I work in the group of Dr Jacob Schewe at Research Department 3 - Transformation Pathways on the interplay of international human migration and Climate Change.
Based on stochastic approaches I investigate new strategies to model this multi-faceted and complex relation and develop migration scenarios for the future. This research is part of the HABITABLE project.
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Department
Working Group
FutureLab / Science Unit
Contact
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
T +49 (0)331 288 20909
karim.zantout[at]pik-potsdam.de
P.O. Box 60 12 03
14412 Potsdam
14412 Potsdam
ORCID
Education
- PhD | 2021 | Goethe University Frankfurt, Institute for Theoretical Physics
- M. Sc. in Physics | 2016 | Goethe University Frankfurt
- B. Sc. in Mathematics | 2021 | Goethe University Frankfurt
- B. Sc. in Physics | 2014 | Goethe University Frankfurt
Work experience
- Data science | 04/2021 - 04/2022 | emsys grid services GmbH
Awards and Scholarships
- Walter-Greiner award | 2022
- Stummel-Stiftung advancement award | 2021
- "Distinguished personality with migration background" | 2018
- Philip-Siedler science award | 2017
- Hans-Böckler Foundation scholarship | 2011-2016
- Erasmus+ scholarship | 2014
pre-prints:
2024
- Karim Zantout, Juraj Balkovic, Maik Billing, Christian Folberth, Simon N. Gosling,
Tobias Hank, Stijn Hantson, Toshichika Iizumi, Akihiko Ito, Jonas Jägermeyr,
Atul K. Jain, Nikolay Khabarov, Sian Kou-Giesbrecht, Fang Li, Mengxue Li,
Tzu-Shun Lin, Wenfeng Liu, Christoph Müller, Masashi Okada,
Sebastian Ostberg, Kedar Otta, Sam Rabin, Christopher P. O. Reyer,
Clemens Scheer, Julia M. Schneider, Florian Zabel, Katja Frieler, Jacob Schewe
Shifting (ir)regularity regimes in extreme climate impacts under global warming,
Karim Zantout, Juraj Balkovic, Maik Billing et al. Shifting (ir)regularity regimes in extreme climate impacts under global warming, 03 December 2024, PREPRINT (Version 1) available at Research Square [https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-5563216/pre-print on research square (2024)
https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-5563216/latesthttps://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-5563216/latesthttps://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-5563216/vhttps://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-5563216/latesJonas B. Profe, Jiawei Yan, Karim Zantout, Philipp Werner, Roser Valentí
Multi-orbital two-particle self-consistent approach -- strengths and limitations,
arxiv:2410.00962 (2024)
2023
- K. Zantout, J. Schewe,
Stochastic evolution model for international migration,
pre-print on research square (2023)
peer-reviewed:
2025
- H. Sterly, M. Borderon, P. Sakdapolrak, N. Adger, A. Ayanlade, A. Bah, J. Blocher, S. Blondin, S. Boly, T. Brochier, L. Brüning, S. Bunchuay-Peth, D. O’Byrne, R. Safra De Campos, S. N. A. Codjoe, F. Debève, A. Detges, M. Franco-Gavonel, C. Hathaway, N. Funke, F. Gemenne, F. Gubert, E. Gurmu, R. Keeton, B. Ketsomboon, M. Leroy, N. Majidi, S. Marchisio, M. Abu, S. Naruchaikusol, F. Negozio, H. Nicolle, G. Nucera, L. Olsson, J. Owuor, P. Ozer, E. Piguet, D. Reckien, S. Redicker, D. Andreolla Serraglio, B. Sultan, D. Tänzler, S. Vigil, K. Vinke, K. Zantout, C. Zickgraf,
Habitability for a connected, unequal and changing world,
Global Environmental Change 90, 102953 (2025)
- S. Michelini, K. Petrova, C. Gong, K. Zantout,
Improving on Complexity: Ideas for Enhancing Quantitative Modeling of Climate Mobility,
Annalen der Physik (2024) 2300545
2023
- K. Zantout, S. Backes, A. Razpopov, D. Lessnich, R. Valenti,
Improved effective vertices in the multi-orbital Two-Particle Self-Consistent method
from Dynamical Mean-Field Theory,
Phys. Rev. B 107, 235101 (2023)
arXiv:2211.01400 (2022)
2021
- K. Zantout, S. Backes, R. Valenti,
Two-Particle Self-Consistent method for the multi-orbital Hubbard model,
Annalen der Physik (2021) 2000399
arXiv:2008.08098 (2020)
2020
- S. Bhattacharyya, K. Björnson, K. Zantout, D. Steffensen, L. Fanfarillo, A. Kreisel, R. Valenti, B. M. Andersen, P. J. Hirschfeld,
Non-local correlations in Iron Pnictides and Chalcogenides,
Phys. Rev. B 102, 035109 (2020)
arXiv:2003.01638 (2020) - J. M. Pizarro, S. Adler, K. Zantout, T. Mertz, P. Barone, R. Valenti, G. Sangiovanni, T. O. Wehling,
Deconfinement of Mott Localized Electrons into Topological and Spin-Orbit Coupled Dirac Fermions,
npj Quantum Materials 5, 79 (2020)
arXiv:2001.04102 (2020)
2019
- K. Zantout, S. Backes, R. Valenti,
Effect of non-local correlations on the electronic structure of LiFeAs,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 123, 256401 (2019)
arXiv:1906.11853 (2019) - T. Mertz, K. Zantout, R. Valenti,
Statistical Analysis of the Chern Number in the Interacting Haldane-Hubbard Model,
Phys. Rev. B 100, 125111 (2019)
arXiv:1905.02218 (2019)
2018
- T. Mertz, K. Zantout, R. Valenti,
Self-Energy Dispersion in the Hubbard Model,
Phys. Rev. B 98, 235105 (2018)
arXiv:1806.09645 (2018) - K. Zantout, M. Altmeyer, S. Backes, R. Valenti,
Superconductivity in correlated BEDT-TTF molecular conductors: Critical temperatures and gap symmetries,
Phys. Rev. B 97, 014530 (2018)
arXiv:1711.09630 (2017)
Project reports
- Jacob Schewe, Karim Zantout,
Scenarios for future international migration under climate change,
HABITABLE project report D3.4 (2024)
Theses
- PhD thesis (2020) with corrections (June 2022):
The Two-Particle Self-Consistent approach and its application to real materials - Master thesis (2016):
Unconventional superconductivity within the single-orbital Hubbard model beyond the Random Phase Approximation - Bachelor thesis mathematics (2020):
Eigenschaften des Spektrums periodischer Schrödingeroperatoren - Bachelor thesis physics (2014):
London-, Ginzburg-Landau- und Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer-Theorie für konventionelle Supraleiter
HABITABLE - Linking Climate Change, Habitability and Social Tipping Points: Scenarios for Climate Migration
