Ocean Circulation and Climate Dynamics

Chairman of the Research Unit: Physical Oceanography

Personal Data
Date of birth: 21 March 1963
Place of birth: Braunschweig
Nationality: German
Family status: Married, 3 children

Address
Leibniz-Institut für Meereswissenschaften
IFM-GEOMAR
Gebäude Westufer, Düsternbrooker Weg 20
24105 Kiel, Germany
Phone: +49 (0)431 600-4100, Fax: +49 (0)431 600-4102
mvisbeck (a) ifm-geomar.de

• The role of the ocean in interannual to centennial climate variability
• Variability of regional ocean circulation
• Deep water formation in subpolar regions
• Lateral exchanges by mesoscale eddy processes
• Sustained global ocean observations
• The North Atlantic Oscillation and its impacts on the ocean
• Tropical Atlantic Climate Variability
• Antarctic Bottom Water formation
• Ocean circulation configurations during past climates
• ADCP observations in the open ocean and coastal environments
• Dynamics of oxygen minimum zones

• 1982 Abitur, Gymnasium Soltau
• 1982-1989 Christian Albrechts Universität Kiel
• 1989  Diplom in Physikalischer Ozeanograpie
• 1989-1993 Doktorand in Physikalischer Ozeanograpie am IfM Kiel
• 1993  Ph. D. in Physikalischer Ozeanograpie; Advisor: Prof. F. Schott
• 1993 Research Assistent, Institut für Meereskunde Kiel
• 1994 - 1995 Postdoctoral fellow at MIT; Prof. J. Marshall
• 1995 - 9/2004 Associate Research Scientist, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
• 1997 - 1999 Storke-Doherty Lecturer, DEES, Columbia University
• 1999 - 6/2004 Associate Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University
• 10/2004-present Adjunct Senior Research Scientist, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
• 10/2004-present Professor, Research Division Ocean Circulation and Climate Dynamics, Leibniz-Institute for Marine Science, Kiel
• 2007 – present Deputy Director, Leibniz-Institute for Marine Science, Kiel
• 2007 – present Speaker of the Kiel Excellence Cluster “The  Future Ocean”, Christian-Albrechts University and Leibniz-Institute for Marine Science, Kiel
    

Sabbaticals:

• 11/1998 - 03/1999 CSIRO Hobart, Australia
• 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 mulit-week stays at IfM Kiel
• 07-08/2008  Ocean University, Qingdao, China
• 12/2008-02/2009 AOML-NOAA and RSMAS-University of Miami, Florida, USA

• 1993 Postdoctoral fellowship sponsored by NOAA-OGP's Global & Climate Change program
• 1997 Storke-Doherty Lectureship sponsored by LDEO/Columbia University
• 1999 DEES Outstanding Teacher
• 2003 Tenure at Columbia University
• 2008 Guest Professor, Ocean University, Qingdao, China
• 2009 CIMAS Visiting Scientist Award, University of Miami, USA

International:

• 2008-present Chair Programme Committee World Climate Conference 3 (WCC-3)
• 2008-2009 Member Science and Innovation Strategic Board (NERC, UK)
• 2007-present International CLIVAR Scientific Steering Group
• 2006-present  IOC working group Advisory Body of Experts on the Law of the Sea
• 2005-present  Member in RAPID Steering Group (NERC, UK)
• 2005-present Member in GEO (Group on Earth Observations) science and technology
• 1999-present NOAA-OAR/OGP Climate observing system council
• 2004-2005 COPES Task Force WCRP
• 2000-2006 International CLIVAR Atlantic Sector Implementation Panel (chair)
• 1999-2004  US-CLIVAR Atlantic Sector Implementation Panel (co-chair with J. Hurrell)
• 1998-2004  NOAA-OGP Global and Climate Change advisory panel, USA

National:

USA

• 1999-2004 US-CLIVAR Atlantic Sector Implementation Panel (co-chair with J. Hurrell)
• 1998-2004 NOAA-OGP Global and Climate Change advisory panel
• 2001-2002 NOAA-OGP Climate Change Data and Detection advisory panel
• 2000-2001 Nat. Academy of Sciences: Organizing Committee for the 13th annual Frontiers of Science Symposium

Germany

• 2004-present Steuergruppe BMBF Verbundprojekt "NORDATLANTIK"
• 2006-2008 Steuergruppe "Mittelgroße Forschungsschiffe" der Bund-Länder-Arbeitsgruppe "Deutsche Forschungsflotte"
• 2004-present  Vorstand CAU, Kiel Netzwerk “The Future Ocean”
• 2007-present Mitglied der DFG Senatskommission für Ozeanographie
• 2007-present Speaker Kiel Earth Institute
• 2009-present Member German National Committee on Global Change Research

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