Clemens Simmer

April 18, 1954 born in Besch/Saar

1974, July Abitur

1974 - 1975: Military Service

1975 - 1981: Studies in Meteorology, University Cologne

1981, December: Diploma in Meteorology (Thesis: Cluster Analysis for Cloud Detection)

1982 - 1983: Scientific Associate, University Cologne 1972 - 1973

1983, December: PhD in Meteorology (Thesis: Cloud Analysis with 2-Dimensional Histograms)

1984 - 1985: Postdoc/Staff Member, T-Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico

1986 - 1996: Assistent Professor (C1, C2), Institute for Marine Sciences, Kiel

1993, December: Habilitation in Meteorology (Thesis: Satellite Remote Sensing of Hydrological Parameters of the Atmosphere with Passive Microwaves)

since 1996, April: Professor (C4) for General and Experimental Meteorology, University Bonn

2007 - 2018 Chair (Sprecher) SFB/TR32 on “Patterns in Soil-Vegetation-Atmosphere Systems - Monitoring, Modeling, and Data Assimilation

2013 - 2020 Chair (Sprecher) FOR2131 on “Data Assimilation in Terrestrial Systems”

2010 Georgi Preis of the GeoUnion - Alfred-Wegener-Stiftung