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====== Roland Potthast Short CV ======

** Current Positions: **

  Director Meteorological Analysis and Modeling (Department FE1) at DWD/BMDV, Germany, 
  [BMDV = Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport, until 2021 BMVI]
  [FE1  = Research and Development Department 1, DWD German Weather Service]
  Full Professor for Applied Mathematics, University of Reading, UK

Our official duties include Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP), Development of Earth System Models (ESM) and Weather and Climate Models, in particular the ICON Model (global, regional, data assimilation). 

** Some Stations of my Vita: **

Frankfurt/Offenbach and Reading (UK): Research and Operational Centre

    since 10/2020 Director for Numerical Weather Prediction (Leitender Regierungsdirektor LRD 5/2021) at DWD/BMDV 
    2012 - 2021 Director and Professor for Data Assimilation (DirProf) at DWD/BMVI  
    (Federal Ministery for Transport and digital Infrastructure, until 2014 named BMVBS)
    2011 - 2012 Government Director (Regierungsdirektor RDir) at DWD/BMVBS
    2010 - 2011 Senior Government Official (Oberregierungsrat ORR) at DWD/BMVBS
    2010 - 2021 Head of Division "Data Assimilation", German Meteorological Service 
    (Deutscher Wetterdienst DWD), BMVBS Federal Ministry of of Transport, Building and 
    Urban Development, Offenbach, Germany.

Reading (UK) and Rennes (France): Research and Development

    since 2010 Full Professor for Applied Mathematics, University of Reading, UK
    2010 Offer of a W3 Professorship in Munich, Germany
    2009 Visiting Professor at Research Center Jülich, Germany.
    2008 - 2010 Reader (Assoc. Prof.), University of Reading, United Kingdom
    2007 - 2009 Visiting Professor, Universite de Rennes, France
    2006 - 2008 Lecturer (Assist. Prof., tenured), University of Reading, UK 

Göttingen: Young Researchers Group, Professorship and Company

    2004 - 2010 Apl. Professor in Mathematics, University of Göttingen
    2005 - 2012 SIRO Technologies GbR, Göttingen, Director and Partner
    2004 - 2007 TomoScience GbR, Wolfsburg, Partner
    2001 - 2006 Leader of a Young Researchers Group, Faculty of Mathematics, Uni Göttingen, Germany

Cologne and London: Research and Industrial Work

    2000 - 2001 Research Fellow Brunel University, United Kingdom
    2000 - 2001 Professional Trainer on Networking Technology for SIEMENS, Munich/Berlin
    1999 - 2000 Research and Development, Orgalogic GmbH, Cologne

Göttingen and Delaware: PhD, Postdoc, Habilitation

    1999 Habilitation in Mathematics, University of Göttingen
    1997 - 1999 Habilitation Grant DFG University of Delaware, USA and University of Göttingen, Germany
    1995 - 1996 Post-Doc University of Delaware, USA
    1993 - 1994 PhD in Mathematics, University of Göttingen, Germany
    1986 - 1993 Study of Physics, Mathematics and Philosophy Göttingen, Germany
    1974 - 1986 Elementary School and Gymnasium in Soest
    1967 Born in Soest, Westfalia, Germany


===== Selection of Awards/Grants =====

  * 2022-2030 ESM Project with GeoInfoDienst BW 8 Research Positions 5x8 years, 3x4 years
  * 2022-2025 BeCoM Project (European Union) with 2 Research Positions for 2x3 years 
  * 2022-2025 CONTRAILS Project (German Government: BMWi) 4.6 Research Positions for 4.6x3 years 
  * 2019-2023 IVS Project (German Government: BMVI) 2 Research Positions 2x4 years
  * 2017-2020 mFund BMVI Project, "Flottenwetterkarte", 2 Research Positions 2x4 years
  * 2017-2021 Sinfony Project (German Government: BMVI), 3 Research Positions 3x4 years
  * 2015-2018 IAFE Programme (German Government: BMVI), 5 Research Positions, 3x4 years, 2x2 years
  * 2015 [[http://www.math.uoc.gr/en/pichorides.html|Pichorides Distinguished Lectureship]], Foundation of Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH), University of Heraklion, Crete
  * 2014-2017 Eumetsat Fellowship (research position 1x3 years)
  * 2013-2016 Data Assimilation for Renewable Energy EWELINE (2 Research/PostDoc Positions, 2x4 years)
  * 2012-2014 Special Research Programme (German Government: BMVBS, 6 Research/PostDoc Positions, 6x3 years)
  * 2009-2012 Bridging the Gaps Award (EPSRC, jointly with beim Graben, Grindrod, Saddy, Nasuto: 0.5 Million GBP, 3 years)  
  * 2008-2009 [[http://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/funding/RF/RF.cfm|Leverhulme Fellowship]] (UK, 1 year)
  * 2007-2008 [[http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/skills/fellows/|EPSRC Springboard Fellowship]] (UK, 1 year)
  * 2001-2006 [[http://www.volkswagenstiftung.de/foerderung/beendet/nachwuchsgruppen-an-universitaeten.html|Young Researchers Group of the Volkswagen Foundation]] (Lower Saxony, 5 years, 4 positions)
  * 1997-1999 Personal Habilitation Grant of the DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, 2 years Delaware plus Göttingen)
  * 1995-1997 Personal [[http://www.dfg.de/foerderung/programme/einzelfoerderung/forschungsstipendien/|Research Grant of the DFG]] (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, 1 year Delaware, 1 year Göttingen)  
  * 1994 Best Diploma Award of the German Mathematical Society