^{Meetings with HErZ Center on Data Assimilation from LMU Munich.}

Some notes on current research activities: [ research_notes ].

Senior Scientists, Postdocs, Junior Scientists and PhD students (state July 2016)

Permanent Positions:

  Dr. Harald Anlauf (Radio Occultations, HPC, Covariances, ICON-DA, BACY)
  Bitzer, Heinz-Werner (MetBW, Radiance Assimilation)
  Alexander Creß (Data Monitoring, AMV, Scatterometer, WIND DA, ICON EDA)
  Dr. Robin Faulwetter (Technical Coordinator Satellite Data Assimilation, Radiances Assimilation)
  Dr. Christina Köpken-Watts (Leader Satellite Data Assimilation, Radiances Assimilation)

  Dr. Martin Lange (Soil Moisture Analysis, Sea Surface Temperature, Snow etc.)    
  Gerhard Paul (Deputy Head Data Assimilation, Surface DA, Operational Monitoring)
  Prof. Dr. Roland Potthast (Head Data Assimilation, Algorithms for DA, Ensemble DA, Particle Filters etc.)
  Dr. Hendrik Reich (Algorithms KENDA, COSMO BACY)
  Dr. Andreas Rhodin (Chief Software Scientist Data Assimilation, Algorithms for DA)

  Dr. Christoph Schraff (Leading KENDA, Ensemble DA, Operational High-Resolution DA)
  Dr. Klaus Stephan (Radar Data Assimilation, GPS/GNSS Data in DA)
  Dr. Olaf Stiller (Radiances Assimilation)
  Daniel Egerer (Support Activities and Secretarial Work)

Temporary Positions:

  Silke May (50%), 4/2015 - 10/2015, Assimilation of Satellite Radiances     Core Funding 2015    
  Dr. Michael Bender, DWD, GPS/GNSS Assimilation/Tomography                  SFP 2012-2016
  Ana Fernandez del Rio, DWD, Global Ensemble DA and Satellite Assimilation  SFP 2016-2019     
  Aamir Nadeem, PhD Student, Göttingen, Inverse Fluid Dynamics and DA        DAAD/Gov 2013-2016
  Jehan Alswaihli, PhD Student, Reading, DA for Neural Delay Equations GOV   2014-2017

  Babatunde Odunuga, PhD student, Reading DA with huge model uncertainty     GOV  2015-2017
  NN, Eumetsat Fellowship                                                    EUMETSAT 2016-2018   
  Dr. Stefan Declair, Data Assimilation for Renewable Energy                 EWELINE 2013-2016
  Jason Otkin, PhD Student, Reading, Ensemble DA with Radiances              UoR/Uni Wisconsin 2015-2017
  Priv-Doz. Dr. Axel Hutt  (SEVIRI Data Assimilation)                        IAFE KENDA-IR 2015-2018

  Anne Walter (Infrared Radiances)                                           IAFE ICON-SAT-IR 2 2015-2016
  Elisabeth Bauernschubert (KENDA Data Assimilation)                         IAFE IVS 2015-2018
  Kristin Raykova (Satellite Data Assimilation)                              IAFE ICON-SAT-IR 1 2016-2019
  Stefanie Holborn (Satellite Data Assimilation)                             IAFE ICON-SAT-MW 2 2016-2017
  

Upcoming Positions:

  Permanent Positions, approved:
  Radar Data Assimilation and IVS Project Leader, permanent position, from 2017. 
  Renewal of Staff Position after retirement: 1 position in 2017
  
  Permanent Positions, under review: 
  EPS-SG: 3 permanent positions 
  Satellite DA for Surface Fields in NWP, 1 permanent position

  Research Projects:
  IAFE GNSS-HUM 2017-2018 (starting as SFP prolongation 2015-16, Michael Bender)
  gridcast 2017-2021 (continuation project of EWELINE, Stefan Declair)
  
  HErZ Ensemble Reanalysis 2017-2019 (NN)
  NWP-SAF Data Assimilation Scientist Position 2017-2022 (NN)
  
  IVS Integrated Forecasting System: SEVIRI VIS/NIR Data Assimilation (NN)    IAFE 2017-2021
  3 further IVS research positions (4 years each) under review

These people work directly on data assimilation for our system in coordination with our core staff members.

 BMVI RADAR: NN, KIT Karlsruhe (Radar Assimilation with KENDA, Integrated Forecasting System)
 HErZ Bonn: Liselotte Bach, University of Bonn (Ensemble Generation and KENDA)
 
 Sylvain Roberts (ETH Zürich, Particle Filter for KENDA) - Prof. Hans-Rüdi Künsch
 Frederick Kurzrock (La Reunion, Satellite Data Assimilation with KENDA), 
       Sylvain Cross/Reuniwatt Paris

 Annika Schomburg, HErZ Uni Frankfurt, Germany
 Walter Acevedo, Uni Potsdam, Particle Filters in NWP

HErZ LMU Wiki

The HErZ Centre for Data Assimilation at LMU Munich is carrying out research in intense collaboration with the DWD Division on Data Assimilation, we jointly develop the KENDA ensemble data assimilation system and work on a range of observation operators and projects.

