Supervised Thesis
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Climatology, Climate Dynamics and Climate Change |
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Prof. Jürg Luterbacher, PhD |
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| Supervision/Co-supervision of Habilitation, PhD and Diploma/Bachelor/Master theses and visiting scientists |
Habilitation thesis:
- 2010: Dr. Douglas Maraun: The variability of precipitation extremes and their synoptic scale drivers; A United Kingdom case study discussed from a downscaling perspective
PhD theses:
- 2010: Andrea Toreti: Extreme events in the Mediterranean: analysis and dynamics
- 2010: Franz G. Kuglitsch: Extreme temperature events in the Mediterranean region
- 2010: Raphael Neukom: Multiproxy climate field reconstructions for southern South America back to AD 900.
- 2009: Marcel Kuettel: European climate dynamics and long-term variations over the past centuries
- 2009: Simone Russo: High-resolution geochemical data in coral skeleton and proxy for paleoclimate reconstruction in the Mediterranean Sea
- 2008: Nadja Riedwyl: European climate reconstructions back to 1000 AD – a methodological approach.
- 2007: This Rutishauser: Historical Phenology. Plant Phenological Reconstructions and Climate Sensitivity in Northern Switzerland
- 2006: Paul Della-Marta: Extreme Temperature Events in Europe from 1850-2003
- 2006: Andreas Pauling: European Precipitation Variability AD 1500-2000
- 2005: Carlo Casty: Climate variability over the North Atlantic / European and Alpine regions since 1500
- 2002: Elena Xoplaki: Climate variability over the Mediterranean
Diploma theses:
- 2011: Pinar Pamukci: Klimavariabilität im Vorderen Orient von 1901 bis 2006: Klimatologische Analyse, Synoptische Einflüsse und Kompositstudien für die Räume Damaskus, Bagdad und Kairo/Alexandrien’
- 2011: Johanna Untenecker: Potential distribution of Silver Fir (Abies Alba) in present times (joint supervision with Prof. Willy Tinner, University of Bern, Switzerland)
- 2011: Kristina Wutke: ‚Der Campanische Ignimbrit und seine Umweltauswirkungen: eine Fallstudie aus dem Lago Grande di Monticchio, Süditalien (to be finished end of 2011, joint supervison with Prof. A. Brauer, GFZ Potsdam)
- 2011: Alexandra Bernhardt: Variability and trends of precipitation intensities across Germany (to be finished end of 2011, joint supervision with Prof. D. Maraun, Kiel)
- 2011: Kai Guckes: Freisetzung organischer Schadstoffe aus dem "Gletscherpool" in den Hochalpen (to be finished end of 2011, joint supervision with PD A. Düring, Institute for Soil Science, University of Giessen)
- 2011: Markus Ernst: Glacial retreat of the Nupsfonn from the little ice age until today (to be finished end of 2011, joint supervision with Prof. A. Nesje, University of Bergen, Norway)
- 2011: Johannes Ludwig: ‚Klimawandel und Regionalplanung in Hessen – die Regionalen Grünzüge (joint supervision with Prof. C. Diller, University of Giessen)
- 2011: Christopher Pöppel: ‚Hochwasserschutz und Regionalplanung in Hessen – Möglichkeiten, Umsetzung und Konflikte – dargestellt unter Einbeziehung eines Geographischen Informationssystems (joint supervision with Prof. C. Diller, University of Giessen)
- 2010: Andreas Feuerstein: Impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture, Natural Resources and the sustainable Management of Desertification to ensure Food Security in the Tazekka national Park, Morocco
- 2010: Oliver Wild: Topographic effects within rock and near-surface ground temperatures on the Stockhorn plateau and the Kleinmatterhorn (Valais, Switzerland)
- 2010: Peter Stucki: Climate, Floods and Droughts in the Alpine Region since 1500; from Multidecadal Variability to Single Events (Supervisor, thesis completed at the University of Bern, Switzerland)
- 2010: Lukas Wahlen: Climate model-reconstruction comparisons over the last millennium in southern South America (Supervisor, thesis completed at the University of Bern, Switzerland)
- 2009: Alexander Nauels: Extreme sea levels around the northwestern iberian peninsula and their link to atmospheric forcing (Supervisor, thesis completed at the University of Bern, Switzerland)
- 2008: Marco Stössel: Reconstruction of precipitation in Europe: The challenge of an optimized proxy network
- 2008: Thomas Neuenschwander: Climate sensitivity of a millennial-long Larix decicua tree-ring chronology in the French Maritime Alps.
