About Us
People
Principal Investigators
Early Career Researchers
Associated Researchers
Coordination & support staff
List of people in the TPChange team
PI – Principal Investigator (Project Leader)
SSG – Scientific Steering Group
ECR – Early Career Researcher
| Name | First name | Subproject | Role in TPChange |
| Achatz | Ulrich | B06 B07 C09 Z03 | PI, SSG member |
| Ahmad | Muhammad Nasrullah | A04 | Doctoral Candidate |
| Ahrens | Bodo | B03 | PI |
| Alladi | Hemanth Kumar | B03 | Postdoc |
| Arico | Matteo | A02 | Doctoral Candidate |
| Banerjee | Tridib | B06 Z03 | Postdoc |
| Bense | Vera | Z01 | Scientific Coordinator |
| Bergner | Hannah | B07 | Postdoc |
| Beuscher | Sarah | A03 | Doctoral Candidate |
| Birner | Thomas | C05 | PI |
| Bönisch | Harald | Associated Member | |
| Bozem | Heiko | Associated Member, ECR Ombudsperson | |
| Braschoß | Laura | C05 | Doctoral Candidate |
| Breuninger | Anna | A05 | Doctoral Candidate, ECR representative |
| Bugliaro | Luca | A02 | PI |
| Curtius | Joachim | A03 C06 | PI, SSG member, deputy spokesperson |
| Dolaptchiev | Stamen | B07 | PI |
| Drewnick | Frank | Associated Member | |
| Ebert | Martin | A06 | PI |
| Emig | Nicolas | B01 | Doctoral Candidate |
| Engel | Andreas | C02 | PI, SSG member |
| Enguix Fuertes | Gonzalo | C01 | Doctoral Candidate |
| Fastert | Sebastian | A06 | Doctoral Candidate |
| Garny | Hella | C09 | PI, EDC member |
| Gautam | Martanda | Z01 | Postdoc, ECR representative |
| Göcke | Tobias | Associated Member | |
| Heinritzi | Martin | Associated Member | |
| Herdt | Lisa-Katharina | B08 | Doctoral Candidate |
| Hoffmann | Thorsten | A05 | PI |
| Hoor | Peter | B01 C03 C05 Z01 | PI, SSG member, spokersperson |
| Hülsen | Birte | Z01 | Administrative Coordinator |
| Jäger | Moritz | C03 | Doctoral Candidate |
| Jeske | Adrienne | A03 | Associated Doctoral Candidate |
| Jöckel | Patrick | C07 C08 Z03 | PI |
| Jost | Sina | B02 | Doctoral Candidate |
| Kampe | Dominik | C07 | Doctoral Candidate |
| Kandler | Konrad | A06 B02 | PI |
| Khan | Neelam Firdous | C01 | Doctoral Candidate |
| Knop | Irmgard | B06 | Doctoral Candidate |
| Kohl | Matthias | C07 | Postdoc |
| Köllner | Franziska | Associated Member | |
| Kosareva | Alena | B07 | Postdoc |
| Krämer | Martina | ECR Ombudsperson | |
| Kraus | Simeon | B06 | Doctoral Candidate |
| Kunkel | Daniel | B06 Z02 | PI |
| Lachnitt | Hans-Christoph | Z02 | Postdoc |
| Li | Yun | A04 | PI |
| Mayer | Amelie | C03 | Postdoc |
| Menken | Moritz | Z03 | Postdoc |
| Miltenberger | Annette | B01 B08 B09 | PI, SSG member |
| Montag | Mara | A01 | Doctoral Candidate |
| Müller | Aurelia | Z01 | Scientific Coordinator |
| Nesviatipaska | Anastasiia | B09 | Doctoral Candidate |
| Otto | Alina | B08 | Doctoral Candidate |
| Petzold | Andreas | Associated Member | |
| Plöger | Felix | C03 | PI |
| Possner | Anna | C06 | PI |
| Pozzer | Andrea | C06 C07 | PI |
| Quimbayo-Duarte | Julian | Associated Member | |
| Rempel | Martin | C08 | Doctoral Candidate |
| Reutter | Philipp | C01 | PI |
| Riemer | Michael | B09 | PI |
| Ries | Sabrina | A01 | Doctoral Candidate |
| Rohs | Susanne | C01 | PI |
| Rolf | Christian | C03 | PI |
| Schmidli | Juerg | B03 B06 | PI |
| Schneider | Johannes | A04 | PI |
| Schneider | Lisa | A06 | Postdoc |
| Schuck | Tanja | Associated Member | |
| Shukla | Deeksha | A04 | Postdoc |
| Singh | Prashant | B03 | Postdoc |
| Spichtinger | Peter | B07 C01 | PI, SSG member |
| Swain | Basudev | C06 | Postdoc |
| Thomas | Marius Levin | B06 | Postdoc |
| Tinorua | Sarah | B02 | Postdoc |
| Tomsche | Laura | A01 | PI, EDC member |
| Tost | Holger | A03 B01 C07 C08 Z03 | PI, SSG member |
| Trinkl | Franziska | C02 | Doctoral Candidate, ECR representative |
| Vogel | Alexander | A04 A05 | PI |
| Voigt | Christiane | A01 A02 | PI, SSG member |
| Wasserzier | David | A05 | Doctoral Candidate |
| Weigel | Ralf | B02 | PI |
| Wettermann | Sarah | Z02 | Postdoc |
| Weyland | Franziska | C05 | Associated Doctoral Candidate |
| Yang | Yaqi | B01 | Doctoral Candidate |
| Zahn | Andreas | Associated Member | |
| Zhang | Naikang | C05 | Doctoral Candidate |
Committees
Scientific Steering Group
The following people are responsible for developing and implementing the strategy of the collaborative research center TPChange.
