Ice researcher Ricarda Winkelmann is a mathematician and physicist by training. After finishing her doctorate with distinction at PIK she continued to work at the institute; among other activities she has since worked on the chapter on sea-level rise of the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change (IPCC) and conducted research at the renowned Carnegie Institution for Science in Stanford, USA, over several months. In 2014 Winkelmann was appointed junior professor at Potsdam University, with a focus on the analysis of ice dynamics and tipping elements in the Antarctic region.
Overall, ten new members were admitted into the Academy last weekend - distinguished young scientists from different disciplines ranging from biophysics to history of science, and one artist. The Junge Akademie numbers 50 members and has set itself the task of encouraging academic - especially interdisciplinary - discourse among outstanding young academics as well as promoting initiatives at the intersection of academia and society.
Weblink to the Junge Akademie:
http://www.diejungeakademie.de/en/home/
