Honours and Fellowships

  • Petersen Excellence Professorship, 2023
  • PAGES Fellow, 2022
  • Fellow of the Royal Society New South Wales, 2020
  • UNSW Science Staff Excellence Award in recognition and celebration of Excellence in Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, 2016
  • Postgraduate Council Outstanding Supervisor Award, 2012
  • ARC Future Fellowship, Australia, 2010-2014
  • NSERC University Faculty Award, Canada, 2004-2009
  • Annette-Barthelt-Preis für Meeresforschung, Kiel, Germany, 2000

Positions held

  • Director of the Climate Change Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia (since February 2017)
  • Professor at the Climate Change Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia (since June 2018)
  • Associate Investigator of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes (since September 2018)
  • Member of the Committee of Experts for the German Excellence Strategy
  • Member of the Joint Scientific Committee (JSC) for the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP)
  • Member of the NSW EPA Climate Change Community and Environment Advisory Group
  • Member of the IOC-UNESCO working group Global Ocean Oxygen Network (GO2NE)
  • Member of the Environmental Research Letters (ERL) Editorial Board

Professional history

  • Member of the Swiss National Science Foundation Starting Grants Evaluation Panel, 2022
  • Member of the Past Global Changes (PAGES) Executive Committee (EXCOM), 2019-2021
  • Member of the Past Global Changes Scientific Committee (SSC), 2016-2021
  • Associate Investigator of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science (June 2012-June 2018)
  • Adjunct Professor at the School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria, Canada (2009-2018)
  • Courtesy Faculty Member at the College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, USA (2004-2013)

  • Associate Professor at the Climate Change Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia (January 2013 – June 2018)
  • Senior Lecturer at the Climate Change Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia (December 2009- December 2012)
  • Assistant Professor, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria, Canada (April 2005 – November 2009)
  • Assistant Professor (limited term), School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria, Canada (November 2002 – March 2005)
  • Postdoctoral Fellow at the Climate Modelling Group, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria, Canada (March 2000 – October 2002)
  • Ph.D. Student, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany (May 1996 – January 2000)
  • Antarctic Expedition ANT XV/4 1998 (RV Polarstern)
  • Unité de Traitement d’Images Satellitaires (ISRA/ORSTOM), Centre de Recherches Océanographiques de Dakar-Thiaroye, Sénégal (1995 -1996)
  • Sécrétariat du Fonds Français pour l’Environnement Mondial (Caisse Française de Développement), Paris, France (1995)
  • Field Engineer, Wireline & Testing, Schlumberger, France (1994)
  • AEG Westinghouse, Transport Systeme GmbH, Berlin, Germany (1993)

Degrees

  • Ph.D., Physics, Universität Bremen, Germany, 1999
  • Diplôme d’Etudes Approfondies, Ocean-Atmosphere Dynamics, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris VI, France, 1996
  • Graduate Engineer, Ecole Centrale de Lille, France, 1995
  • Deutsches Abitur, Französisches Gymnasium Berlin, Germany, 1989
  • Baccalauréat Français, Französisches Gymnasium Berlin, Germany, 1989

School

  • Ph.D. Student, Physics, Universität Bremen, Germany (1996-1999)
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Dynamics, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris VI, France (1994-1996)
  • Option Océan, Ecole Centrale Paris, France (1994-1995)
  • Ecole Centrale de Lille, France (1992-1994)
  • Classes Préparatoires, Lycée Saint Louis, Paris, France (1989-1992)
  • Französisches Gymnasium Berlin, Germany (1981-1989)
  • Nehring Grundschule, Berlin, Germany (1977-1981)