Dr. rer. nat. Matthias Hofmann

Senior Scientist

Physicist/Earth system modeler

Department

Earth System Analysis

Working Group

Earth System Modes of Operation

Curriculum Vitae

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Contact

Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
T +49 (0)331 288 2567
hofmann@pik-potsdam.de[at]pik-potsdam.de
P.O. Box 60 12 03
14412 Potsdam

ORCID

orcid.org/0000-0001-7259-8396
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) Telegraphenberg A62 / 004 T +49 (0)331 288 2567 hofmann[at]pik-potsdam.de P.O. Box 60 12 03 14412 Potsdam

My research at PIK aims at understanding the link between the global carbon cycle and the ocean circulation. Therefore I employ Earth system models of different complexity. In this context I am interested in the assessment and improvement of the performance of the underlying numerical schemes and parameterizations of physico-biological mesoscale processes.

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EU HORIZON 2020: https://comfort.w.uib.no/ Principal Investigator (PI) "Our common future ocean in the Earth system – quantifying coupled cycles of carbon, oxygen, and nutrients for determining and achieving safe operating spaces with respect to tipping points (COMFORT)"

Lectures in Climate Physics held at the Potsdam University



Winter semester 2009/2010: Der Kohlenstoffkreislauf des Ozeans und das Klima der Erde

Winter semester 2010/2011: Modellierung biogeochemischer Prozesse im Ozean

Summer semester 2011: Einführung in die globalen Meeresströmungen

Winter semester 2011/2012: Der Kohlenstoffkreislauf des Ozeans und das Klima der Erde

Summer semester 2012: Modellierung biogeochemischer Prozesse im Ozean


Supervision of PhD-, Diploma-, Master-, and Bachelor thesis



1) 2011/2012 Dirk Olonscheck, Bachelor thesis, “Enhanced temperature sensitivity of zooplankton metabolism could lead to accelerated oceanic chlorophyll(a) decline under global warming” together with Prof. Dr. Anders Levermann


2) 2011/2012 Dzulia Terzijska, Diploma thesis, “Effects of different eddy parameterizations and elevated Southern Hemisphere winds on the Southern Ocean carbon sink” together with Prof. Dr. Stefan Rahmstorf


3) 2012/2013 Sabine Mathesius, Master thesis, “Modelling the long-term effects of Carbon Dioxide Removal on ocean biogeochemistry and atmospheric CO2 concentrations” together with Prof. Dr. Stefan Rahmstorf and Prof. Dr. Dr. Hans Joachim Schellnhuber


4) 2017/2018 Jan Landwehrs, Master thesis, "Modeling of marine biogeochemical end-Triassic extinction events" together with Dr. Georg Feulner

5) 2019/2020 Julia Brugger, PhD thesis, "Modeling of the KT event" together with Dr. Georg Feulner

RD1 - Earth System Analysis