Professional Experience
since 09/2018 Professor for Mathematics, especially Data Science and Stochastic Modeling, Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences, Magdeburg
since 01/2020 Guest Scientist, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
04/2014 - 12/2019 Group Leader, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
07/2013 - 03/2014 Research Associate, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena
07/2013 - 03/2014 Visiting Scientist, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
04/2010 - 06/2013 Research Associate, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
04/2010 - 11/2018 Visiting Scientist, Dresden University of Technology
09/2009 - 02/2010 Research Associate, Max Planck Institute for Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden
04/2009 - 03/2010 Visiting Scientist, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
01/2009 - 02/2009 Guest Professor, Graduate School of Science, Osaka Prefecture University, Japan
04/2008 - 09/2009 Adjunct Lecturer, Dresden University of Technology
02/2007 - 03/2007 JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow, Osaka Prefecture University, Japan
10/2006 - 03/2010 Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Dresden University of Technology
08/2004 - 09/2006 Research Scientist, Nonlinear Dynamics Group, University of Potsdam
10/2002 - 07/2004 Graduate Research Assistant / Project Scholar of VW foundation, Nonlinear Dynamics Group, University of Potsdam
01/2002 - 09/2002 Undergraduate Research Assistant, Institute of Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, University of Oldenburg
11/2000 - 12/2001 Undergraduate Research Assistant, Nonlinear Dynamics Group, University of Potsdam
Education
10/2003 - 01/2007 PhD Student, Nonlinear Dynamics Group, University of Potsdam (Thesis advisors: Dr. Annette Witt / Prof. Jürgen Kurths)
06/2003 Gram Combin Summer School "Paleoclimate: Combining Observations and Dynamics"
10/2002 - 09/2006 Study of Mathematics, University of Potsdam
09/2000 WE-Hereaus Summer School "Nonlinear Dynamics in Environmental Physics"
10/1997 - 09/2002 Study of Physics, University of Potsdam (Thesis advisor: Dr. Fred Feudel)
08/1996 - 09/1997 Civil Service, Brandenburg an der Havel
06/1996 Abitur (University Entrance Diploma), von-Saldern-Gymnasium Brandenburg an der Havel
Awards
12/2020 Excellence in Teaching Award ("Lehrpreis"), Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences
06/2020 Paper on Dynamical Anomalies in Paleoclimate Proxy Records selected as Paper of the Month in "Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics"
03/2018 Paper on Recovery Time Analysis selected for "New Journal of Physics Highlights of 2017"
02/2014 Independent Young Investigators Group "CoSy-CC2: Complex Systems Approaches to Understanding Causes and Coinsequences of Past, Present and Future Climate Change", funded by the German Federal Ministry for Science and Education (BMBF) via PT-DLR (funding period: 03/2014 - 02/2018)
04/2012 Division Officer for "Time Series and Patterns", European Geosciences Union, Division "Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics"
04/2011 EGU 2011 Division Outstanding Young Scientist Award, European Geosciences Union, Division "Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics"
03/2011 Paper on Recurrence Networks selected for "New Journal of Physics Best of 2010"
05/2010 Best Poster Award (joint poster with Jonathan F. Donges), SYNCLINE 2010
06/2009 Guest Scientist Fellowship, Max Planck Institute for Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden
11/2008 Guest Professorship, Osaka Prefecture University
01/2007 JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship (Short-term), Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science
01/2003 Wilhelm & Else Heraeus Award, Physikalische Gesellschaft zu Berlin and WE Hereaus Foundation
Research Grants
06/2020 - 05/2023 JPI Climate / JPI Oceans Project ROADMAP (BMBF, 329.070,30 €) - Principal Investigator & Co-Lead WP 5
03/2019 - 02/2023 EU ITN Project CAFE (EU) - Co-Principal Investigator (Co-Supervision ESR 3)
04/2016 - 09/2020 Belmont Forum / JPI Climate Project GOTHAM (BMBF, 682.500,20 €) - Principal Investigator
