Da Nian is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the PIK, supported by the ERSU project.
Her research focuses on nonlinear climate dynamics and critical transitions, using the CLIMBER-X Earth system model and dynamical systems theory to study the impacts of a potential AMOC or Amazon collapse on the carbon cycle and Earth’s resilience. Through this work, she aims to improve understanding of tipping-point feedbacks and contribute to defining “safe and just operating spaces” in the Anthropocene.
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14412 Potsdam
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e-mail: danian@pik-potsdam.de
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Telegraphenberg A 31
P.O. Box 60 12 03
D-14412 Potsdam
www.pik-potsdam.de
October 2025-present: Postdoctoral Researcher at Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), involved in the ERSU project, advisor: Professor Johan Rockström
September 2023-present: Postdoctoral Researcher at Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), involved in the TIME-CO2 project, advisor: Professor Johan Rockström
September 2021-2023: Postdoctoral Researcher at PIK, contributed to the European Union’s Horizon 2020 TiPES project, advisor: Professor Niklas Boers
September 2016-July 2021: PhD at Peking University, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Thesis: Study on the Variation and Interaction of Multiple-Timescale Relative Humidity in China, supervisor: Professor Zuntao Fu
I currently serve as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), supported by the ERSU project. My research interests center on nonlinear dynamics in the climate system, with a particular focus on critical transitions, climate tipping points, and Earth system resilience. I use the CLIMBER-X Earth system model together with concepts from dynamical systems theory to study the climate and carbon-cycle impacts of a potential AMOC or/and Amazon collapse. More broadly, I am interested in understanding how feedbacks between tipping elements shape system stability and inform the definition of “safe and just operating spaces” in the Anthropocene.
