Office: Phone: ++49-431-600 4050 (Mobile: +49-172-4140582) Fax: ++49-431-600 4052 mlatif (a) ifm-geomar.de Room No. 409 Mailing Address: Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences at Kiel University (IFM-GEOMAR) Ocean Circulation and Climate Dynamics - Marine Meteorology - Leibniz-Institut für Meereswissenschaften Düsternbrooker Weg 20 24105 Kiel, Germany

• Seasonal to interannual variability
• Decadal to Centennial variability
• Anthropogenic climate change
• Model development and Intercomparison

 

 

selected current projects

 

 

 

• Refereed publications
• Books
• Audio publications
• Book chapters
• Other publications

Born	29 September 1954 in Hamburg
Married with	Elisabeth Latif
School	1961 - 1974 1974 Matriculation examination, Gymnasium Kaiser-Friedrich-Ufer, Hamburg
College/University	1974 - 1976 Business sciences, Hamburg University, 1976 - 1983 Meteorology, Hamburg University, 1983 Diploma in Meteorology
Ph.D.	1987 Ph.D. in Oceanography, Hamburg University
Habilitation	1989 Qualification as university lecturer in oceanography ('Habilitation'), Hamburg University
Professional experience	1983 - 1985 Scholarship of the Max-Planck-Society at the Max-Planck-Institute für Meteorologie (MPI), Hamburg, Germany
1985 - 1988	Scientist at the MPI
1989 - 2002	Senior scientist at the MPI
since 2003	Professor at the Institut für Meereskunde
since 2004	Professor at the Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences (former Institut für Meereskunde)

• 2000 Sverdrup Gold Medal of the American Meteorological Society
• 2000 Max-Planck Award for public Science
• 2002 Fellow of the American Meteorological Society
• 2004 DUH-Umwelt-Medienpreis 2004: Kategorie "Lebenswerk"     (der Deutschen Umwelthilfe)
• 2006 NORBERT GERBIER - MUMM International Award
• 2009 Deutsche Bank-IFM-GEOMAR Meeresforschungspreis

• 1993-1998  Editor Monthly Weather Review
• 1999-2003  Editor Journal of Climate

• From 1990 to 1994: Eight visits at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, USA
• 1995: BMRC, Melbourne, Australia
• 1996: CIMAS/RSMAS, Miami, Florida, USA
• 1996, 1998: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, USA

• Deutsche Meteorologische Gesellschaft (German Meteorological Society)
• American Meteorological Society
• Akademie der Wissenschaften in Hamburg

• 1987 TOGA Numerical Experimentation Group (NEG)
• 1989 Representative of the Federal Republic of Germany at the International TOGA Board
• 1991 Co-Chairman of the TOGA Numerical Experimentation Group (NEG)
• 1994 Member of the CLIVAR/GOALS Numerical Experimentation Group (NEG)
• 2001-2005 Member of the CLIVAR WGCM (Working Group on Global Coupled Modelling)
• 2001+2007 Contributing Author  IPCC Reports 2001 and 2007
• 2006 - present Member CAU Cluster of Excellence "The Future Ocean"

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