Education
2001 Dr. rer.-nat. (Ph.D.), Physics (Physical Oceanography), University of Bremen, Germany 1997 Diploma, Meteorology, University of Hamburg, Germany 1987 Diploma, Foreign Language Correspondent for English and Spanish, Inlingua School of Languages, Kiel, Germany
Professional History
2007- Assistant Researcher, Dept. of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 2006- Adjunct Assistant Professor, Dept. of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 2006-2007 Assistant Researcher, Biogeochemical Group, IGPP, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 2001-2006 Post-Doctoral Researcher, Biogeochemical Group, IGPP, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 1997-2001 Research Assistant, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany 1996-1997 Research Assistant, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany 1996 Research and Teaching Assistant, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Professional ServicesPeer Review Activities:
Global Biogeochemical Cycles Journal of Geophysical Research Journal of Physical Oceanography Nature Geoscience National Science Foundation NASA
Schools and Courses
2007 Teaching with Technology Workshop, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 2002 PODS I (Physical Oceanography Dissertation Symposium), Breckenridge, CO 2000 WE Heraeus Summer School of Physics on "Nonlinear Dynamics in Climate and Environmental Physics", Potsdam, Germany
Field Campaigns
since 2002 Several research and educational cruises on UCLA Seaworld, Marina del Rey, CA 1999 Measurement Campaign ANT XVI/2 in Antarctica on board RV Polarstern, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany 1994 Meteorological Measurement Field Campaign in Fehmarn, Germany,University of Hamburg, Germany
Teaching
2008 Summer, Undergraduate Course AOS1, Climate Change: From Puzzles to Policy, Dept. of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 2008 Stand-In for Prof. B.Baschek, Undergraduate Course AOS103, Physical Oceanography, Dept. of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 2006 Fall, Undergraduate Course AOS105/EEB139, Introduction to Chemical Oceanography, Dept. of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 2005, 2007 Stand-In for Profs. N.Gruber and C.Deutsch, Undergraduate Course AOS105/EEB139, Introduction to Chemical Oceanography, Dept. of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 2005- Seawater Chemistry, Cruising Classroom Program, UCLA Seaworld, Marina del Rey, CA 2003 Stand-In for Prof. N.Gruber, Undergraduate Course AS105, Introduction to Chemical Oceanography, Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 2002-2004 Public Programs Docent, UCLA Ocean Discovery Center, Santa Monica, CA 1998 Teaching Assistant, Dynamical Oceanography and Meteorology, University of Bremen, Germany 1996 Lecture Revision and Preparation, Dynamical Meteorology, University of Hamburg, Germany
Society Memberships and Committees
1997- Member, American Geophysical Union 2003- Member, ESPERE (Environmental Science Published for Everybody Round the Earth), Scientific Advisory Board 2005- Member, American Society of Limnology and Oceanography 2005 Participant, American Institute of Physics, Adopt A Scientist Program 2006- Member Scientific Advisory Board and Judge, Los Angeles Unified School District Science Fair 2008- Member, European Geosciences Union
Advisors26MAR08
Thesis Advisors: Rüdiger Gerdes, Dirk Olbers Postdoctoral Advisor: Nicolas Gruber
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