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Updated: 9-Feb-15
TOBIAS GERKEN
The Pennsylvania State University Meteorology Department University Park, PA 16802 USA [email protected] www.tobias-gerken.com
WORK EXPERIENCE POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER, THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY since January 2014 Grant: US DOE Green Ocean Amazon (PI: Chamecki); Surface-atmosphere exchange measurements of reactive and nonreactive trace gases, atmospheric oxidation of plant emitted hydrocarbons (BVOC), large eddy simulation including transport and chemistry of BVOC
RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH March 2009 - December 2013 Grant: DFG Priority-Programme 1372 (PI: Graf); Tibetan Plateau Research Project; Mesoscale Circulations and Energy and Gas Exchange over the Tibetan Plateau
RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE June 2010 - Oct 2010 and Oct 2011 - Apr 2012 Grant: Natural Environment Research Council - IMPCAM Model Development Grant
STUDENT RESEARCH ASSISTANT, HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH (UFZ) Summer 2006
EDUCATION PHD CANDIDATE IN ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE, UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH March 2009 - July 2013 (submission), November 2013 (defense) Dissertation Topic: High-Resolution Modelling of Surface-Atmosphere Interactions and Convection Development at Nam Co Lake, Tibetan Plateau Supervisors: Thomas Foken, Hans-F. Graf (University of Cambridge)
VISITING SCIENTIST AT CLIMATOLOGY, TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BERLIN September 2013 - December 2013
VISITING SCIENTIST AT CENTRE FOR ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE, UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE March 2009 - August 2013
DIPLOM IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE (MSc equivalent), UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH October 2003 - January 2009 Micrometeorology, Soil Physics, Hydrology, Soil Ecology
VISITING STUDENT, UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AGRARIA LA MOLINA, Peru September 2006- July 2007
HONORS & AWARDS GERMAN NATIONAL ACADEMIC FOUNDATION, Merit based scholarship for PhD Studies (2009-2012)
STIFTUNG BAYERISCHE ELITEAKADEMIE, 14 weeks of full-time training in Economics, Ethics and Leadership (2006-2008)
GERMAN ACADEMIC EXCHANGE SERVICE, Full Scholarship for exchange year at Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Peru (2006-2007)
GERMAN NATIONAL ACADEMIC FOUNDATION , Merit based scholarship for Diplom Studies (2004-2009)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
GUEST LECTURER: PENN STATE UNIVERSITY, NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
SUMMER RESEARCH EXPERIENCE FOR UNDERGRADUATES (PSU); Mentor/ Supervisor
LECTURER, THE SUTTON TRUST SUMMER SCHOOL CAMBRIDGE 2011 Geography: Clouds & Weather
SMALL GROUP TEACHING (SUPERVISOR), UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE BA Geography: Physical Geography I, Atmospheric Processes in the Climate System, Environmental Modelling
TEAM LEADER AND INSTRUCTOR, YOUTH FOR UNDERSTANDING GERMANY Teaching Intercultural Communication Skills to Exchange Students in Germany
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Updated: 9-Feb-15
PUBLICATIONS Peer Reviewed Journal Articles
Outreach
Gerken, T; Chamecki, M; Fuentes, JD: Air parcel residence times within tropical forest canopies and implications for air chemistry (in prep for Journal of Geophysical Research, 90% ready)
Chamecki, M; Fuentes, JD; Gerken, T; Souza Freire, L; Stoy, PC; Trowbridge, A; Tta, J; Katul, GG; Nacimento dos Santos, RM; Von Randow, C; Manzi, AO: GOBLE: Go Amazon Boundary Layer Experiment (in prep for Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 90% ready)
Gerken, T; Babel, W; Herzog, M; Ma, Y; Foken, T; Graf, HF: Interactions between soil moisture and convection development at Nam Co Lake, Tibetan Plateau (in prep for Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 95% ready)
Babel et al (with T. Gerken): Pasture degradation modifies the water and carbon cycles of the Tibetan highlands, Biogeosciences, 11(6), 66336656, 2014
Gerken, T; Biermann, T; Babel, W; Herzog, M; Ma, Y; Foken, T; Graf, HF: A modelling investigation into lake-breeze development and convection triggering in the Nam Co Lake basin, Tibetan Plateau, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 114 149-167, 2014
Gerken, T; Babel, W; Sun, F; Herzog, M; Ma, Y; Foken, T; Graf, HF: Uncertainty in atmospheric profiles and its impact on modeled convection development at Nam Co Lake, Tibetan Plateau, Journal of Geophysical Research, 118, 12317-12331, 2013
Gerken, T; Babel, W; Hoffmann, A; Biermann, T; Herzog, M; Friend, AD; Li, M; Ma, Y; Foken, T; Graf, HF: Turbulent flux modelling with a simple 2-layer soil model and extrapolated surface temperature applied at Nam Co Lake basin on the Tibetan Plateau, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 16, 1095-1110, 2012
Foken, T et al. (with T. Gerken): Coupling processes and exchange of energy and reactive and non-reactive trace gases at a forest site results of the EGER experiment, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics , 12, 1923-1950, 2012
Contributions to Varsity No. 755 (2012), GeoQ 8 (2013), GeoQ 11 (2014),
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS 17 total, 8 invited AND POSTERS 10 total at conferences and workshops
Invited: Gerken, T; Chamecki, M; Fuentes, JD; Katul, GG; Manzi, AO; Nascimento dos Santos, RM; Von Randow, C; Schumacher, C; Stoy, PC; Toledo Machado, LA; Tta, J; Trowbridge A: Processes influencing rainfall features in the Amazon region; American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco: 15-19 December 2014
Gerken, T; Chamecki, M; Fuentes, JD: Air parcel residence times within tropical forest canopies and implications for air chemistry; American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco: 15-19 December 2014
Gerken, T; Babel, W; Biermann, T; Hoffmann, A; Herzog, M; Ma, Y; Foken, T; Graf, HF: Surface-atmosphere interactions and convection triggering in the Nam Co Lake basin, Tibetan Plateau: Influence of soil moisture and wind direction, 2013, AGU Fall Meeting 2013, San Francisco: 09-13 December 2013
Gerken, T; Babel, W; Biermann, T; Hoffmann, A; Herzog, M; Ma, Y; Foken, T; Graf, HF: Modeling Surface-Atmosphere Interactions: A simple, coupled surface model applied at Nam Co Lake; International Workshop on Land Atmosphere Interactions at the regional scale, Madrid: 08-10 October 2012
LANGUAGES GERMAN (native), ENGLISH (fluent), SPANISH (fully proficient), FRENCH (basic knowledge), PORTUGUESE (basic knowledge), CHINESE (beginner)
REFERENCES Prof. M. Chamecki (Postdoctoral Advisor), Penn State University Email: [email protected], Phone: +1 814 863-3920
Prof. JD. Fuentes (Postdoctoral Advisor), Penn State University Email: [email protected], Phone: +1 814 863-1585
Prof. Hans-F. Graf (PhD Supervisor), University of Cambridge Email: [email protected]; Phone: +44(0)1223 330242
Prof. T. Foken (PhD and Diplom Supervisor), University of Bayreuth; Email: [email protected]; Phone: +49 (0)921 55-2293