Education
| Ph.D. | The University of British Columbia, Canada, 1984-1988, Thesis: ‘Spatial Scales of Sensible Heat Flux Variability : Representativeness of Flux Measurements and Surface Layer Structure over Suburban Terrain’; Advisor: Prof. T.R. Oke, FRSC |
| Dipl. Natw. | ETH, Zürich, 1978-1984, Diploma thesis : ‘Das Horizontale Windfeld im Gebiet der Stadt Zürich’; Advisor: Prof. A. Ohmura |
Professional Positions held
| 2021 - | Speaker (Sprecher), Helmholtz Research Program “Changing Earth – sustaining our future”, Topic 1 “The Atmosphere in Global Change”, Member of the Program Board |
| 2007 - | Director, Atmospheric Environmental Research; Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT/IMK-IFU), Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany |
| 2007 - | Professor, Lehrstuhl for Atmospheric Environmental Research (LAUF), Technical University of Munich, Germany |
| 2005 - 2007 | Professor, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA |
| 2002 - 2007 | Co-Director, Institute for Research in Environmental Science (IRES), Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA |
| 2001 - 2005 | Associate Professor, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA |
| 1995 - 2001 | Assistant Professor, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA |
| 1993 - 1996 | Senior Research Scientist (Oberassistent), Climate Sciences, ETH-Zürich, Switzerland |
| 1990 - 1996 | Lecturer, Climate Sciences ETH-Zürich, Switzerland |
| 1989 - 1993 | Research Scientist (Assistent), Climate Sciences, ETH-Zürich, Switzerland |
| 1988 - 1989 | Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of British Columbia, Canada |
Appointments, Honors and Awards
| 2023 | Award of Excellence in Biometeorology, Amer. Meteorol. Soc. |
| 2021 - | Science Advisory Board member, eLTER - Integrated European Long-Term Ecosystem, critical zone and socio-ecological Research |
| 2011 - 2017 | Rapporteur, Research Field Earth Sciences and Climate, Max-Planck Society, Germany |
| 2011 - 2014 | Member, Science Steering Committee, IGBP/iLEAPS |
| 2006 - 2018 | Editorial Board Member of Agricultural and Forest Meteorology |
| 2004 - | AmeriFlux – Science Steering Committee Member |
| 2004 - 2010 | Subject Editor of Ecological Applications |
| 2002 - 2003 | Visiting Professor Fellowship, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zürich |
| 2000, 1998 | Overseas Conference Award, International Programs, Indiana University |
| 1998 - 2016 | Editorial Board Member of Boundary-Layer Meteorology |