04/2016 - 12/2020 DFG/FAPESP International Research Training Group IRTG 1740 Phase 2 - Principal Investigator & Lead WP C6
01/2016 - 12/2017 DAAD Project Exchange with Norway, University of Tromso and University of Bergen (DAAD, 13.178,00 €) - Project Lead
01/2015 - 12/2016 DAAD Project Exchange with the Czech Republic, Institute for Computer Science of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague (DAAD, 10.316,00 €) - Project Lead
04/2014 - 12/2019 Young Investigators Group CoSy-CC2 (BMBF, 1.302.458,78 €) - Project Lead
Editorial Services
- Editorial Board Member, Entropy (MDPI)
- Editorial Board Member, Quaternary (MDPI)
- since 2015 - Editorial Board Member, Climate (MDPI)
- 2014/15 - Guest Editor, Advances in Time Series Analysis and its Applications (with Z.-K. Gao, M. Small, M. Du, H.O. Ghaffari) - Special Issue in Mathematical Problems in Engineering
- since 2014 - Associate Editor, Advances in Statistical Climatology, Meteorology and Oceanography (Copernicus)
- 2014 - Guest Editor, Complex systems modelling and its transdisciplinary applications (with Kazuyuki Aihara, Mikio Hasegawa, Yoshito Hirata, Makito Oku, Thomas Stemler, Gouhei Tanaka, Bing Wang, Yoshihiko Horio, Tetsuya J. Kobayashi, Yutaka Shimada) - Special Section in Nonlinear Theory and its Applications (NOLTA), IEICE
- since 2013 - Review Editor, Frontiers in Interdisciplinary Physics
- 2013 - Pattern recognition in geosciences (with Anita Simic, Leila Aliouane, Alex Cannon and Nicolas Younan) - Special Issue in Pattern Recognition in Physics
- 2013/14 - Guest Editor, Complex network approaches to analyzing and modeling nonlinear systems in geosciences (with Jonathan Donges, Jörn Davidsen, Alexander Löw, Michael Small and Jürgen Kurths) - Special Issue in Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics
- 2012-2013 - Associate Editor, Pattern Recognition in Physics
- 2011/12 - Guest Editor, Recent advances in data analysis and modeling of nonlinear geophysical systems (with Susana Barbosa, Jürgen Kurths and Pedro Miranda) -- Special Issue in Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics
- 2009 - Guest Editor, Understanding the Earth as a Complex System - Advances in Data Analysis and Modelling in Earth Sciences (with Susana Barbosa, Jürgen Kurths and Norbert Marwan) -- Topical Issue in the European Physical Journal - Special Topics, Vol. 174
- 2008 - Nonlinear Time Series Analysis in the Geosciences - Applications in Climatology, Geodynamics, and Solar-Terrestrial Physics (with Susana Barbosa) -- LNES Vol. 112, Springer, Berlin
Teaching Experience
- since winter 2018/19: regular curricular teaching (lectures and practical sessions) at Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences (min. 16 SWS) on Mathematics I/II for Civil Engineering, Introduction to Time Series Analysis, Introduction to Multivariate Statistics, Dynamical Systems and Nonlinear Time Series Analysis and others
- winter 2017/18 Nonlinear Dynamics and Cimplex Networks in the Earth System (Lectures and Exercises for Students of Physics, MSc level, with Jürgen Kurths and Jonathan Donges), Humboldt University of Berlin (3 SWS)
- summer 2016 Nonlinear Dynamics and Cimplex Networks in the Earth System (Lectures and Exercises for Students of Physics, MSc level, with Jürgen Kurths and Jonathan Donges), Humboldt University of Berlin (3 SWS)
- winter 2014/15 Complex Networks (Lectures and Exercises for Students of Physics, MSc level, with Jürgen Kurths and Bedartha Goswami), Humboldt University of Berlin (3 SWS)
- winter 2014/15 Nonlinear Dynamics in the Earth System: Climate, Ecology and Socio-Economy (Lectures and Exercises for Students of Physics, MSc level, with Jonathan Donges and Marc Wiedermann), Humboldt University of Berlin (3 SWS)
- summer 2013 Complex Networks (Lectures and Exercises for Students of Physics, MSc level, with Jürgen Kurths and Peter Menck), Humboldt University of Berlin (3 SWS)
- summer 2012 Linear and Nonlinear Methods of Data Analysis (Lectures and Exercises for Students of Physics, MSc level, with Niels Wessel and Jakob Runge), Humboldt University of Berlin (4 SWS)
