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Prof. Dr. Ulrich Cubasch

Chair of " Interactions of Earth s Climate System "
Meteorologisches Institut der Freien Universität Berlin

 

 

Research Interests

Climate Variability, Climate Modeling, Global Change, Urban Climate

 

Academic training

1993	Habilitation in Meteorology at the University of Hamburg, Germany
1984	Dissertation (Dr. rer. nat.) in Meteorology at the University of Hamburg, Germany
1977	Diploma in Meteorology (minor Oceanography) at the University of Kiel, Germany

 

Professional experience

2007-2011	Dean of the Geoscience Faculty
2003-2007	Vice-Dean of the Geoscience Faculty der Freien Universität Berlin
since 2002	Professor(C4) at the Meteorologisches Institut der Freien Universität Berlin
1999-2002	Head of the Model and Data Group, Max-PIanck-Institute für Meteorologie, Hamburg
1991-1999	Leader of the Model Application Group, Deutsches Klimarechenzentrum, Hamburg, Germany
1987-1999	Senior Scientist, Max-PIanck-Insitute für Meteorologie, Hamburg, Germany
1978-1986	Scientist/Numerical Analyst, ECMWF, Reading, UK

 

Running Projects

since 2011         CADY: Central Asian Climate Dynamics (BMBF)

2005-2011	DFG SPP CAWSES: Climate and Weather of the Sun-Earth-System (ProSECCO)
2006-2012	DFG FOR Rift-Link: Rift dynamics, uplift and climate change in Equatorial Africa
2009-2014	DFG FOR SHARP: Stratospheric Change and its Role for Climate Prediction
2010-2016	DFG FOR HIMPAC: Himalaya: Modern and Past Climates
since 2010	GeoSim Helmholtz Graduate School
since 2006	Bosch Foundation NatWorking: cooperation with schools
2010-2013	IPCC Chapter I WG 1 (BMBF)
2009-2013	MILIEU - Men in Agglomerations, the influence of climate and environmental issues

 

Finished Projects

2001-2006	BMBF DEKLIM EEM: Simulating the Eemian climate with a fully coupled ocean atmosphere circulation model
1999-2006	EU SOAP: Simulations, Observations & Paleoclimatic data: climate variability over the last 500 years
2005-2006	DFG MOPUK: Mobilisierung rezent-historischer Forschungsinformation zu Phytodiversität und Klima in der integrierten Erdsystemforschung
2004-2009	EU ENSEMBLES: ENSEMBLE-based Predictions of Climate Changes and their Impacts
2004-2010	DFG SPP Quantitative Niederschlagsvorhersage

 

 

Awards & Nominations

2004	Distinguished Scientist, Chinese Meteorological Administration
2007	Nobel Peace Price jointly with the members of the IPCC team

 

Cooperation/consultancy in national & international committees

convening lead author IPCC WG1: FAR, TAR, AR5; lead author: AR4

scientific advisory board EU-project QUANTIFY (Quantifying the Climate Impact of Global and European Transport Systems)

member of the CAWSES/SCOSTEP committee

member of the IIASA-Support organization, Germany

member of the DFG-Forschungskommission FK 313

member of the DFG-Geokommission (Senatskommission für Zukunftsaufgaben der Geowissenschaften)

member of the GKSS technical advisory committee

chairman of the "Deutsche Meteorologische Gesellschaft" (2009)

member of the evaluation board of ResClim, Norway

Vice-Speaker of the Geo.X Alliance

 

Editorial activities

review editor "Climate Research"

 

Selected invited lectures since 2004

2005	Solar Variability-Conference, Frascati, Italy
2006	SCOSTEP/STP 11, Rio, Brasil Second Korea-Japan-China Joint Conference on Meteorology, Seoul, Korea
2007	WCRP workshop, "Future Climate Change Research", Sydney, Australia
2008	International Symposium on the Directions of Climate Change, Incheon, Korea Berkeley Conference on Research Management, Berkeley, USA AGU, Ft. Lauderdale, USA Solar Variability, Earth Climate and Space Weather, Bozeman, USA Tribuna del Agua, EXPO 2008, Zaragoza, Spain
2009	MOCA-09 Montreal, Canada NICE, Nanjing University, China
2010	Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt SCOSTEP/STP 12, Berlin, Germany