Jürg Luterbacher

Summary

Prof. Jürg Luterbacher, swiss citizen, is Chair for Climatology, Climate Dynamics and Climate Change at the University of Giessen and Visiting Professor with the Chinese Academy of Science in China and Guest Professor at the University of Bern. He received his PhD in climate sciences from the University of Bern, Switzerland. He has vast experience in global climate change issues and weather/climate extremes relevant for society, economy and ecology. He is also an expert in palaeoclimatology and a lead author in the IPCC 5th assessment report chapter 5 “Information from Paleoclimate Archives”. He has more than 160 peer-reviewed publications, including Science and Nature, an h-index of 53 (ISI Web of Science) and more than 10500 citations. He was twice highly cited researcher in Geosciences (Thomson Reuters).

Biogeography Biological Oceanography Biosphere Interactions Climate Change Biology Environmental Impacts Food, Water & Energy Nexus

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PeerJ - the Journal of Life & Environmental Sciences

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Justus Liebig University Giessen

Work details

Prof., PhD

Justus Liebig Universität Gießen

April 2009

Department of Geography

Full Professor (Chair) for Climatology, Climate Dynamics and Climate Change and head physical Geography section at the Justus-Liebig-University of Giessen, Germany. In this function, I am responsible for leading and developing scientific programs and teaching curricula, the control and financial reporting, the management of the personnel, supervision of staff, the day-to-day operations as well as the capacity-building program of the Department. I have long experience in leading national and international interdisciplinary projects (together with climatologists, modelers, biologists, ocean scientists, geologists, meteorologists, historians, economics and social scientists) and in international initiatives. I was a lead author in the IPCC AR5 in chapter 5.

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