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TPChange TRR 301 - The Tropopause Region in a Changing Atmosphere
TPChange 5 About Us

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.

Prof. Dr. Peter Hoor - Speaker of TRR 301 TPChange

Prof. Dr. Peter Hoor

Speaker of CRC/TR 301 TPChange
projects B01, C03, C05, Z01
Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre

Prof. Dr. Joachim Curtius - TP Change - DFG TRR 301

Prof. Dr. Joachim Curtius

Deputy Speaker of CRC/TR 301 TPChange
Co-Coordinator of research area A
projects A03, C06
Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Institut für Atmoshäre und Umwelt

Prof. Dr. Christiane Voigt - TPChange

Prof. Dr. Christiane Voigt

Co-Coordinator of research area A
projects A01, A02
Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre

Prof. Dr. Ulrich Achatz - TPChange

Prof. Dr. Ulrich Achatz

Co-Coordinator of research area B
projects B06, B07, C09, Z03
Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Institut für Atmoshäre und Umwelt

Prof. Dr. Peter Spichtinger - TPChange

Prof. Dr. Peter Spichtinger

Co-Coordinator of research area B
project B07, C01
Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre

Dr. Miltenberger, Annette, Principal Investigator - TPChange

Jun.-Prof. Dr. Annette Miltenberger

Co-Coordinator of research area B
project B01, B08B09
Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre

Prof. Dr. Andreas Engel - TPChange

Prof. Dr. Andreas Engel

Co-Coordinator of research area C
projects C02
Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Institut für Atmoshäre und Umwelt

Prof. Dr. Holger Tost - TPChange

Prof. Dr. Holger Tost

Co-Coordinator of research area C
projects A03, B01, C07, C08, Z03
Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre

Vera Bense, Scientific Coordinator - TPChange

Dr. Vera Bense

Scientific Coordinator
project Z01
Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre

Portrait-Platzhalter an ECR Representative

 

ECR Representatives

The following PhD candidates and Postdocs represent the interests of the TPChange Early Career Researchers (ECR).

 

Anna Breuninger

ECR Representative
project A05
Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Institut für Atmosphäre und Umwelt

Martanda Gautam

ECR Representative
project Z01
Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre

Franziska Trinkl

ECR Representative
project C02
Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Institut für Atmosphäre und Umwelt

Ombudspersons

The following people act as ombudspersons for the TPChange Early Career Researchers (ECR).

 

Krämer, Martina, Ombudsperson - TPChange

Dr. Martina Krämer

ECR Ombudsperson
Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre
markraem[at]uni-mainz.de

Dr. Heiko Bozem, Ombudsperson - TPChange

Dr. Heiko Bozem

ECR Ombudsperson
Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre
bozemh[at]uni-mainz.de

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:

 

Hella Garny C09

PD Dr. Hella Garny

Principal Investigator in project C09
Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Deutsches Zentrums für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) e.V.
hella.garny[at]dlr.de

Tomsche, Laura, Postdoc - TPChange

Dr. Laura Tomsche

Principal Investigator in project A01
Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre
ltomsche[at]uni-mainz.de

Dr. Amelie Mayer

Postdoc in project C03
Forschungszentrum Jülich, Institut für Energie- und Klimaforschung and
Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre
a.mayer[at]fz-juelich.de

 

Dr. Marius Levin Thomas

Principal Investigator in project B06
Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Institut für Atmosphäre und Umwelt
thomas[at]iau.uni-frankfurt.de

 

Vera Bense, Scientific Coordinator - TPChange

Dr. Vera Bense

Scientific Coordinator in project Z01
Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre
v.bense[at]uni-mainz.de

 

Aurelia Müller Z01

Aurelia Müller

Scientific Coordinator in project Z01
Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre
aurelia.mueller[at]uni-mainz.de

 

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

Logo JGU - Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

Johannes Gutenberg-Universität

(Speaker University)
Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre
Institut für Anorganische Chemie und Analytische Chemie
Mainz

Logo Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main

Goethe-Universität Frankfurt

(Co-Speaker University)
Institut für Atmosphäre und Umwelt
Frankfurt am Main

Logo TU Darmstadt

Technische Universität Darmstadt

Institut für Angewandte Geowissenschaften
Darmstadt

Logo LMU

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Meteorologisches Institut
München

Logo MPIC

Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie

Abteilung Aerosolchemie
Abteilung Atmosphärenchemie

Mainz

Logo Jülich Forschungszentrum

Forschungszentrum Jülich

Institute for Climate and Energy Systems – Troposphäre (ICE-3)
Institute for Climate and Energy Systems – Stratosphäre (ICE-4)

Jülich

Logo DLR

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.