Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Martin Weißmann
Professorship for Theoretical Meteorology at the Faculty of Earth Sciences, Geography and Astronomy
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Curriculum Vitae:
born 1978 in Innsbruck
1996-2003 Studied meteorology at the University of Innsbruck
2001-2002 Guest researcher at NOAA ETL, Boulder, USA
2003-2006 Doctorate at the University of Innsbruck / research assistant at the German Aerospace Center, Oberpfaffenhofen
2006-2008 Postdoc at the German Aerospace Center, Oberpfaffenhofen
2008 Scientific co-leader of the T-PARC measurement campaign to improve Pacific typhoon forecasts
2008-2011 Acquired own position from the German Research Foundation, German Aerospace Center, Oberpfaffenhofen
2006, 2007, 2009, 2016 Visiting researcher at the European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, Reading, UK
2010 Visiting Fellow at the Naval Research Laboratory, Monterey, USA
2011-2018 Head of the Data Assimilation Department, Hans Ertel Center for Weather Research, Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich
2012-2014 Speaker of the Program Management of the Hans Ertel Center for Weather Research
2019 Head of the Data Assimilation Department, Hans Ertel Center for Weather Research, German Weather Service
since January 2020 Professor of Theoretical Meteorology at the Institute of Meteorology and Geophysics at the University of Vienna
Research areas:
* Numerical weather prediction
* Atmospheric data assimilation
* Ensemble methods and probabilistic forecasts