Teaching & Supervision
Teaching
At the Humboldt University of Berlin, Institute for Geography:
Seminar: Earth as a Complex System,
2 SWS, WS 2011/12 (Seminar plan)
Oberseminar: Klima, Wasser und Landnutzung im 21. Jahrhundert,
2 SWS, WS 2010/11
Seminar: Globaler Wasserhaushalt und globales Wassermanagement,
2 SWS, SS 2009, 2010
At the University of Potsdam, Institute for Geoecology:
Seminar: Angewandte Geoökologie: Globaler Wasserhaushalt und globales Wassermanagement, 2 SWS, WS 2006/07 (with S. Rost), 2007/08, 2008/09 (with S. Rost).
Lecture (with W. Lucht): Einführung in die Erdsystemmodellierung, 1 SWS, WS 2004/05
At the University of Basel, Institute for Geography:
Seminar/Exercise: Einführung in die Erdsystemanalyse, 1 SWS, FS 2008 and 2009
Supervision of PhD and diploma students
Marianela Fader, Flows of virtual land and water through global trade of agricultural products (PhD, Humboldt University Berlin & IMPRS-ESM Research School), submitted.
Jens Heinke, Ensemble projections of freshwater resources in the 21st century (PhD, Humboldt University of Berlin), ongoing.
Holger Hoff: Climate change effects upon water availability in the MENA and SSA regions (PhD, Potsdam University), ongoing.
Hester Biemans (at WUR Wageningen): Global reservoir modelling (PhD, Wageningen University & SENSE Research School), ongoing.
Yvonne Brückmann: Role of bioenergy production in the global water system (PhD, Humboldt University of Berlin), ongoing.
Sebastian Ostberg: Joint effects of climate and land use change on the biosphere (PhD, Humboldt University of Berlin), ongoing.
Stefanie Rost, Agriculture and the global water system (PhD, Potsdam University), completed in Nov. 2009.
Veronika Huber, Climate impact on phytoplankton blooms in shallow lakes (PhD, Potsdam University), completed in Apr. 2010.
Markus Konzmann: Modellbasierte Analyse von Klimawirkungen auf den globalen Bewässerungsbedarf unter Berücksichtigung von 19 Klimamodellen (Master thesis, Humboldt University of Berlin), completed in May 2011.
Tom Eickhof: Assessment of different water storage types in Ghana and their resilience under future climate and land-use change scenarios (Diploma thesis, Humboldt University of Berlin), completed in December 2010.
Markus Thammer: Globaler grüner und blauer virtueller Wasserhandel (Diploma thesis, University of Munich), completed in 2010.
Janine Rohwer: Development of functional types of irrigation for improved crop modelling (Diploma thesis, Potsdam University), completed in 2006
Anna Leipprand: Effects of doubled atmospheric CO2 concentration on plant production and water balance: Global and regional scale simulations with a Dynamic Global Vegetation Model (Diploma thesis, Humboldt University of Berlin), completed in 2004.
