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Date Submitted:	23-07-2010
Last Modified:	23-07-2010 (12:53)

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Current job:	Satellite remote sensing scientist
Employment Term:	Either
Job location:	Own country
Date available:	within a month
Industry:	Civil Agencies/International Organizations
Keywords	satellite retrieval: clouds, surface albedo, clear-sky radiance, water vapour, trace gases; image sequence analysis; radiative transfer modeling; verification and validation of satellite data; radiance calibration; atmospheric physics and chemistry; softw

Summary
Expert in satellite remote sensing with focus on clouds, clear sky radiance and surface albedo
Image sequence analysis
Application of radiative transfer models to satellite retrievals
Validation and verification of satellite data
Experienced in both oral and written presentations and publication
Independent yet also effective team player

Experience
Postdoc position at Max-Planck-Institute for Chemistry, Mainz (since 12/2009):
Development of processors for cloud retrieval from satellite instruments with moderate spectral resolution
Improvement and validation of surface albedo databases from different sensors for application to water vapour retrievals

Ph.D. dissertation research (University of Heidelberg and Max-Planck-Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, 10/2003-12/2009)
Thesis Title: Cloud retrieval from UV/VIS satellite instruments (SCIAMACHY and GOME)
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Ulrich Platt, Prof. Dr. Thomas Wagner

Diploma Thesis Research (University of Heidelberg, 10/2001-02/2003)
Thesis Title: Determination of cloud parameters for the Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment with broad band spectrometers and from absorption bands of oxygen dimer (in German)
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Ulrich Platt, Prof. Dr. Bernd Jähne

Education
Ph.D. physics, Ruperto Carola University, Heidelberg (in cooperation with Max-Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, 10/2003-12/2009)

Diploma Physics, Ruperto Carola University, Heidelberg, 04/1998-09/2003

Diploma Physics and applied computer science at University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, 10/1997-03/1998

Diploma Physics at Georgia Augusta University, Göttingen, 10/1995- 09/1997

upper track secondary school "Kaiserin Auguste Viktoria Gymnasium", Celle, Abitur (A-level), 1989-1995

Computer skills
Software development for satellite retrievals using C/C++ (GCC/Eclipse and MS Visual Studio 6.0)
Software development for biological applications in C at German Cancer Research Centre, Heidelberg (2000-2001)
Administration of Linux file server with RAID
Administration of MS Visual SourceSafe revision control software
Experienced user in: Windows, Linux, Bash, MS Office, Latex, data visualization software

Further skills
Peer-reviewed publications in scientific journals [publication list attached]
Several oral and poster presentations at international conferences (e.g. EGU, COSPAR, ESA) and project meetings
Collaboration with international research partners (e.g. KNMI, de Bilt, The Netherlands)
Reviews of scientific papers for the journal "Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics"
Teaching experience: assistant at University of Heidelberg (exercises to physics introductory courses, physics introductory lab)

Languages
German (native), English (fluent)

Activities, Hobbies
Leadership of a student exchange (student parishes "la Truel", Montpellier and KHG Heidelberg, 2001-2004)
Leadership Taizé group at student parish KHG Heidelberg (2001-2005)
Sports: long-distance running, gym

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