Office:
Phone: +49-431 600 4050
(Mobile: +49-172-4140582)
E-Mail: mlatif(at)geomar.de
Address:
GEOMAR
Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Wischhofstr. 1-3
24148 Kiel, Germany
Research Interests
- Seasonal to interannual variability
- Decadal to Centennial variability
- Anthropogenic climate change
- Model development and Intercomparison
Lectures
- Klimaphysik (Bachelor of Science: "Physik des Erdsystems: Meteorologie - Ozeanographie - Geophysik"; in German)
- Climate Dynamics (Master of Science: "Climate Physics: Meteorology and Physical Oceanography"; in English)
- Geophysical Fluid Dynamics (Master of Science: "Climate Physics: Meteorology and Physical Oceanography"; in English)
Curriculum Vitae
Born | 29 September 1954 in Hamburg |
Married with | Elisabeth Latif |
School | 1961 - 1974 1974 Matriculation examination, Gymnasium Kaiser-Friedrich-Ufer, Hamburg |
College/University | 1974 - 1976 Business sciences, Hamburg University, 1976 - 1983 Meteorology, Hamburg University, 1983 Diploma in Meteorology |
Ph.D. | 1987 Ph.D. in Oceanography, Hamburg University |
Habilitation | 1989 Qualification as university lecturer in oceanography ('Habilitation'), Hamburg University |
Professional experience | 1983 - 1985 Scholarship of the Max-Planck-Society at the Max-Planck-Institute für Meteorologie (MPI), Hamburg, Germany |
1985 - 1988 | Scientist at the MPI |
1989 - 2002 | Senior scientist at the MPI |
since 2003 | Professor at the Institut für Meereskunde |
since 2004 | Professor at the Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences (former Institut für Meereskunde) |
since 2012 | Professor at the Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR) (former Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences) |
since 2020 | Senior Professor at Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel (CAU) / Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel (GEOMAR) |
Awards
- 2000 Sverdrup Gold Medal of the American Meteorological Society
- 2000 Max-Planck Award for public Science
- 2002 Fellow of the American Meteorological Society
- 2004 DUH-Umwelt-Medienpreis 2004: Kategorie "Lebenswerk" (der Deutschen Umwelthilfe)
- 2006 NORBERT GERBIER - MUMM International Award
- 2009 Deutsche Bank-IFM-GEOMAR Meeresforschungspreis
- 2012 ASLI's Choice Award is an award for the best book of 2012 in the fields of meteorology / climatology / atmospheric sciences
- 2015 Deutscher Umweltpreis 2015 der Deutschen Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU)
- 2016 Order of Merit of the Federal State of Schleswig-Holstein
- 2018 B.A.U.M.-Umweltpreis
- 2019 NatureLife-Umweltpreis
- 2019 Alfred-Wegener-Medaille der Deutschen Meteorologischen Gesellschaft
- 2021 "Goldenes Lot" des Verbandes Deutscher Vermessungsingenieure (VDV)
- 2022 "Nachhaltigkeitspreis 2022" der "Sächsischen Hans-Carl-von-Carlowitz-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Nachhaltigkeit"
- Winter term 2023/24 „Dr. Jörg Mittelsten Scheid Visiting Professorship“ in the Faculty of Mechanical and Safety Engineering at the University of Wuppertal
- October 2023 Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Scientific Journals
- 1993-1998 Editor Monthly Weather Review
- 1999-2003 Editor Journal of Climate
Guest Scientist
- From 1990 to 1994: Eight visits at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, USA
- 1995: BMRC, Melbourne, Australia
- 1996: CIMAS/RSMAS, Miami, Florida, USA
- 1996, 1998: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, USA
Memberships
- Deutsche Meteorologische Gesellschaft(German Meteorological Society)
- American Meteorological Society (AMS)
- American Geophysical Union (AGU)
- Akademie der Wissenschaften in Hamburg
since June 2021 Vice President
since January 2022 President - Deutsche Gesellschaft CLUB OF ROME,
since 2010 member
since January 2017 member of the presidium
since November 2017 President - German Climate Consortium e.V. (DKK)
2012 - March 2021 Deputy Chairman
May 2015 - March 2021Chairman
Working Groups and Committees
- 1987 TOGA Numerical Experimentation Group (NEG)
- 1989 Representative of the Federal Republic of Germany at the International TOGA Board
- 1991 Co-Chairman of the TOGA Numerical Experimentation Group (NEG)
- 1994 Member of the CLIVAR/GOALS Numerical Experimentation Group (NEG)
- 2001-2005 Member of the CLIVAR WGCM (Working Group on Global Coupled Modelling)
- 2001+2007 Contributing Author IPCC Reports 2001 and 2007
- 2006 - 2017 Member CAU Cluster of Excellence "The Future Ocean"