UP-affiliated Members

Prof. Frieler specializes in climate impact research, focusing on climate risks, impact attribution, tracking of adaptation progress, and impacts of extreme weather events.

Prof. Attinger specializes in mathematical hydrology, focusing on impact of climate change on regional hydrology

Dr. Greve's research focuses on analyzing and simulating water resources within the climate system, aiming to understand water use-climate feedback and changes and uncertainties in water availability, aridity, and water scarcity.

Prof. Güntner specializes in hydrogravimetry and hydrology, focusing on water storage variations, hydrological monitoring, and geodetic techniques.

Prof. Herold specializes in Earth Observations, focusing on monitoring land surface dynamics, environmental monitoring, and land-use change.

Prof. Herzschuh specializes in paleoecology and paleoclimatology, focusing on ecosystem changes over decadal to glacial/interglacial timescales, ancient DNA and pollen analysis, and Arctic and boreal vegetation dynamics.

Prof. Kuhlicke investigates how societies perceive and respond to environmental challenges, with a particular focus on strengthening community capacity and understanding factors that influence adaptive behavior towards environmental hazards.

Prof. Lawrence focuses on atmospheric chemistry and physics, examining the interactions between air quality and climate change, and developing strategies for sustainable urban development.

Prof. Lischeid specializes in landscape hydrology and  biogeochemistry, using advanced data analysis techniques to  investigate water and nutrient fluxes in complex environmental systems.

Prof. Marwans research focuses on the understanding of complex systems in paleoclimatology.

Prof. Merz specializes in hydrology and natural hazard risk management, focusing on flood risk analysis, hydrological extremes, and the impacts of climate change on water resources.

Prof. Rockström specializes in global sustainability and Earth system science. He co-developed the Planetary Boundaries framework, which identifies key processes essential for maintaining the stability of the Earth system.

Prof. Rode specializes in hydrology in agricultural landscapes, focusing on the processes that influence water quality and nutrient transport.

Prof. Samaniego's research encompasses the monitoring, modeling, and forecasting of droughts and floods across various scales, with an emphasis on developing multiscale parameterization techniques for land surface and hydrological models.

Dr. Thonicke research on how climate and land-use changes transform ecosystems, fire regimes, and biodiversity.

Prof. Treat specializes in greenhouse gas fluxes from northern permafrost, agricultural, and wetland ecosystems, studying their response to climate warming, changes in soil thaw duration, and other drivers of spatial and temporal variability.

Prof. Weith's research focuses on urban and regional development, land management, and the facilitation of social innovations and transformative processes within spatial planning.