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Dissertations

#	Name	Title	Defense	Institution	Discipline	Role
26	Shruti Patil	tbc	est. 2026	University of Potsdam, Germany	Geoecology Climate Impact Res.	Supervisor/First Reviewer
25	Manon Glockmann	tbc	est. 2025	University of Potsdam, Germany	Geography	Supervisor/First Reviewer
24	Yunfei Li	On the influence of density and morphology on the Urban Heat Island intensity	2024	University of Potsdam, Germany	Geography	Supervisor/First Reviewer
23	Linda Krummenauer	A global assessment of heat-mortality relationships impacting urban population	June 16th, 2022	University of Potsdam, Germany	Geography	Supervisor/First Reviewer
22	David Milan Landholm-Haight	Climate change mitigation potential through land use change	Sept. 1st, 2021	Humboldt University Berlin, Germany	Agriculture	Supervisor/Second Reviewer
21	Khadak Singh Mahata	Spatiotemporal Variations of Key Air Pollutants and Greenhouse Gases in the Himalayan Foothills	June 28th, 2021	University of Potsdam, Germany	Earth Env. Science	Second Reviewer
20	Wei Weng	Local land use change and its relevance for small-scale moisture recycling in Colombian and Peruvian Amazon	2019	Humboldt University Berlin, Germany	Geography	Supervisor
19	Alistair Ford	Integrated Land-use Transport Models for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation	June 7th, 2019	University of Newcastle, United Kingdom	School of Engineering	External Examiner/Member of Committee
18	Till Sterzel	Analyzing global typologies of socio-ecological vulnerability: The cases of human security in drylands, and rapid coastal urbanization	22. February 2019	University of Potsdam, Germany	Geography	Supervisor/First Reviewer
17	Stefanie Lyn Becker	From regimes to grassroots innovations: a framework for understanding the causes and barriers to community-based initiatives and their impacts on transitions	04. July 2018	University of Potsdam, Germany	Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences	Supervisor/Second Reviewer
16	Bin Zhou	On the Assessment of Surface Urban Heat Islands: size, urban form, and seasonality	20. November 2017	University of Potsdam, Germany	Physical Geography	Supervisor/First Reviewer
15	Ramana Venkata Gudipudi	Cities and Global Sustainability: Insights from emission and ecological efficiency	08. November 2017	University of Potsdam, Germany	Geoecology	Supervisor/First Reviewer
14	Boris Prahl	On Damage Functions for the Estimation of Storm Loss and their Generalization for Climate-Related Hazards	20. January 2017	Free University Berlin, Germany	Geosciences	Supervisor/Second Reviewer
13	Isabell Weindl	Livestock futures in a changing world	11.October 2017	Humboldt University Berlin, Germany	Geography	Second Reviewer
12	Mady Olonscheck	Climate change impacts on electricity and residential energy demand	30. September 2016	University of Potsdam, Germany	Geoecology	Supervisor/First Reviewer
11	Hiripong Thepsiriamnuay	An Assessment of Sandy Beach Erosion and Adaptation Strategies in Thailand	19. December 2016	Mahidol University Bangkok, Thailand	Geoecology	External Examiner/Chair of Committee
10	Martin Gutsch	Model based analysis of climate change impacts on the productivity of oak-pine forests in Brandenburg	11. July 2016	University of Potsdam, Germany	Geoecology	First Reviewer
9	Markus Böttle	Coastal floods in view of sea level rise	27. April 2016	University of Potsdam, Germany	Geoecology	Supervisor/First Reviewer
8	Prajal Pradhan	Food demand and supply under global change	05. May 2015	University of Potsdam, Germany	Geoecology	Supervisor/First Reviewer
7	Tabea Lissner	Limitations to human livelihoods and well-being in the context of climate change	27. March 2014	Humboldt University Berlin, Germany	Geography	Supervisor/Second Reviewer
6	Anne Holsten	Climate change vulnerability assessments in the regional context	04.July 2013	University of Potsdam, Germany	Geoecology	Supervisor/First Reviewer
5	Luis Costa	Assessing adaptation to climate change and its costs in a carbon-constrained world	29. October 2013	University of Greifswald, Germany	Geosciences	Supervisor
4	Vera Tekken	Socio-economic vulnerability to climate change: a regional assessment in the context of water stress and tourism development in north-eastern Morocco	11. September 2013	University of Greifswald, Germany	Geosciences	Supervisor
3	Malaak Kallache	Trends and Extreme Values of River Discharge Time Series	02.November 2007	University of Bayreuth, Germany	Geosciences	Day2Day-supervisor/mentor
2	Henning Rust	Detection of long-range dependence : applications in climatology and hydrology	30. April 2007	University of Potsdam, Germany	Physics	Day2Day-supervisor/mentor
1	Klaus Eisenack	Model Ensembles for Natural Resource Management	13. February 2006	Free University of Berlin, Germany	Information Sciences	Day2Day-supervisor/mentor

