Research

 

Research Interests:

• Atmospheric Electricity
• Solar variability effects (caused by particle precipitation and UV changes) on the middle atmosphere
• Coupling of the upper atmosphere and the middle atmosphere
• Gravity waves
• Atmospheric tides (especially at high latitudes)
• Polar middle and upper atmosphere dynamics and chemistry

Current and previous projects:

• TIES (Towards an All-Inclusive Earth-System model: Merging lower, middle, and upper atmospheric models to study solar effects)
• CAWSES/ProSECCO
• MESSy
• CCMVal
• IMPLICC

 

Co-Editor for:

• Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (2010-2012)

Reviews for:

• NSF
• NERC
• Australian Antarctic Division
• Journal of Geophysical Research
• Journal of Atmospheric and Solar Terrestrial Physics
• Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (ACP)

Project management at DLR for the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF):

• MiKlip (Decadal Predictions)
  
• DKRZ (German Climate Computing Centre)
• German IPCC coordination office (member of the German delegation at UNFCCC)

Professional memberships:

• European Geosciences Union
• Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft

Personal interests:

• KoMa (Kohlefreies Mainz)
• 4. Jugend-Klimakonferenz

Awards:

IAGA (International Association for Geomagnetism and Aeronomy) Young Scientist Award for Excellence	2008
Departmental Prize of the Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Canterbury	2005
University of Canterbury doctoral scholarship	2003 – 2006
Alister George McLellan Prize (University of Canterbury Council)	2003
Ross Dependency Scholarship of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (declined)	2004
DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) Scholarship for University of Canterbury	2003