- 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
- Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (2010-2012)
- 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)
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 |