- summer 2009 Multivariate Transportation Analysis (Lectures and Exercises for Students of Transportation Economics, 6th semester and beyond), TU Dresden (4 SWS)
- winter 2008/09 Linear and Nonlinear Dynamical Models (Lectures and Exercises for Students of Transportation Economics, 5th semester and beyond), TU Dresden (4 SWS)
- summer 2008 Multivariate Transportation Analysis (Lectures and Exercises for Students of Transportation Economics, 6th semester and beyond), TU Dresden (4 SWS)
- summer 2007 Statistics I (Exercises for Students of Transportation Economics, 2nd semester - 2 groups), TU Dresden (4 SWS)
- summer 2007 Multivariate Transportation Analysis (Lectures for Students of Transportation Economics, 6th semester and beyond), TU Dresden (2 SWS)
- winter 2006/07 Linear and Nonlinear Dynamical Models (Lectures and Exercises for Students of Transportation Economics, 5th semester and beyond, with Jan Siegmeier), TU Dresden (4 SWS)
- summer 2004 Theoretical Mechanics (Exercises for Geoscientists, 2nd and 4th semester), University of Potsdam (2 SWS)
- winter 2003/04 Physics Lab (Students of Physics, 3rd semester), University of Potsdam (4 SWS)
- summer 2003 Physics Lab (Students of Physics, 2nd semester), University of Potsdam (4 SWS)
Summer Schools and Workshops
- 02/2021 International School of Space Science (ISSS) Web-School on Dynamical Systems and Machine Learning Approaches ton Sun-Earth Relations (2 lectures)
- 09/2019 2nd GOTHAM International Summer School, Beijing (2 lectures)
- 02-03/2019 COST ElectroNet Training Course on Advanced Data Analysis, Potsdam (10 lectures plus practical sessions)
- 09/2017 1st GOTHAM International Summer School, Potsdam (2 lectures)
- 09-10/2015 Cologne Summer School 2015: Non-Linear Methods for Complex Systems Analysis, University of Cologne (10 lectures plus practical sessions)
- 05/2014 Short Course "Complex systems methods for data analysis and modeling in geosciences" (with Jonathan Donges), EGU General Assembly (1,5 lectures)
- 04/2013 Short Course "Nonlinear time series analysis" (with Jonathan Donges and Jakob Runge), EGU General Assembly (2 lectures)
- 04/2012 Short Course "Nonlinear time series analysis" (with Jonathan Donges), EGU General Assembly, Vienna (2 lectures)
- 09/2010 Lecturer at the Short Course on "Data Analysis and Modelling in Earth Sciences", University of Lisbon (2 lectures)
- 01/2009 Modern Time Series Analysis in Climate Change Research (Lectures for PhD/MSc level students), Osaka Prefecture University (3 lectures)
Organization
02-03/2019 COST ElectroNet Training Course on Advanced Data Analysis, Potsdam
10/2017 PAGES Workshop on Climate Variability across Scales (CVaS), Potsdam
09/2017 1st GOTHAM International Summer School, Potsdam
09/2016 Fifth International Conference on Data Analysis and Modeling in Earth Sciences DAMES 2016, Hamburg
09/2015 International Workshop on Complex Network Perspectives on Flow Systems CONFLOW 2017, Potsdam
2015-2021 EGU General Assembly - various sessions in the "Nonlinear Processes" division
10/2014 Fourth International Conference on Data Analysis and Modeling in Earth Sciences DAMES 2014 (with Andrea Toreti)
04-05/2014 EGU General Assembly Vienna, Session NP4.1 "Time Series Analysis and Empirical Mode Decomposition in the Geosciences - Concepts, Methods & Applications" (with Susana Barbosa, Andrea Toreti, Said Gaci, Orietta Nicolis, Hocine Chellal)
04-05/2014 EGU General Assembly Vienna, Session NP2.4 "Complex networks and data-driven knowledge discovery in climate and geosciences" (with Per Nyberg, Karsten Steinhaeuser, Jonathan Donges)
04-05/2014 EGU General Assembly Vienna, Session SC5/GI1.11/NP1.5 "Complex systems methods for data analysis and modeling in geosciences" (with Jonathan Donges)
04-05/2014 EGU General Assembly Vienna, Session NP1.1 "Advances and Challenges in Nonlinear Geosciences" (as a member of the NP division board of science officers)
04/2013 EGU General Assembly Vienna, Session NP4.1 "Time Series Analysis in the Geosciences - Concepts, Methods & Applications" (with Susana Barbosa)
04/2013 EGU General Assembly Vienna, Session NP2.4/CL5.14/ESSI2.10 "Complex networks and data-driven knowledge discovery in geophysical systems" (with Per Nyberg, Mike Sips, Jürgen Kurths, Thomas Nocke, Karsten Steinhaeuser, Torsten Möller, Rick Brownrigg)
