Curriculum Vitae
Personal data
born 1955 in Fockbek (Schleswig-Holstein)
married to Dorothea Claußen
children: Nora und Jacob
Academic Education
| 1991 | Habilitation at the University of Hamburg, Germany |
| 1982 - 1983 | Visiting scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA. |
| 1981 - 1984 | Ph.D. student at the Max-Planck-Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany |
| 1975 - 1981 | University of Hamburg, Germany: Meteorology |
Professional Career
| since Oct. 2005 | Professor of Meteorology at the University of Hamburg and Director at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology |
| 2002 - 2005 | Professor of Climate Physics at Potsdam University and Managing Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research |
| 1996 - 2002 | Professor of Theoretical Climatology at the Free University of Berlin and Head of Climate System Department at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research |
| 1991 - 1996 | Senior scientist at the Max-Planck-Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg |
| 1985 - 1991 | Research scientist at the GKSS-Research Centre, Geesthacht |
| 1984 - 1985 | Research scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg |
| 1984 | PostDoc at the GKSS-Research Center, Geesthacht |
Honours and Awards
| since 2009 | Member, Berlin-Brandenburgischen Akademie der Wissenschaften |
| since 2008 | Member, Deutsche Akademie der Technikwissenschaften acatech |
| since 2008 | Member, Akademie der Wissenschaften in Hamburg |
| 2005 | Milutin Milankovic Medal of the European Geosciences Union |
| since 2004 | Corresp. member, Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur, Mainz |
| since 2003 | Member, Deutsche Akademie für Naturforscher Leopoldina |
| since 1999 | Member, Academia Europaea, London |
| 1984 | Förderpreis (junior award) of DMG (German Meteorological Society) |
| 1982 - 1983 | Grant by DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) |
| 1982 - 1984 | Scholarship of Max Planck Society |
| 1974 - 1981 | Scholarship of Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes |