Tertiary Education
PhD at the Max-Planck-Institut fuer Meteorologie, Hamburg, Germany 16. 10. 2000 - 02. 02. 2005
"The Role of the Tropical Indian Ocean in Global Climate"
(Prof. Dr. Mojib Latif, Prof. Dr. Hartmut Graßl)
Dipolma in meteorology, Hamburg, Germany 11. 6. 1999
"Large eddy simulation of contrails" (Prof. Dr. Hartmut Graßl,
Dr. Andreas Chlond)
"Vordiplom" in meteorology, Hamburg, Germany 1995
Study of meteorology at the University Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany 1993-1999
Work Experience
Group Leader of the Climate Dynamics group at the since 1.12.2011
Max-Planck-Institut fuer Meteorologie, Hamburg, Germany
Scientist (permanent position) at the since August 2010
Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Bergen, Norway
Associate Professor (temporary position) at the Geophysical 01. 03. 2009 - 31.07.2010
Institute at the University of Bergen, Norway
"Postdoc" in the Projekt "COMPAS" (Climate and Ocean in 07. 08. 2006 - 1.08.2010
mid-to-high latitudes: Mechanisms of variability in PAleo and modern
recordS funded by the research council of Norway) at the Bjerk-
nes Centre for Climate Research, Bergen, Norway
"Postdoc" in the EU-Projekt "AMMA" (African Monsoon 03. 02. 2005 - 31. 7. 2006
Multidisciplinary Analyses) at the Leibniz-Institut fuer Meereswis-
senschaften an der Universitaet Kiel, Kiel, Germany
Employed in the projekt "IMPETUS" (An integrated approach to 16. 10. 2000 - 31. 12. 2004
the efficient management of scarce water resources in West Africa)
at the Universit¨t zu Koeln, Koeln, Germany (working place: Max-
Planck-Institut f¨r Meteorologie, Hamburg, Germany)
Military services at the "Geophysikalischen Dienst der Bun- 1. 11. 1999 - 31. 8. 2000
deswehr", Alt Duvenstedt, Germany (aviation meteorology; flight
weather briefing)
Student job at the Max-Planck-Institut fuer Meteorologie, 1995-1999
Hamburg, Germany