Project Members Overview

Independent researcher
Karlsruhe Institute for Technology (KIT)
Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research
Web:https://www.imk-tro.kit.edu/english/5609.php?sort_table=5615&sort_field=titel&sort_order=SORT_DESC
Project: Life Cycle of Convective Storms, Phase 1
Reserach interests: cloud microphysics, deep convection, severe thunderstorms, hail

Principal Investigator
Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD)
Forschung und Entwicklung
E-mail: ulrich.blahak@dwd.de
Project: Operation Hydrometeors, Phase 1 & 2, PRISTINE, Phase 2
Research interests: numerical weather prediction, cloud physics, aerosol-cloud-radiation
interactions, radar remote sensing, radar forward simulation, radar data assimilation, precipitation nowcasting

PhD Student
University of Bonn
Institute for Geosciences, Department of Meteorology
E-mail: ablanke1@uni-bonn.de
Phone: (+49/0) 228 73 5107
Project: POLICE, Phase 1
Research interest: radar polarimetry, in-situ observations on aircraft

PhD Student
University of Leipzig
Institute of Meteorology
E-mail: sabine.hoernig@uni-leipzig.de
Phone: (+49/0) 341 97 - 32935
Project: PARA, Phase 1
Research interest: parameterizations of cloud microphysics in global climate models
mixed phase clouds, cloud-climate-interactions

PostDoc
University of Cologne
Institute for Geophysics and Meteorology
E-mail: sdutta1@uni-koeln.de
Phone: (+49/0) 221 470 4859
Project: PRISTINE, Phase 2
Research interest: Cloud Physics, Satellite and Radar Remote Sensing,
Numerical Modelling of Cloud and Precipitation Microphysics, Cloud-Aerosol-Radiation Interaction

PostDoc
University of Leipzig
Leipzig Institute for Meteorology
E-mail: veronika.ettrichraetz@uni-leipzig.de
Project: CORSIPP, Phase 2
Research interests: ice formation in clouds, properties of ice and snow particles, in-situ observations and methods for remote sensing

Principal Investigator
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR)
Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre
E-mail: florian.ewald@dlr.de
Project: IcePolCKa, Phase 2
Research interests: Synergy of multi-wavelength radar measurements with polarimetry,
ice cloud microphysics & radiative transfer

Principal Investigator
Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD)
Meteorologisches Observatorium Hohenpeissenberg
E-mail: michael.frech@dwd.de
Project: HydroColumn, Phase 1, POMODORI, Phase 2,
Research interests: Radar data quality monitoring and radar calibration methods.
Microphysical interpretation of polarimetric radar observations that are complemented by
employing additional sensors (insitu, remote sensing)

PostDoc
Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD)
Meteorologisches Observatorium Hohenpeißenberg
E-mail: mathias.gergely@dwd.de
Project: HydroColumn, Phase 1, POMODORI, Phase 2,
Research interests: radar meteorology, precipitation microphysics, in situ measurements
statistical methods for remote sensing, measurement and retrieval uncertainty

Principal Investigator
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR)
Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre
E-mail: martin.hagen@dlr.de
Project: IcePolCKa, Phase 1
Research interests: multi-wavelength radar, polarization radar, air-borne radar

PhD Student
Leibniz-Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS)
E-mail: hajipour@tropos.de
Phone: (+49/0) 341 2717-7399
Project: SPOCC, Phase 1
Research interests: Radar remote sensing, Polarimetric radar

PhD Student
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR)
Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre
E-mail: christian.heske@dlr.de
Project: IcePolCKa, Phase 2
Research interest: multi-wavelength radar observations, cloud microphysics, polarimetry

PostDoc
Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD)
Forschung und Entwicklung
E-mail: fabian.jakub@dwd.de
Project: FRAGILE, Phase 2
Research interests: cloud physics, numerical weather prediction, 3D radiative transfer

Principal Investigator
Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
Meteorological Institute
E-mail: Tijana.Janjic@ku.de
Homepage
Project: REDPOL, Phase 1
Research interest: convective scale data assimilation
uncertainty quantification, representation and model errors

Principal Investigator
Junior-Professor (Tenure-track)
University of Leipzig
Meteorological Institute
E-mail: heike.kalesse@uni-leipzig.de
Homepage
Project: PICNICC, Phase 1, CORSIPP, Phase 2
Research interests: remote-sensing of clouds and the atmosphere

Scientist
Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD)
Forschung und Entwicklung
E-mail: kobra.khosravianghadikolaei@dwd.de
Phone: (+49/0) 69 80623186
Project: Operation Hydrometeors, Phase 2; PRISTINE, Phase 2
Research interest: Data assimilation of radar parameters (reflectivity and radial wind), polarimetric radar signature