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Prof. Dr. Peter HoorSpeaker of CRC/TR 301 TPChange |
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Prof. Dr. Joachim CurtiusDeputy Speaker of CRC/TR 301 TPChange |
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Prof. Dr. Christiane VoigtCo-Coordinator of research area A |
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Prof. Dr. Ulrich AchatzCo-Coordinator of research area B |
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Prof. Dr. Peter SpichtingerCo-Coordinator of research area B |
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Jun.-Prof. Dr. Annette MiltenbergerCo-Coordinator of research area B |
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Prof. Dr. Andreas Engel Co-Coordinator of research area C |
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Prof. Dr. Holger TostCo-Coordinator of research area C |
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Dr. Vera BenseScientific Coordinator |
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an ECR Representative |
ECR Representatives
The following PhD candidates and Postdocs represent the interests of the TPChange Early Career Researchers (ECR).
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Anna BreuningerECR Representative |
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Martanda GautamECR Representative |
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Franziska TrinklECR Representative |
Ombudspersons
The following people act as ombudspersons for the TPChange Early Career Researchers (ECR).
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Dr. Martina KrämerECR Ombudsperson |
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Dr. Heiko BozemECR Ombudsperson |
Equity and Diversity Committee
TPChange wants to help create a working environment that promotes gender equality, diversity in science and compatibility of care work and science. The Equity and Diversity Committee (EDC) plans and executes measures for this and unites perspectives from PI, ECR and coordination. The members are:
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PD Dr. Hella GarnyPrincipal Investigator in project C09 |
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Dr. Laura TomschePrincipal Investigator in project A01 |
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Dr. Amelie MayerPostdoc in project C03
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Dr. Marius Levin ThomasPrincipal Investigator in project B06
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Dr. Vera BenseScientific Coordinator in project Z01
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Aurelia MüllerScientific Coordinator in project Z01
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Scientific Advisory Board
Alternating invited experts at the annual meetings of TPChange offer strategic and scientific advice to the Scientific Steering Group and form the Scientific Advisory Board.
2026
Dr. Peter Hitchcock, Cornell University, New York, USA
Prof. Dr. Christina Williamson, Helsinki University, Finland
Prof. Dr. Peer Nowack, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, Germany
2025
Dr. Mary Barth, NSF – National Center for Atmospheric Research, Colorado, USA
Dr. Eric Ray, NOAA Chemical Sciences Laboratory, Colorado, USA
Dr. Blaž Gasparini, University of Vienna
2024
Invited guests at our international conference TPChallenges:
Andrew Gettelman, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, USA,
Christina Williamson, Finnish Meteorological Institute and University of Helsinki, Finnland,
William Randel, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, USA,
Albert Hertzog, Ecole Polytechnique / IPSL, Cedex, Francea
2023
Prof. Dr. Susann Tegtmeier, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
Prof. Dr. Riwal Plougonven, Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, France
Prof. Dr. Andreas Petzold, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany
2022
Prof. Dr. Michaela Hegglin, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany
Prof. Dr. Heini Wernli, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Prof. Dr. Ottmar Möhler, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
Associated Members
Dr. Harald Bönisch
Associated Member in Research Area C
Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
Dr. Heiko Bozem
Associated Member in Research Area B
Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Dr. Ulrich Bundke
Associated Member in Research Area C
Forschungszentrum Jülich
Dr. Frank Drewnick
Associated Member in Research Area B
Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie
Dr. Tobias Göcke
Associated Member in Research Area B
Deutscher Wetterdienst
Dr. Martin Heinritzi
Associated Member in Research Area A
Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
Dr. Philipp Joppe
Associated Member in Research Area C
Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie
Dr. Franziska Köllner
Associated Member in Research Area C
Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Dr. Andreas Petzold
Associated Member in Research Area C
Forschungszentrum Jülich
Dr. Tanja Schuck
Associated Member in Research Area C
Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
Dr. Andreas Zahn
Associated Member in Research Area C
Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
Associated Early Career Researchers
Johannes Degen, Jann Schrod, Sophie Bauchinger Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
Adrienne Jeske, Franziska Weyland Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Participating Institutions
Johannes Gutenberg-Universität
(Speaker University)
Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre
Institut für Anorganische Chemie und Analytische Chemie
Mainz
Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
(Co-Speaker University)
Institut für Atmosphäre und Umwelt
Frankfurt am Main
Technische Universität Darmstadt
Institut für Angewandte Geowissenschaften
Darmstadt
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Meteorologisches Institut
München
Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie
Abteilung Aerosolchemie
Abteilung Atmosphärenchemie
Mainz
Forschungszentrum Jülich
Institute for Climate and Energy Systems – Troposphäre (ICE-3)
Institute for Climate and Energy Systems – Stratosphäre (ICE-4)
Jülich
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt
Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre
Weßling
Collaborations
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Acknowledgement of TPChange in publications:
In English: „Funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) – TRR 301 – Project-ID 428312742 “.
In German: „Gefördert durch die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) – TRR 301 – Projektnummer 428312742“.
⇒ Please include both the „SFB-Geschäftszeichen“ TRR-301 and the „Project-ID“ 428312742.
































