Prof. Dr. phil. Christian Bernhofer
ICOS-D ecosystem Cluster Tharandt
Contact:
Phone: 0351 4633 1340
E-Mail: christian.bernhofer@tu-dresden.de
Visitor address:
TU Dresden, Pienner Str. 23, 01737 Tharandt
Current research topics
- Regional climate and climate change
- Water and carbon budgets
- Land use and climate feedbacks
Curriculum vitae
- 1973 – 1980: Student of meteorology and botany, University Vienna, Austria
- 1977 – 1980: PhD studies at the Institute of Meteorology and Geophysics, University Vienna
- 1980: PhD in Philosophy (Dr. phil.)
- 1980 – 1982: Employee at the Austrian Weather Service, Vienna
- 1982 – 1993: Assistant professor, Institute of Meteorology and Physics, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, (BOKU), Vienna
- 1983: Fulbright fellow (Ft. Collins, Colo., USA)
- 1993: Habilitation and venia legendi for Applied Meteorology
- 1993: Professor and Head of Meteorology, Institute of Hydrology and Meteorology, Technische Universität Dresden
- 1997 – 2009: Dean of Studies, Hydro Sciences, TU Dresden
- since 2003: Spokesman of the Dresden Water Centre, TU Dresden
- since 2009: Dean Faculty of Environmental Sciences, TU Dresden
- since 2010: Director, Institute of Hydrology and Meteorology, TU Dresden
Honorary posts
- Member of the Editorial boards of Theoretical and Applied Climatology and of Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
- Spokesman of the Dresden Water Centre
- Dean Faculty of Environmental Sciences, TU Dresden
Awards
- Anton Kurir Award of the University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, (BOKU), Vienna, 1992
- Norbert Gerbier-Mumm International Award (WMO), 2012