Current Doctoral Researchers

Name Thesis Working Title PIK Supervisor Discipline University/ Supervisor Working group or Unit
Breier, Jannes Modelling global biophysical potentials of Sustainable Agriculture: Integrating social dynamics and planetary boundaries Dieter Gerten Geography HU Berlin / Dieter Gerten RD1 TESS
Eberhard, Julius Feedbacks between climate and plate tectonics through Earth's history Georg Feulner Climate Physics U Potsdam / Georg Feulner RD1 PATH
Fahrländer, Simon Understanding green water resilience through atmospheric moisture flows Lauren Andersen Hydrology U Potsdam / Johan Rockström RD1 TESS
Garbe, Julius Interaction of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets Ricarda Winkelmann, Jonathan Donges Physics U Potsdam / Ricarda Winkelmann ERSU
Grudde, Bastian Climate Adaptation Cascades: Trajectories and Boundaries for the Human Climate Niche Jonathan Donges Earth System Analysis U Potsdam / Johan Rockström ERSU
Kaufhold, Christine Modelling of long-term future climate change with application to the problem of permanent nuclear waste storage in Germany Andrey Ganopolski Physics U Potsdam / Stefan Rahmstorf RD1 LTT
Kitzmann, Niklas Social tipping dynamics for climate change mitigation and sustainability transformations Ricarda Winkelmann, Jonathan Donges Physics U Potsdam / Ricarda Winkelmann RD1 PBScience ERSU
Kreuzer, Moritz Coupling Framework for Interactions of the Antarctic Ice Sheet with Ocean and Atmosphere Ricarda Winkelmann, Georg Feulner, Torsten Albrecht Physics U Potsdam / Ricarda Winkelmann, Georg Feulner ERSU
Nicola, Lena Short- and long-term effects of extreme events on Antarctic ice dynamics Ricarda Winkelmann, Johanna Beckmann Climate Physics U Potsdam/ Ricarda Winkelmann ERSU
Oliveira Guimarães, Sullyandro Advances in climate modeling, performing developments in the Potsdam Earth Model POEM with a focus on the ocean-atmosphere interactions, conduction, interpreting, and publishing scientific simulation experiments Stefan Rahmstorf, Masoud Rostami Climate Physics U Potsdam / Stefan Rahmstorf RD1 PATH
Priesner, Jamir Natural vegetation under drought scenarios Kirsten Thonicke Earth System Modelling TU München/ Niklas Boers RD1 EST
Schöll, Simon Ice-ocean feedbacks and critical thresholds Ricarda Winkelmann, Anders Levermann, Torsten Albrecht Physics U Potsdam / Ricarda Winkelmann ERSU
Werner, Helen Glacial and Erosional Contributions to Late Quaternary Uplift of the European Alps Ricarda Winkelmann Earth Sciences FU Berlin / Dirk Scherler ERSU