People
The Atmospheric Complexity group is based at the Niels Bohr Institute Copenhagen. As we combine simulations, observations and theory, we collaborate with researchers from institutes both focused on empirical as well as modeling approaches.
Jan O. Haerter, PhD (group leader) 
Niels Bohr Institute
Ph: (+45) 93 56 57 36
Email: haerter [at] nbi.ku.dk
short CV
- 2016-present Associate Professor, Niels Bohr Institute
- 2015-2016 Researcher, Department of Physics, University of Barcelona, Spain
- 2014-2015 Assistant Professor, Niels Bohr Institute
- 2011-2013 Postdoc, Niels Bohr Institute
- 2007-2010 Postdoc, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
- 2007 PhD, Physics, University of California at Santa Cruz, USA
- 2007 Research visit, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France
- 2004-2007 Graduate Student, University of California at Santa Cruz, USA
funding
- 2018-2023 ERC Consolidator Grant
- 2016-2021 Villum Young Investigator Grant
Publication list: google scholar
Bettina Meyer, Postdoc (June 2018 - )
Email: bettina.meyer [at] nbi.ku.dk
short CV
- 2018-present Postdoc, Atmospheric Complexity, Niels Bohr Institute, Univ. Copenhagen
- 2014-2017 PhD, Group for Climate Dynamics, Institute for Atmospheric Sciences, ETH Zürich, Switzerland, thesis title: "Boundary-Layer Turbulence and Clouds in the Atmosphere: Prospects for Closures"
- 2011-2013 MSc, Physics, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Christian Højer Skjellerup, M.Sc. student (Sept 2018 - )
Thesis topic:
Frozen Turbulence
Mikkel Svendsen, M.Sc. student (March 2019 - )
Thesis topic:
Cloud and rain formation as a critical phenomenon - a conceptual model approach
Enrico Maria Fenoaltea, M.Sc. student
Thesis topic:
Chess as a complex system for analyzing human decisions
Faranak Tootoonchi, Ph.D. Student
(Uppsala University, co-supervised)
short CV
- 2017 - present PhD student in Environmental Analysis, Uppsala University, Sweden
- 2015-2017 Post Graduate Studies in Water Resources Management, Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran
- 2012-2014 MSc in Water Resources Management, University of Tabriz, Iran
- 2007-2011 BSc in Civil Engineering, University of Tabriz, Iran
Peter Berg, PhD
(external collaborator)
Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Norrköping, Sweden (SMHI)
Email: peter.berg [at] smhi.se
short CV
- 2013 – present Research Assistant at the hydrology research unit of SMHI
- 2012 – 2013 Postdoc at the Rossby Centre
- 2009 – 2011 Postdoc at the Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research (IMK) at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
- 2007 – 2008 Postdoc at the Danish Climate Center
- 2007 PhD, Danish Meteorological Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark
Publication list: google scholar
Dr. Christopher Moseley
(external collaborator)
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
Email: christopher.moseley [at] mpimet.mpg.de
short CV
- presently Staff Researcher at MPI Hamburg
- 2007 PhD, University of Augsburg, Germany
Publication list: google scholar
Lab Alumni
Olga Henneberg (Postdoc from Oct 2017-Sep 2019)
- now at Mærsk Corp.
- 2017-2019 Postdoc, Atmospheric Complexity, Niels Bohr Institute, Univ. Copenhagen (cold pool tracking using a particle-based method)
- 2014-2017 PhD, Institute of Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Herman Fuglestvedt (graduated: Sep 2017-April 2019, graduation with MSc + research fellow)
- now at University of Oslo (PhD fellow)
- 2019 MSc, Atmospheric Complexity, Niels Bohr Institute, Univ. Copenhagen, thesis title: "A conceptual model for precipitating convective self organization"
Marielle Bjerring Fournier (Sep 2017-Mar 2019, graduation with MSc + research fellow)
- now at the Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI)
- 2019 MSc, Atmospheric Complexity, Niels Bohr Institute, Univ. Copenhagen, thesis title: "Tracking convective cold pools - A study of cloud interactions"
- Results published in "Tracking the Gust Fronts of Convective Cold Pools" (JGR, 2019)
Kai Lochbihler (visitor to Atmospheric Complexity in May 2018)
TU Delft and KNMI, Netherlands
works on
- squall lines and extreme precipitation
- Clausius-Clapeyron relation
- large eddy simulations
Silja Borring Låstad, B.Sc. student (Nov 2018 - June 2019, graduation with BSc)
Thesis topic:
Investigating Properties of Food Webs
Collaborations
- Center for Ice and Climate, Niels Bohr Institute
- Danish Meteorological Institute
- Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
- Swedish Hydrological and Meteorological Institute, Norrköping, Sweden
- University of Adelaide, Australia (Prof. Seth Westra)
- TU Delft and KNMI Netherlands (Kai Lochbihler)