Anders Levermann is a climate scientist at the
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and a Professor of the Dynamics of the Climate System at
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,
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. He was contributing author to the fourth assessment report of the
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(IPCC AR4) which received the
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in 2007. He advises political and economic stakeholders on the issue of
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.
Curriculum vitae
Born in 1973 in
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, Germany, Anders Levermann studied
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at Marburg University, Germany. After his prediploma he completed his Civil Service at
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‘Givat Shaul’ in
Jerusalem,
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. Afterwards he completed his studies in physics at Kiel University, Germany, where he received his diploma in 1999. During his Ph.D. at the
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(with Minerva scholarship) he worked on fractal growth pattern with Professor Itamar Procaccia.
He received his Ph.D. in theoretical physics in 2003, after which he started to work on climate dynamics at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. Initially as a Postdoc with a
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of Gary-Comer-foundation, he become Juniorprofessor in 2006. Since October 2007, he is a senior researcher at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and a Professor of the Dynamics of the Climate System at Physics Institute of Potsdam University, Germany.
Several research visits brought him to the
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and
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. His research focuses on so-called Tipping Elements of the climate system.
Publications
Currently more than 30 peer-reviewed publications with more than 500 ISI-citations
Selection of peer-reviewed literature:
- Levermann, Griesel, Hofmann, Montoya, Rahmstorf
Stefan Rahmstorf is a German oceanographer and climatologist. Since 2000, he has been a Professor of Physics of the Oceans at Potsdam University. He received his Ph.D. in oceanography from Victoria University of Wellington...
; "Dynamic sea level changes following changes in the thermohaline circulation"; Climate Dynamics, 24 (2005), 347-354. http://www.pik-potsdam.de/~anders/publications/levermann_griesel05.pdf
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