Jan Esper
Encyclopedia
Jan Esper is the head of the dendro sciences division at the WSL (Wald Snee und Landschafft - en:Forest, Snow and Landscape) division of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH
). His research interests are Global Climate Change, Palaeoclimatology and Vegetation Dynamics.
His research has been part of the Hockey stick controversy
with his temperature reconstructions, that have been cited as being evidence for both sides of the controversy.
Eth
Eth is a letter used in Old English, Icelandic, Faroese , and Elfdalian. It was also used in Scandinavia during the Middle Ages, but was subsequently replaced with dh and later d. The capital eth resembles a D with a line through the vertical stroke...
). His research interests are Global Climate Change, Palaeoclimatology and Vegetation Dynamics.
His research has been part of the Hockey stick controversy
Hockey stick controversy
The hockey stick controversy refers to debates over the technical correctness and implications for global warming of graphs showing reconstructed estimates of the temperature record of the past 1000 years...
with his temperature reconstructions, that have been cited as being evidence for both sides of the controversy.
Academic career
- 1995 Diplom in Geography at University of BonnUniversity of BonnThe University of Bonn is a public research university located in Bonn, Germany. Founded in its present form in 1818, as the linear successor of earlier academic institutions, the University of Bonn is today one of the leading universities in Germany. The University of Bonn offers a large number...
- 1999 Ph.D. in Geography at the University of BonnUniversity of BonnThe University of Bonn is a public research university located in Bonn, Germany. Founded in its present form in 1818, as the linear successor of earlier academic institutions, the University of Bonn is today one of the leading universities in Germany. The University of Bonn offers a large number...
- 2000 Postdoc at Columbia UniversityColumbia UniversityColumbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
- 2001 Research scientist at ETHEthEth is a letter used in Old English, Icelandic, Faroese , and Elfdalian. It was also used in Scandinavia during the Middle Ages, but was subsequently replaced with dh and later d. The capital eth resembles a D with a line through the vertical stroke...
, BirmensdorfBirmensdorfBirmensdorf is a municipality in the district of Dietikon in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.-Geography:Birmensdorf has an area of . Of this area, 41% is used for agricultural purposes, while 38.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 20.2% is settled and the remainder is non-productive... - 2005 HabilitationHabilitationHabilitation is the highest academic qualification a scholar can achieve by his or her own pursuit in several European and Asian countries. Earned after obtaining a research doctorate, such as a PhD, habilitation requires the candidate to write a professorial thesis based on independent...
at the University of Bern - 2006 Head Dendro Sciences Division, WSL (Wald Schnee und Landschaft)