Prof. Dr. Ulrich Achatz 


Theory of Atmospheric Dynamics and Climate
Institut für Atmosphäre und Umwelt
Fachbereich Geowissenschaften/Geographie
Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt/Main                                                                 
Altenhöferallee 1
60438 Frankfurt/Main                                              
E-Mail: achatz@iau.uni-frankfurt.de

   

 

Curriculum Vitae

Date and Place of Birth  October 31, 1963, in Munich
Citizenship                     German
Marital Status    married, two children
   

University Education

1982-1984 Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg  (Physics, Vordiplom)
1984-1985 University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, USA
(Physics, Fulbright Fellowship)
1985-1992 Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
(Physics and Astronomy)
1989 Diploma in physics at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
(Thesis Stability of electron/positron jets in active galactic nuclei in German)
1992 PhD in astronomy at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
(Thesis Dispersive electromagnetic plasma waves and their influence on the transport of charged particles in thermal astrophysical plasmas)
2006 Habilitation at the Universität Rostock (Thesis Modal and nonmodal instabilities of gravity waves in rotating Boussinesq fluids: Linear and nonlinear dynamics)
   

Positions held

1989-1993 Research assistant, Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Bonn, Germany
1993-1996 Postdoc, Leibniz-Institut für Atmosphärenphysik an der Universität Rostock, Kühlungsborn, Germany
1996-2007 Senior scientist (tenure), Leibniz-Institut für Atmosphärenphysik an der Universität Rostock, Kühlungsborn, Germany
1998-1999 Visiting scientist at the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), De Bilt, Netherlands
2007 Privatdozent (roughly equivalent to a lecturer), Physics Department, Universität Rostock, Rostock, Germany
since 2007 Professor (Theory of Atmospheric Dynamics and Climate) at the Institut für Atmosphäre und Umwelt, Geosciences/Geography Department, Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
                    

Memberships

  • Deutsche Meteorologische Gesellschaft (DMG)
  • Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft (DPG)
  • American Meteorological Society (AMS)
  • American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Publications