Dr Elodie Kendall

Science Coordinator
Executive Staff
Kendall

I am a Scientific Coordinator in PIK’s directors team (since October 2025). 

My responsibilities include:

  • Project (incl. budget) and personnel management
  • Providing strategic advice to Johan Rockström
  • Preparing and moderating meetings with various PIK teams (e.g., ERSU, PBScience Lab), as well as with external partners and stakeholders
  • Coordinating project reporting 
  • Event management (Global Tipping Points conference, which will take place in Potsdam in the summer of 2027)

Department

Scientific Directors' Staff

Contact

Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
T +49 (0)331 288 20905
Elodie.Kendall[at]pik-potsdam.de
P.O. Box 60 12 03
14412 Potsdam

ORCID

0000-0001-7314-8741

Career:

  • 2015-2019: PhD in Seismology (University College London), supervisors: Ana Ferreira, Manuele Faccenda
  • 2019-2020: Teaching Fellow in Geophysics (University College London)
  • 2020-2023: Postdoc in Geodynamics (GeoForschungsZentrum), supervisors: Stephan Sobolev, Sascha Brune
  • 2023-2024: Free-lance Science and Mindfulness teacher
  • 2024-2025: Scientific Coordinator (GeoForschungsZentrum)
  • 2025-present: Scientific Coordinator (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research)

Previous projects:

  • NERC PhD 
  • Postdoc in ERC MEET
  • Coordinator in ESA FLAG Project

Currently supporting:

  • ERC Synergy: GROUNDSWELL

  • Royal Society, London in 2020
  • Planetarium lecture, 2024

  • 2021: Computational time (1212kNPL) on HLRN (Northern German Computing Alliance) for GFZ geodynamic modelling section 
  • 2019: CINECA, Italy Padova Computational time: 100,000 core hours 
  • 2019: Short-term Scientific mission (STSM) grant  
  • 2018: Royal Astronomical Grant
Directors' Staff