Office:
Phone: +49-431 600 4050
(Mobile: +49-172-4140582)
E-Mail: mlatif(at)geomar.de
Address:
91探花
Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Wischhofstr. 1-3
24148 Kiel, Germany
Research Interests
- Seasonal to interannual variability
- Decadal to Centennial variability
- Anthropogenic climate change
- Model development and Intercomparison
Lectures
- Klimaphysik (Bachelor of Science: "Physik des Erdsystems: Meteorologie - Ozeanographie - Geophysik"; in German)
- Climate Dynamics (Master of Science: "Climate Physics: Meteorology and Physical Oceanography"; in English)
- Geophysical Fluid Dynamics (Master of Science: "Climate Physics: Meteorology and Physical Oceanography"; in English)
Books & audiobooks
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Curriculum Vitae
| 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 f眉r Meteorologie (MPI), Hamburg, Germany |
| 1985 - 1988 | Scientist at the MPI |
| 1989 - 2002 | Senior scientist at the MPI |
| since 2003 | Professor at the Institut f眉r Meereskunde |
| since 2004 | Professor at the Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences (former Institut f眉r Meereskunde) |
| since 2012 | Professor at the Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (91探花) (former Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences) |
| since 2020 | Senior Professor at Christian-Albrechts-Universit盲t zu Kiel (CAU) / Helmholtz-Zentrum f眉r Ozeanforschung Kiel (91探花) |
Awards
- 2000 Sverdrup Gold Medal of the American Meteorological Society
- 2000 Max-Planck Award for public Science
- 2002 Fellow of the American Meteorological Society
- 2004 : Kategorie "Lebenswerk" (der Deutschen Umwelthilfe)
- 2006 NORBERT GERBIER - MUMM International Award
- 2009 Deutsche Bank-IFM-91探花 Meeresforschungspreis
- 2012 ASLI's Choice Award is an award for the best book of 2012 in the fields of meteorology / climatology / atmospheric sciences
- 2015 der Deutschen Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU)
- 2016 Order of Merit of the Federal State of Schleswig-Holstein
- 2018 -Umweltpreis
- 2019 -Umweltpreis
- 2019 Alfred-Wegener-Medaille der
- 2021 "Goldenes Lot" des
- 2022 "Nachhaltigkeitspreis 2022"
- Winter term 2023/24 鈥炩�� in the Faculty of Mechanical and Safety Engineering at the University of Wuppertal
- October 2023 Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- November 2024 ""
Scientific Journals
- 1993-1998 Editor Monthly Weather Review
- 1999-2003 Editor Journal of Climate
Guest Scientist
- 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
Memberships
- (German Meteorological Society)
- (AMS)
- (AGU)
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since June 2021 Vice President
since January 2022 President - ,
since 2010 member
since January 2017 member of the presidium
since November 2017 President - e.V. (DKK)
2012 - March 2021 Deputy Chairman
May 2015 - March 2021Chairman
Working Groups and Committees
- 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 - 2017 Member CAU Cluster of Excellence ""