Principal Investigator
Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
Meteorological Institute
Phone: (+49/0) 89 2180 4344
E-mail: stefan.kneifel@lmu.de
Project IMPRINT, Phase 1, FRAGILE, Phase 2, POMODORI, Phase 2,
Research interest: Radar remote sensing, Ice and snow cloud microphysics
Radiative Transfer, Scattering properties of ice and snow particles

Principal Investigator
Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
Meteorological Institute
E-mail: christoph.knote@physik.uni-muenchen.de
Phone: (+49/0) 89 2180 4580
Project: IcePolCKa, Phase 1 & 2
Research interests: aerosol-cloud interactions, air quality

Principal Investigator
Leibniz-Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS)
E-mail: knoth@tropos.de
Project: SPOCC, Phase 1
Research interest: Numerical methods for weather forecasting
Efficient methods for solving large kinetical systems in atmospheric chemistry
Microscale modelling and with applications to urban flow

Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
Meteorological Institute
E-mail: gregor.koecher@physik.uni-muenchen.de
Phone: (+49/0) 89 2180 4363
Project: IcePolCKa, Phase 1 & 2 (PhD Student)
Research interests: Cloud microphysics, radar remote sensing

PhD Student
University of Leipzig
Institute for Meteorology
E-mail: anton.koetsche@uni-leipzig.de
Project: CORSIPP, Phase 2
Research interest: Remote sensing of precipitation and clouds, synoptic meteorology

PhD Student
Leibniz-Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS)
E-mail: lee@tropos.de
Phone: (+49/0) 341 2717 7398
Project: SPOCC, Phase 1
Research interests: aerosol-cloud interaction, cloud modeling
radar polarimetry

Principal Investigator
University of Leipzig
Leipzig Institute for Meteorology
E-mail: maximilian.maahn@uni-leipzig.de
Project: CORSIPP, Phase 2
Research interests: remote sensing of clouds and precipitation

Scientist
Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD)
Forschung und Entwicklung
E-mail: jana.mendrok@dwd.de
Project: Operation Hydrometeors, Phase 1, PRISTINE, Phase 2
Research interest: atmospheric remote sensing, remote sensing of clouds & precipitation,
radiative transfer & propagation modelling, forward operator development, polarimetry,
hydrometeor scattering properties

PhD Student
University of Mainz
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR)
Phone: (+49/0) 8153 28 1008
E-mail: manuel.moser@dlr.de
Project: POLICE, Phase 1
Research interests: Cloud physics, in situ measurements

PhD Student
Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
Meteorological Institute
E-mail: paul.ockenfuss@physik.uni-muenchen.de
Project: POMODORI, Phase 2 
Research Interests: Radar Meteorology, Remote Sensing, Radiative Transfer

PhD Student
Institute: Leibniz-Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS)
E-mail: ohneiser@tropos.de
Project: PolarCAP, Phase 2
Research interests:

Principal Investigator
University of Cologne
Institute for Geophysics and Meteorology
E-mail: dori@uni-koeln.de
Phone: (+49/0) 221 470 4859
Project: PRISTINE, Phase 2
Research interest: MW scattering of snow particles, Radar remote sensing, Ice cloud microphysics, Radiative Transfer

PhD Student
University of Bonn
Institute for Geosciences, Department of Meteorology
Phone: (+49/0) 228 73 5199
E-mail: velibor@uni-bonn.de
Project: Operation Hydrometeors, Phase 1 & 2
Research interest: Evaluation of hydrometeor types and properties in the ICON-LAM model with polarimetric radar observations,
Space-borne and ground-based radar observations for calibration, evaluation of surface rainfall and hydrometeor classification

Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD)
Remote Sensing Application Development
E-mail: hella.riede@dwd.de
Project: Web-based radar data portal, Phase 1
Research interests: Nowcasting, remote sensing data, atmospheric observations,
airborne observations, atmospheric chemistry, atmospheric modeling

PhD Student
University of Bonn
Institute for Geosciences, Department of Meteorology
E-mail: toscha@uni-bonn.de
Phone: (+49/0) 228 73 5107
Project: PARA, Phase 1
Research interests: Polarimetry, Ice-microphysical retrievals, Statistics, QVPs, Entropy, Melting Layer

PostDoc
Leibniz-Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS)
E-mail: schimmel@tropos.de
Project: PolarCAP, Phase 2
Research interests: Remote sensing of clouds, machine learning, efficient numerical methods in atmospheric physics and chemistry

Principal Investigator
Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD)
Forschung und Entwicklung
E-mail: axel.seifert@dwd.de
Projects: IMPRINT, Phase 1, REDPOL, Phase 1, FRAGILE, Phase 2
Research interests: Cloud physics, cloud microphysical parameterizations,
numerical weather prediction and data assimilation