- 2008: Lea Moser: Intra-annual tree growth along an altitudinal gradient in the Lötschental, Switzerland.
- 2007: Nicole Meier: Grape Harvest Records as a Proxy for Swiss April to August Temperature Reconstructions
- 2007: Sebastian König: Potential of documentary based climate information for the evaluation of European temperature extremes and large scale SLP reconstructions
- 2007: Susanna Graf: The Influence of Climate Factors on Selected Phenological Phases, 1766-1801 and 1951-2005
- 2006: Marcel Küttel: Testing a European surface temperature reconstruction in a surrogate climate
- 2004: Jürg Kurmann: The connection between winter North Atlantic sea surface temperatures and European precipitation in the twentieth century
- 2004: Daphné Rüfenacht: Vergleich rekonstruierter und modellierter europäischer Temperaturdaten 1500-1990
- 2004: Nicole Lampart: Relationship between winter European Land and North Atlantic Sea Surface Temperature in the 20th century
- 2003: Erich Fischer: Regional and Seasonal Impact of Volcanic Eruptions on European Climate over the Last Centuries
- 2003: This Rutishauser: Cherry Tree Phenology. Interdisciplinary Analyses of Phenological Observations of the Cherry Tree in the Extended Swiss Plateau Region and Their Relation to Climate Change
- 2003: Caroline Diesbergen: Reconstruction of Winter North Atlantic-SSTs for 1659-1855 based on Instrumental and Documentary/Natural Proxy Data
- 2002: Andreas Pauling: Evaluation of Multi-proxy Predictors for the Reconstruction of European and North Atlantic Temperature and Pressure Fields
- 2002: Urs Gimmi: Niederschlagsrekonstruktion für Bern zwischen 1760 und 1863 basierend auf Dokumentendaten
- 2001: Carlo Casty: Untersuchung der Bodendruckmustervariabilität im nordatlantisch-europäischen Raum zwischen 1659 und 1990: Klimaregimesuche
Bachelor theses:
- 2011: Hannah Bruchhaus: Extremwetterereignisse verbunden mit winterlichen Rheinhochwasser in der Region Köln
- 2011: Philomena Gesa Steidel: Differences in the hydrology of urban and rural regions of Germany based on urban climate factors
- 2011: Alexander Latsch: Differentiation of snow avalanches, debris flows and flooding based on tree ring
- 2011: Stefanie Hübner: Climate change: Increased demand of water for human beings and nature – Will there be a risk in the groundwater supply in the canton of Aargau (Switzerland)?
Visiting Scientists:
- 2011: Juanjo Gomez-Navarra, PhD candidate, University of Murcia, Spain
- 2011: Maria Segnalini, PhD candidate, Tuscia University Viterbo, Italy
- 2011: Annina Sorg, PhD candidate, University of Bern, Switzerland
- 2011: Dr. Michelle Schneuwly-Bollschweiler, University of Bern, Switzerland
- 2010/2011: Leopoldo Carro-Calvo, PhD candidate, University of Alcala, Spain
- 2009: Prof. Dr. Zhixin Hao, Chinese Academy of Science, Institute of Geographical Science, Beijing, China
- 2007: Assaf Hochman, PhD candidate, University of Tel Aviv, Israel
- 2007: Simone Russo, PhD candidate, ICRAM, Rome and University of Pisa, Italy
- 2007: Prof. Daoyi Gong, Beijing Normal University, China
- 2006: Dr. Jorge Sánchez-Sesma, University of Mexico, Mexico