Master Theses

#	Name	Title	Institution	Discipline	Year	Role
15	Sophia Renner	The potential of Berlin for indoor vertical farming	Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany	M.Sc. Geography	2024	Supervisor/Second Reviewer
14	Ivana Garic	Yadavs of Chakkarpur: A story of rural-urban transformation	Free University Berlin, Germany	M.Sc. Geography	2022	Supervisor/Second Reviewer
13	Karolina Heck	An indicator based analysis of Water Governance in Brandenburg.	University of Freiburg, Germany	M.Sc. Geography	2021	Supervisor/Second Reviewer
13	Raphael Ganzenmüller	Exploration of Sectoral Greenhouse Gas Emission Dynamics and Sustainable Low-Carbon Pathways	Christian Albrechts University Kiel, Germany	M.Sc. Sustainability, Society and Environment	2018	Supervisor/Second Reviewer
12	Kai-Ti Wu	Probabilistic Elementary and Game of Life Cellular Automata Models applied to Urban Spatio-Temporal Patterns - Case Stduy from JinJinJi - China	Technical University of Berlin, Germany	M.Sc. Environmental Planning	2017	Supervisor/Reviewer
11	Sarah Haussmann	Network and organizational structure of sustainability initiatives in Germany	University of Freiburg, Germany	M.Sc. Geography	2014	Supervisor/Reviewer
10	Ceran Hic	An estimation of food waste and its implication on food security and environment	Humboldt University Berlin, Germany	M.Sc. Agricultural Economics	2014	Supervisor/Reviewer
9	Linda Krummenauer	Deriving impact functions for heat related mortality in cities	University of Bonn, Germany	M.Sc. Geography	2013	Supervisor/Reviewer
8	Bin Zhou	Urban Heat Islands: A study based on a vast number of urban agglomerations	University of Freiburg, Germany	M.Sc. Geography	2012	Supervisor/Reviewer
7	Franziska Kaiser	Über die Phasenstatistik phänologischer Daten und den Einfluss des Klimawandels	University of Potsdam, Germany	M.Sc. Physics	2012	Supervisor/Reviewer
6	Steffen Kriewald	A dynamical coupled model for a sustainable urban-bio-region	University of Potsdam, Germany	M.Sc. Physics	2012	Supervisor/Reviewer
5	Julia Marusczyk	Climate Change Adaptation as a process: cost implications for India's agriculture	Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development	M.Sc. Global Change Management	2012	Supervisor/Reviewer
4	Dennis Möller	Einfluss von Grosswetterlagen auf das Sturmflutverhalten in der Ostsee	University of Bonn, Germany	M.Sc. Geography	2011	Supervisor/Reviewer
3	Anto Dominic Raphael	Evaluation of meteorological fire risk indices for German states	Eberswalde University for Applied Sciences	M.Sc. in Forest Information and Technology	2011	Supervisor/Reviewer
2	Mady Olonscheck	Development of Future Heating and Cooling Demand on Households in Germany under Climate Change	Humboldt University Berlin, Germany	M.Sc. Geography	2010	Supervisor/Reviewer
1	Tabea Lissner	Vulnerability Analysis for North-Rhine Westphalia - Climate Impacts on Human Health	Humboldt University Berlin, Germany	M.Sc. Geography	2008	Supervisor/Reviewer

Bachelor Theses