Principal Investigator
Leibniz-Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS)
E-mail: seifert@tropos.de
Phone: (+49/0) 341 2717 7080
Projects: PICNICC, Phase 1,
SPOCC, Phase 1
Research interests: Aerosol-cloud-dynamics interactions and
their observation with active remote sensing

PhD Student
Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
Meteorological Institute
E-mail: florian.semrau@physik.uni-muenchen.de
Phone: (+49/0) 089 2180 4390
Project: REDPOL, Phase 1
Research interests: convective scale data assimilation,
field alignment, uncertainty quantification

Principal Investigator
Leibniz-Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS)
E-mail: senf@tropos.de
Phone: (+49/0) 341 2717 7170
Project: PolarCAP, Phase 2
Research interests: cloud microphysics and cloud-radiative effects, growth and organization of convection, synergistic combination of satellite and modelling data

Principal Investigator
University of Bonn
Institute for Geosciences, Department of Meteorology
E-mail: pshrestha@uni-bonn.de
Web:https://prabshr.github.io
Project: ILACPR, Phase 1
Research interests: terrestrial systems modeling

PostDoc
University of Bonn
Institute for Geosciences, Department of Meteorology
Email: j.steinheuer@uni-bonn.de
Phone: (+49/0) 228  73 5107
Project: Operation Hydrometeors, Phase 2
Research Interests: radar remote sensing, polarimetry, hydrometeor classification

PostDoc
Institute: Institute of Meteorology, University of Leipzig
E-mail: i.m.steinke@tudelft.nl
Project: CORSIPP, Phase 2
Research interests: Aerosol-cloud interactions and particularly ice formation in clouds

Principal Investigator
Institute for Atmospheric Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
E-mail: szakall@uni-mainz.de
Phone: (+49/0) 6131 39 22635
Projects: FRAGILE, Phase 2
Research interests: Microphysics of cloud and precipitation particles; wind tunnel laboratory studies

PhD Student
Leibniz-Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS)
E-mail: teisseire@tropos.de
Phone: (+49/0) 341 2717-7400
Project: PICNICC, Phase 1
Research interests: Data analysis of polarimetric parameters. Attribution of riming and aggregation processes.
Vertical distribution of particle shape in mixed phase clouds

Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR)
Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre
E-mail: eleni.tetoni@dlr.de
Project: IcePolCKa, Phase 1 (PhD Student)
Research interests: Ice clouds, multi-wavelength radar observations, radar polarimetry

Principal Investigator
Fraunhofer Institute for High Frequency Physics and Radar Techniques FHR
E-mail: stefano.turso@fhr.fraunhofer.de
Phone: (+49/0) 228 60882 2109
Project: WRAD, Phase 1 & 2
Research interests: radar system and antenna design, electronically-steerable arrays,
agile prototyping, instrumental validation and automation, signal processing, polarimetric weather radars.

Principal Investigator
University of Mainz
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR)
E-mail: christiane.voigt@dlr.de
Phone: (+49/0) 8153 28 2579
Project: POLICE, Phase 1
Research interests: Cloud physics, in situ measurements

PhD Student
University of Leipzig
E-mail: teresa.vogl@uni-leipzig.de
Homepage
Project: PICNICC, Phase 1
Research interests: Mixed-phase and ice clouds,
cloud radar Doppler spectra, radar forward operators

PostDoc
Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
Meteorological Institute
Phone: (+49/0) 89 2180 4635
E-mail: l.terzi@physik.uni-muenchen.de
Project IMPRINT, Phase 1 (PhD), FRAGILE, Phase 2
Research interests: Radar remote sensing, ice and snow cloud microphysics
scattering properties of ice and snow particles

Scientific Associate
Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD)
Forschung und Entwicklung
E-mail: simone.wald@dwd.de
Projects: FRAGILE, Phase 2
Research interests: Cloud microphysics, ice cloud modeling

PhD Student
Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD)
Forschung und Entwicklung
E-mail: jan-niklas.welss@dwd.de
Projects: IMPRINT, Phase 1
Research interest: Cloud microphysics, cloud modeling, turbulence

PhD Student
University of Mainz
Windtunel laboratory
E-mail: syadav@uni-mainz.de
Project: FRAGILE, Phase 2
Research interest: Aerosol-cloud microphysics, especially experimental aspects of ice microphysics

Scientist
Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
Meteorological Institute
E-mail: yuefei.zeng@nuist.edu.cn
Phone: (+49/0) 89 2180 4390
Project: REDPOL, Phase 1
Research interest: Radar forward operator, ensemble Kalman filter, radar data assimilation

Principal Investigator
Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
Meteorological Institute
E-mail: tobias.zinner@lmu.de
Phone: (+49/0) 089 2180 4289
Project: IcePolCKa, Phase 1 & 2
Research interests: Active and passive remote sensing, convection, cloud microphysics