I head the division for Urban Climatology and Environmental Management at the city of Linz (Austria) and am the city’s urban climatologist. In this capacity I lead the project developing the climate change adaptation strategy of the city of Linz.
I’m a trained physicist and obtained my PhD in Atmospheric Sciences. Projects I currently lead or work on deal with climate change adaption or research in how to arrive at effective climate change mitigation policy decisions. I consider climate change communication an important part of my work.
Main Research Interest
- Urban climatology
- Climate risk analysis
- Climate adaption policy
- Atmospheric downscaling, particularly simplified models
- Model evaluation and evaluation strategies
- Communication of climate change
My Curriculum Vitae (short)
- Head of the division “Urban Climatology and Environmental Management” since March 2022 at the city of Linz (Austria).
- Since June 2020 I work as Urban Climatologist for the city of Linz (Austria).
- In November of 2021 I obtained my PhD in Atmospheric Sciences. In my dissertation I developed and applied evaluation strategies for downscaling models.
- From 2013 to 2015, I was a research fellow at the Fraunhofer Ernst Mach Institute in Freiburg (Germany) investigating the interaction of high power CW lasers with iron and steel plates.
- Between 2012 and 2013 I finished my masters degree in physics at the University of Vienna. My thesis focused on Quantum Nanophysics, studying LIAD as a potential molecular beam source for matter wave interferometry.
- From 2008 to 2010 I was a project staff member at the University of Veterinary Medicine in Vienna. We developed a model calculating the cabin air temperature in vehicles based on only three meteorological input parameters (global radiation, two meter air temperature and wind speed) available at standard weather stations.
Additionally, we investigated drug storage and transport in passive, insulated boxes and presented some best practices on how to most efficiently do just that. The paper also describes a simple do-it-yourself experiment to determine the relevant thermal property of a box.
A more detailed CV may be downloaded here.
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