adviser: William R. Cotton |
| M.Sc. | Electrical Engineering, 1988-1990, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA Thesis: "Astrophysical Jets and Implications of Low Frequency Observations" Adviser: John Basart |
| B.Sc. | Electrical Engineering, 1984-1987, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA |
Professional Experience
2008- | Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg |
| 2008 | DIRECTOR AT MPI-M AND SCIENTIFIC MEMBER OF MAX PLANCK SOCIETY |
2021- | MANAGING DIRECTOR |
| 2013-2020 | HEAD, MPI-M Scientific Computing Lab |
| 2009-2011 | HEAD, International Max Planck Research School for Earth System Modeling |
| 1998-1999 | VISITING SCIENTIST: Alexander von Humboldt postdoctoral fellowship |
| 2009- | University of Hamburg |
| 2010- | PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR AND STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBER: Cluster of Excellence "Integrated Climate System Analysis and Prediction" |
| 2009- | PROFESSOR (§ 17) |
| 2007 | Freie Universität & Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum für Informationstechnik, Berlin SABBATICAL VISITOR |
| 1999-2011 | Dep’t of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles |
| 2007-2009 | PROFESSOR (TENURED): Continuing appointment, July 1, (August 2008 - August 2010 on leave) |
| 2003 | ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR (TENURED): appointment, July 1 |
| 1999 | ASSISTANT PROFESSOR: In the area of dynamic meteorology, appointment July 1 |
| 2000-2009 | National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA |
| 1996-1998 | Advanced Study Program, NCAR, Boulder CO, USA POST-DOCTORAL FELLOW |
Selected Professional Activities
- PROJECT OFFICE AND MISSION ADVISORY GROUP EarthCARE (Earth Cloud, Aerosol and Radiation Explorer), joint satellite mission between European Space Agency and Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (guest status, 2017-2019)
- LEAD PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: HD(CP)2, High Definition Clouds and Precipitation for Climate Prediction, a six year, €25 million, national project supported by the Germany Ministry of Education and Research (2013-2019)
- LEAD AUTHOR: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (2012-)
- SCIENTIFIC STEERING COMMITTEES: World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) Grand Science Challenge: "Clouds, Circulation and Climate Sensitivity" (2012-, co-lead); Coupled Model Intercomparison Project, CMIP (2013-2018); Working Group on Coupled Modelling, WGCM (2012-2017); Cloud Feedback Model Intercomparison Project, CFMIP (2012-2016); Global Atmospheric System Studies, GASS (2009-2012)
- EDITOR: Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Special Issue on Global Storm Resolving Modelling (2019-2021); AGU Advances (2019-); Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (2012-2017); Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (2010-2013); Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences (2002-2007)
- DRAFTING COMMITTEE: AMS Information Statement on Climate Change (2020-); Royal Society position paper on Earth-system modelling (2021)
- JURY MEMBER: BBVA Frontiers of knowledge (2009-, Chair 2012-); AXA Outlook Awards, Chair (2013)
Selected Honors
- NAMED AND HONORARY LECTURES: Supercomputing 2020 Keynote Lecture, Virtual (2020); Crafoord Prize Invited Lecture, Stockholm (2018); Paco Ynduráin Lecture, University of Madrid (2018); Real Sociedad Española de Física Lecture (2018); Jule Charney Lecture, AGU (2017); G20 summit partner programme Lecture (2017); Carlson Lecture, New England Aquarium and MIT Lorenz Center (2015); Henry Houghton Lecturer, MIT (2014); Simons Lecture, Simons Foundation (2013); Bavarian State Opera Lecture (2012); Tzvi Gal-Chen Lecturer, University of Oklahoma (2011); Thompson Lecturer, NCAR (2010)
- ISI Highly Cited Researcher (2019-2020)
- Meteorological Society of Japan, 2020 Publication Award (2020)
- Colorado State University, College of Engineering, Distinguished Alumni Award (2004)
- The Clarence Leroy Meisinger Award of the American Meteorological Society (2002)
- NASA New Investigator Award (2002)
- Editors Award, Journal of Atmospheric Sciences (2001)
- NSF CAREER Award (1999)
- Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Fellowship (1998 -1999)
- NCAR - ASP Post-doctoral Fellowship (1996 -1998)
- NASA/EOS Graduate Fellowship on Global Change (1994)
Synopsis of Supervision
Prof. Stevens has been responsible, or co-responsible, for the supervision of 19 PhDs and 28 master
students, and also supervised 25 post-doctoral fellows. He has served as an examiner or committee chair
for many more PhD, master and bachelor thesis committees.