04/2013 EGU General Assembly Vienna, Session SC2/NP1.6 "Short Course: Nonlinear Time Series Analysis" (with Jonathan Donges)
10/2012 Third International Conference on Data Analysis and Modelling in Earth Sciences DAMES 2012
04/2012 EGU General Assembly Vienna, Session NP4.1 "Time Series Analysis in the Geosciences - Concepts, Methods & Applications" (with Susana Barbosa)
04/2012 EGU General Assembly Vienna, Session NP2.6 "Complex networks: Theory and methods applied to geophysical systems" (with Jürgen Kurths, Tobias Heckmann, Wolfgang Schwanghart, Reinhard G. Budich, Per Nyberg, Karsten Steinhaeuser)
04/2012 EGU General Assembly Vienna, Session SC2/NP1.6 "Short Course: Nonlinear Time Series Analysis" (with Jonathan Donges)
04/2011 EGU General Assembly Vienna, Session NP4.1 "Time Series Analysis in the Geosciences - Concepts, Methods & Applications" (with Susana Barbosa)
04/2011 EGU General Assembly Vienna, Session NP2.3/AS4.20/CL4.6/GM2.7/HS12.9 "Modelling and Understanding Geophysical Systems as Complex Networks" (with Jürgen Kurths, Wolfgang Schwanghart and Tobias Heckmann)
09/2010 Second International Conference on Data Analysis and Modelling in Earth Sciences DAMES 2010 (with Susana Barbosa and others)
05/2010 EGU General Assembly Vienna, Session NP4.1 "Open Session on Geoscientific Time Series Analysis" (with Susana Barbosa)
05/2010 EGU General Assembly Vienna, Session NP2.5 "Modelling and Understanding Geophysical Systems as Complex Networks" (with Jürgen Kurths)
04/2009 EGU General Assembly Vienna, Session NP4.1 "Open Session on Geoscientific Time Series Analysis" (with Susana Barbosa and Jiri Miksovsky)
04/2009 EGU General Assembly Vienna, Session NP2.5 "Modelling and Understanding Geophysical Systems as Complex Networks" (with Jürgen Kurths)
09/2008 First International Workshop on Data Analysis and Modelling in Earth Sciences DAMES 2008 (with Susana Barbosa, Jürgen Kurths and others)
04/2008 EGU General Assembly Vienna, Session NP4.1 "Nonlinear Time Series Analysis in the Geosciences" (with Susana Barbosa)
04/2007 EGU General Assembly Vienna, Session NP4.1 "Nonlinear Methods of Time Series Analysis in the Geosciences" (with Susana Barbosa)
04/2006 EGU General Assembly Vienna, Session NP4.1 "Geoscientific Data Analysis with Techniques Originated in Nonlinear Dynamics" (with Annette Witt)
Referee Services (Journals, Publishers and Funding Agencies)
- Applied Physics A (2)
- International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos (3)
- Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics (12)
- Climate Dynamics (8)
- Physica A (9)
- European Physical Journal B (5)
- Physica D (2)
- Chaos (15)
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (2)
- European Physical Journal - Special Topics (3)
- Europhysics Letters (2)
- Physics Letters A (9)
- Climate of the Past (1)
- Scientific Research (1)
- International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation (1)
- PLoS Computational Biology (1)
- Environment and Planning B (1)
- Quaternary Geochronology (1)
- Climatic Change (1)
- Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences (1)
- PLoS One (1)
- Tellus A (1)
- Pattern Recognition in Physics (1)
- Entropy (6)
- Geophysical Research Letters (1)
- IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters (2)
- International Journal of Modern Physics C (1)
- Environmental Modelling and Software (1)
- Belgian Science Policy Office (project proposals) (1)
- International Journal of Nonlinear Sciences and Numerical Simulation (1)
- Cambridge University Press (book proposals) (1)
- Geographical Analysis (1)
- Springer (book chapters) (1)
- Quaternary Research (1)
- Nature Scientific Reports (2)
- Chaos, Solitons & Fractals (1)
- Climate (1)
- Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems (1)
- Mathematical Geosciences (1)
Personal Membership in Professional Societies
Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft (DPG) - since 2004
European Geosciences Union (EGU) - since 2005
American Geophysical Union (AGU) - since 2009
Last modification: March 26, 2015 (incomplete edits: 30 December 2020)
