Climate / Weather
Dr. Eva Cancik-Kirschbaum
Professor of Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Department of History and Cultural Studies
Institute of Ancient Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
Fabeckstr. 23-25, 14195 Berlin
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Areas of Expertise
- Ancient Near East
- Assyrians
- Babylonians
- Sumerians
- Akkadians
- Israel
- Syria
- Iraq
- Middle East
- Astronomy
- Astrology
- Science
- Early states
- School and education in pre-modern societies
- History of knowledge
- Oldest writing
- Decipherment
- Nimrud
- Nineveh
- Libraries
- Cuneiform
- Sumerian
- Akkadian
- Ancient Near East, Near East, Middle East: History and cultural history
- 4. - 1st millennium BC
- History of the influences of the Ancient Near East to the present day
- Ancient Near East and Europe: mythology
Dr. Jürgen Fischer
Professor of Space Sciences
Department of Earth Sciences
Institute of Space Sciences
Carl-Heinrich-Becker-Weg 6-10, 12165 Berlin
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Areas of Expertise
- Remote sensing
- Earth observation
- Remote sensing in climate research
Dr. Rupert Klein
Professor of Mathematics
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
Institute of Mathematics
Arnimallee 6, 14195 Berlin
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Areas of Expertise
- Mathematical modeling in climate research
- Theoretical and computational fluid dynamics
- Combustion gas dynamics
- Numerical methods for fire prevention
Dr. Hannelore Kußerow
Privatdozent
Department of Earth Sciences
Institute of Geographical Sciences
Remote Sensing and Geoinformatics
Malteserstraße 74-100, 12249 Berlin
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Areas of Expertise
- Desertification in the Sahel region of Africa
- Focus on Mali, Niger, and Darfur/Sudan
- Strategies for combating desertification
- Resource protection
- Remote sensing
- Early recognition of crisis
- Security policy
Dr. Ulrike Langematz
Professor of Meteorology
Department of Earth Sciences
Institute of Meteorology
Carl-Heinrich-Becker-Weg 6-10, 12165 Berlin
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Areas of Expertise
- Stratosphere (dynamics, radiation)
- Ozone research
- Influence of solar variability on the atmosphere
- Interaction between stratosphere and climate or weather
- Climate modeling (especially stratosphere, solar influence)
- Climate
- Climate change
Dr. Reinhold Leinfelder
Professor of Geology
Department of Earth Sciences
Institute of Geological Sciences
Malteserstraße 74-100, 12249 Berlin
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Areas of Expertise
- Anthropocene
- Coral reefs
- Sustainability transformation
- Research communication
- Museology
- Geology
Dr. Katja Reichel
Department of Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacy
Institute of Biology
Systematic botany and plant geography
Altensteinstraße 6, 14195 Berlin
Areas of Expertise
- Plants
- Conservation Genetics
- Species extinction
- Evolution
- Reproduction
- Genome sequencing
- Biomathematics
Dr. Christian Reinhardt-Imjela
Department of Earth Sciences
Institute of Geographical Sciences
Applied Geography, Environmental Hydrology, and Resource Management
Malteserstraße 74-100, 12249 Berlin
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Areas of Expertise
- High water / flooding
- Causes of floods
- Management of risks related to floods and low-water
- Modeling and simulation of extreme hydrological situations
Dr. Frank Riedel
Professor of Paleontology
Department of Earth Sciences
Institute of Geological Sciences
Paleontology
Malteserstraße 74-100, 12249 Berlin
Areas of Expertise
- Climate and environmental change (including in ancient civilizations)
- Dynamics of ecosystems
- Regional focus: southern Africa, Caspian region, central Asia, Tibet and the Himalayas, China, eastern Siberia (Lake Baikal)
Dr. Regine Schönenberg
Department of Political and Social Sciences
Institute for Latin American Studies
Rüdesheimer Straße 54-56, 14197 Berlin
Areas of Expertise
- Organized crime
- Natural resource management
- Land management
- Intercultural learning
- Biography research
- Scenario research
Dr. Uwe Ulbrich
Professor of Meteorology
Department of Earth Sciences
Institute of Meteorology
Carl-Heinrich-Becker-Weg 6-10, 12165 Berlin
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Areas of Expertise
- Climate change
- Climate modeling and projection
- Climate research
- Extreme meteorological events
- Weather forecasts
Martin Voss
Professor of Anthropology
Institute for Geographical Sciences
Disaster Research Unit
Malteserstrasse 74-100, 12249 Berlin
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838-72613 (oder über Presse und Kommunikation, Tel. 838-73191)
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Areas of Expertise
- Disaster research
- Disaster prevention
- Dealing with emergency situations
- Coping with disasters
- Security research
- Climate and environmental change