Curriculum Vitae

CV and complete publication list as PDF

Education

11/2005 – 06/2010	Doctor of Science, Institute of Oceanography (IFM), Remote Sensing and Assimilation, Hamburg, Germany. Thesis: The Large-Scale Geostrophic Flow-Field and Eddy Variability as seen from the TOPEX/Poseidon and Jason-1 Tandem Mission, Advisor: Prof. Dr. Detlef Stammer
12/2009	Guest Student, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA
02/2005 – 03/2005	Guest Student, University of California San Diego, USA, during Diploma thesis
09/1999 – 08/2005	Diploma, Oceanography, IFM-GEOMAR, University Kiel, Germany. Thesis: Analysis of high resolution time-series of the water-mass-variability in the tropical North-West-Atlantic (german), Advisor: Prof. Dr. Uwe Send, minor fields of studies: Meteorology, Geophysics
09/1998 – 04/1999	Study of Automobile Technology, Westsächsische Hochschule Zwickau, Germany
09/1985 – 07/1997	Abitur, Gymnasium am Anger, Jena, Germany

Employment History

05/2022 – ongoing	Consulting and strategy development digital recruiting in the green sector, Nonprofit
04/2021 – 04/2022	Scientific Officer for the German Committee in Future Earth (DKN), Helmholtz-Zentrum hereon, Climate Service Center Germany (GERICS), Hamburg, Germany
05/2019 – 12/2020	Project manager, “Shaping the digital Cultural Change” within the Program “Hamburg Open Science”, Universität Hamburg, Center for Sustainable Research Data Management, Hamburg Germany
05/2015 – 12/2018	Project "Underway Data" Continuous near real time transmission of underway data from German research vessels. Centre for Earth System Research and Sustainability (CEN), Institute of Oceanography (IFM), Leitstelle deutsche Forschungsschiffe, Hamburg, Germany
01/2013 – 02/2018	Research scientist, Sea Level Climate Change Initiative (SLCCI), Centre for Earth System Research and Sustainability (CEN), Institute of Oceanography (IFM), Remote Sensing and Assimilation, Hamburg, Germany
02/2012 – 12/2013	Pilot-project: "Underway Data". Continuous near real time transmission of underway data from German research vessels. Centre for Earth System Research and Sustainability (CEN), Institute of Oceanography (IFM), Leitstelle deutsche Forschungsschiffe, Hamburg, Germany
08/2011 – 01/2012	Research scientist, Satellite Altimetry, Centre for Earth System Research and Sustainability (CEN), Institute of Oceanography (IFM), Remote Sensing and Assimilation, Hamburg, Germany
07/2010 – 07/2011	Postdoctoral Associate, Oceanography, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (EAPS), Program in Atmospheres, Oceans and Climate (PAOC), MY-page, Cambridge, MA, USA
04/2006	European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Wien, Austria. Responsibility: Student assistant
11/2005 – 06/2010	Research scientist and Doctoral student, Centre for Marine and Climate Research (ZMK), Institute of Oceanography (IFM), Remote Sensing and Assimilation, Hamburg, Germany
04/2001 – 08/2005	Student assistant, Institute for Marine Research, IFM-GEOMAR, Kiel, Germany

Research and Work Interests

Climate Science
Satellite Altimetry	Sea Level • Uncertainties in Global mean Sea Level Estimates Ocean Circulation and Variability of • Geostrophic Velocities and • Eddy Kinetic Energy (EKE) • Isotropy / Anisotropy of the Ocean • Spectral behaviour of geostrophic velocities and EKE Seasonal variations of Geostrophic Velocity Anomalies, Eddy Kinetic Energy and Zonal Jets on the seasonal cycle Frequency and Wavenumber Spectra of geostrophic velocities and of EKE
Underway Data	Monitored investigation and transmission of oceanographic and meteorologic “underway” measurements on the big German research vessels, their quality control and archiving.
In-Situ Data	IFM-GEOMAR, Kiel: Data acquisition and analysis (CLIVAR, MOVE – tropical Atlantic) of high resolution CTD (MicroCAT) and Recording Current Meter (RCM) time-series with regard to Rossby waves
Project Management
Science Communication
Sustainability Research
Open Science	Digital methods and tools for open science Digital Communikation

Journal Reviews

since 2018	IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) - Remote Sensing
since 2016	Surveys in Geophysics (GEOP)
since 2015	ELSEVIER - Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans (DYNAT)
since 2014	Zentralblatt für Geologie und Paläontologie (ZGP) Pure and Applied Geophysics (PAAG)
since 2011	Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR)

Given Courses

01/2013 – 03/2013	GVDG - Datenverarbeitung und Programmierung in den Geowissenschaften MATLAB course
10/2011 – 03/2012	GVDG - Datenverarbeitung und Programmierung in den Geowissenschaften MATLAB course

Organized Conferences

07/2021	German Sustainability Science Summit 2021 International online conference 08. - 09. July 2021, from Hamburg, Germany (Organizing Committee)
12/2020	Hamburg Open Science Award 2020 Hamburg, Germany (Organizer, Moderator)
09/2013	ICYESS 2013 Interdisciplinary Conference of Young Earth System Scientists Understanding Uncertainty 23. - 25. September 2013, Hamburg, Germany (Scientific Committee, Organizing Committee, Design)
10/2012	3rd Young Scientists Conference Interdisciplinary Approaches to Global Change Kiel, Germany (Organizing Committee)
04/2006	EGU 2006 European Geoscience Union General Assembly 02. - 07. April 2006, Vienna, Austria (Student Assistant)

Field Experience / Research Cruises

04/2005 – 05/2005	L’ ATALANTE (CLIVAR, MOVE – tropical Atlantic), PI U. Send, Mooring service. Responsibilities: Instrument calibration, service and data acquisition (Microcats, Mini T), assist mooring and instrument preparation, mooring works and CTD, [Fort-de-France – Fort-de-France, Martinique], [Ifremer (PDF)]
02/2004 – 04/2004	METEOR 60-4 (CLIVAR, MOVE – tropical Atlantic), PI U. Send, Mooring service. Responsibilities: Instrument calibration service and data acquisition, (Microcats, Mini T), assist mooring and instrument preparation, mooring works and CTD, [Fort-de-France – Fort-de-France, Martinique], [BSH/DOD], [Cruise Report (PDF)]
12/2003	DISCOVERY 276 (Vema Channel – tropical Atlantic), PI W. Zenk, Mooring service. Responsibilities: Instrument calibration, service and data acquisition (Microcats, Mini T), assist mooring and instrument preparation, mooring works, CTD, [Fortaleza – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil], [BODC, Cruise Report], [Cruise Report (PDF)]
06/2003 – 07/2003	SONNE 172 (CLIVAR, MOVE – tropical Atlantic), PI U. Send, Mooring service. Responsibilities: Instrument calibration, service and data acquisition (Microcats, Mini T), assist mooring and instrument preparation, mooring works, CTD, [Pointe-a-Pitre – Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe], [BSH/DOD], [Cruise Report (PDF)]
03/2003	Geophysical exploration [Villamoura, Portugal], PI R. Mäusbacher, School of Chemical and Earth Sciences, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena. Responsibilities: Seismic, geodetic measures, assist drill cores
10/2002	ALKOR 214 (in NATLAB-Projekt), PI F. Theilen, Institute for Geosience, Kiel. Responsibilities: Assist Ocean Bottom Seismometer (OBS) stimulated by Air Gun and Beathammer, Boomer profiles, Drill Cores, [Kiel – Kiel, Germany], [BSH/DOD]
04/2002	POLARFUCHS, Lighthouse Kiel. Assist water-thermometer service, [Kiel – Kiel, Germany]
10/2001	ALKOR 191b (in BASEWECS – Baltic Sea) PI Thomas Müller, Praktika cruise. Student assist ADCP, CTD, Mooring service, Meteorology, [Kiel – Kiel, Germany], [IFM-GEOMAR, Cruise Report]