Funktion und Aufgaben:

Postdoctoral Researcher in Section 1.3 "Earth System Modeling" in the group of Dr. Jan Saynisch-Wagner 

Wissenschaftliche Interessen:

• Numerical Modeling
• Data Assimilation
• Air Pollution Modeling 
• GIS Mapping
• Time Series Analysis

Karriere:

• Since 2025: Postdoctoral Researcher, GFZ Helmholtz-Zentrum für Geoforschung, Section 1.3 "Earth System Modeling"
• 2024 – 2025: Working Student: Climate Data Analyst – Trading Meteorology, Vattenfall Energy Trading GmBH (Hamburg, Germany)
• 2020 – 2024: PhD Researcher, Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon (Geesthacht, Germany)
• 2019 – 2020: Assistant Professional Officer – Air Quality Laboratory, City of Cape Town – Scientific Services (Cape Town, South Africa)
• 2019: Research Assistant, Climate System Analysis Group (Cape Town, South Africa)
• 2017: Research Assistant, Climate System Analysis Group (Cape Town, South Africa)
  

Werdegang / Ausbildung:

• Since 2020: PhD in Earth System Science - Universität Hamburg (Hamburg, Germany)

• 2016 – 2019: Master of Science in Environmental & Geographical Science (Atmospheric Science specialisation) - University of Cape Town (Cape Town, South Africa)

• 2015 – 2015: Bachelor of Science Honours in Atmospheric Science, University of Cape Town (Cape Town, South Africa)

• 2012 – 2014: Bachelor of Science in Marine Biology, Environmental & Geographical Science - University of Cape Town (Cape Town, South Africa)

Projekte:

• Since 2025: Volkswagen Foundation, Pioneer Projects – Impetus for the German Research System: Chat Based Geoscientific Research Transformer (chatGRT)

• 2020 – 2024: GMOS-Train: Early Stage Researcher (PhD Researcher) in a European Union Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions project seeking to understand the global mercury biogeochemical cycle