HErZ Head LMU Munich, Martin Weissmann (Remote Sensing Data in KENDA)
HErZ Head DWD at LMU, Tijana Janjic-Pfander (LETKF for Nonlinear Problems, 
   Model Error, Radar DA in KENDA, Mode-S Data in KENDA, Localization, QPEns, parameter 

BMVI COSMO-MUC-KENDA: Heiner Lange, PhD Student, LMU Munich 
   (Mode-S Data in KENDA, rapid updates, balances, Radar DA)
HErZ Centre for Data Assimilation LMU Munich, Leonhard Scheck 
   (RTTOV NIR/VIS in KENDA)

HErZ Centre for Data Assimilation LMU Munich, Matthias Sommer 
   (Model Error,Observation Impact)
HErZ Centre for Data Assimilation LMU Munich, Tobias Necker, PhD Student, (Observation Impact)
DFG: Yuefei Zeng , LMU Munich (QPEns, Radar DA in KENDA)

DFG: Yvonne Ruckstuhl, PhD Student, LMU Munich 
   (QPEns, parameter estimation in KENDA, boundary layer)

SFP RADAR: Theresa Bick, University of Bonn, RADAR Rapid Update Cycle in KENDA

HErZ Centre for Data Assimilation LMU Munich, Kathrin Folger, PhD Student, 
   (AMV Height Correction)
   estimation, boundary layer)
HErZ Centre for Data Assimilation LMU Munich, Michael Würsch 
   (Radar DA, particle filters, simple convective scale models)
HErZ Centre for Data Assimilation LMU Munich, Florian Harnisch (SEVIRI DA KENDA)

BMVI LIDAR: Armin Geisinger, Uni Hohenheim (Lidar Forward Operator for COSMO-ART/KENDA)

  Dr. Dora Föhring, Eumetsat Fellowship, EUMETSAT Fellowship 2014-2016   
  Dr. Annika Schomburg, EWELINE 2013-2015, (Photovoltaic DA, + SEVIRI IR Data Assimilation)      
  Africa Perianez, PhD Student & SFP 2012-2014, EnKF with Seviri Data, Regional Model, also PhD at Reading
  
  Dr. Rory Gray, SFP 2012-2014, IR Sounder Ensemble Data Assimilation    
  Dr. Eric Lange, SFP 2012-2014, Ensemble Assmilation for IR Sounder with Clouds, Global Model    
  Dr. Jason Ambadan, SFP 2012-13 (Ensemble Filters and IR Data Assimilation)
  Erdem Altuntac, Researcher, DWD/Göttingen 2012-2014 (GPS Tomography)    
  Natalie Lowery, PhD Student, Reading 2009-13 (Discrimination Methods on Ill-Posed Problems)
  
  Alexander Moodey, PhD Student, Reading 2009-13 (Stability of Data Assimilation Methods) 
  Dr. Richard Müller (DWD 2013, Data Assimilation for Renewable Energy)
  Ndifreke Udosen, PhD Student, Reading (2008-2012) (EIT/Meta-Inverse Problems/Targeted Observations)
  Andreas Messer (DWD 2012, Microwave Sounder Data Assimilation)
  Dr. Agnes Hoffmann (DWD 2012, Fog Data Assimilation)
  
  Mashrab Kuvatov (DWD 2010-11, Microwave Data Assimilation)
  Dr. Detlef Pingel (DWD 2010-2011, Infrared Data Assimilation)
  Quazi Muhammad Zaigham Zia (PhD Student 2007-2011, Flow Reconstructions)
  Karolin Eichler (DWD 2010-11, Data Assimilation)    
  Dr. Jan Keller (DWD 2010-11, Ensemble Prediction Methods)
  
  Ronny Leinweber (DWD 2010, Humidity)
  Chris Prigle (PostDoc 2010)
  Boris Marx (PhD 2007-2010, Postdoc 2011, Magnetic Tomography and Data Assimilation)
  Dimitris Pinotsis (PostDoc 2009, Neural Field Theory)
  Corinna Burkard (PhD 2007-2010, Acoustic and Electromagnetic Inverse Problems)
  
  Martin Wannert (PhD 2006-2009, Magnetic Tomography)
  Harald Heese (PostDoc 2006, NFG, Differentiability)
  Eric Heinemeyer (PhD 2004-2007, PostDoc 2007-8, Graduate School, Magnetic Tomography)
  Fabrice Delbary (PostDoc 2006, BMBF, Electromagnetic Inverse Problems)    
  Jochen Schulz (PhD 2001-2007, Acoustic and Electromagnetic Inverse Problems)
  
  Fahmi ben Hassen (PostDoc 2004-2005, NFG, Splitting Procedure and Elm. Inverse Problems)
  Klaus Erhard (PhD 2002-2005, NFG, Point Source Method for Acoustic and Elm. Inverse Problems)
  Russell Luke (PostDoc 2001-2003, NFG, No Response Test, Point Source Method etc)
  Lars Kühn (PhD 2001-2005, NFG, Magnetic Tomography)
  Kuo-Ming Lee (PhD 2003, Kress first supervisor), NFG

NFG = Nachwuchs-Forscher Gruppe (Young Researchers Group)