Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae - Werner von Bloh

 Born: 1963 in Oldenburg, Germany

Address: Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, P.O. Box 60 12 03, 14412 Potsdam, Germany

Education

Ph.D. 1999

University of Potsdam in Theoretical Physics, title "Geophysiologische Modellierung der Wechselwirkung von Klima und Biosphäre" / "Geophysiological modelling of the interaction between climate and biosphere". The thesis is published by Dissertation.de - Verlag im Internet, Berlin.

Diploma1989

University of Oldenburg in physics, title "Simulation und Analyse von irreversiblen Aggregationsprozessen mittels Parallelrechnern" / "Simulation and analysis of irreversible aggregation processes using parallel computers" (Supervisor Prof. Hans Joachim Schellnhuber).

Professional experience

2007-present

Position at the Research Domain 1, Earth System Analysis, at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) in Potsdam, Germany.

1993-2007

Position at the Data & Computation department at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) in Potsdam, Germany.

1989-1993

Postgraduated position at the University of Oldenburg/ Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM).

Teaching experience

5-30 Sep. 2005

Lecturer at the fifth summer school of the Helmholtz Institute for Supercomputational Physics (HISP) "Complex Networks in Brain Dynamics"

Since 2004

Lectures at the university of Potsdam

9-15 Sep. 2000

Lecturer at the International School on Earth and Planetary Sciences at the university of Siena

Research fields

Publications

More than 70 publications in refereed journals and books.

Review activity

Science team memberships

Since 2002 Daisyworld and Beyond Research Network, UK

2005-2007 Team member "Evolution of habitable planets" of the International Space Science Institute (ISSI), Bern, Switzerland.

Membership

American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Programming skills

  • Computer languages: C, C++, FORTRAN
  • Software: UNIX (AIX, Linux), MPI Message passing
  • Administration: IBM CLUSTER-1600, LoadLeveler