Curriculum Vitae
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since 2020 Professor of Climate System Analysis
at University of Potsdam, Institute of Physics and Astronomy
and Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany.
since 2019 Leader of PIK Working Group on Ice Dynamics
since 2019 Co-Leader of ERAlab
FutureLab on Earth Resilience in the Anthropocene.
since 2019 Principal Investigator in H2020-project TiPACCs
on Tipping Points in Antarctic Climate Components.
since 2017 Lead-PI of the DominoES Project
Domino effects in the Earth System, a joint project by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences (GESIS), funded by the Leibniz Association.
since 2015 Active member of German Young Academy
at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Science and National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.
since 2010 Co-developer of the Parallel Ice Sheet Model (PISM)
2015 - 2019 Junior Professor of Climate System Analysis
at University of Potsdam, Institute of Physics and Astronomy
and Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany.
01/2018 - 03/2018 Scientific Expedition to Antarctica
ANT-XXXIII/2 on research vessel Polarstern, operated by Alfred-Wegener-Institute for Polar and Marine Research.
2013 - 2014 Visiting Investigator
at Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, USA.
2012 - 2014 Postdoctoral Researcher
at Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany.
2008 - 2012 Ph.D. in Physics (summa cum laude)
on The Future Sea-Level Contribution from Antarctica - Projections of Solid Ice Discharge
at Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany.
11/2010 - 02/2011 Scientific Expedition to Antarctica
ANT-XXVII/2 on research vessel Polarstern, operated by Alfred-Wegener-Institute for Polar and Marine Research.
12/2008 Visiting Scientist
at University of Alaska, Fairbanks, USA.
2008 Diploma in Mathematics
at Georg-August-University Göttingen, Germany.
Studies of Physics and Mathematics
at Georg-August-University Göttingen and University of California, Santa Barbara.