Director
of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, external professor
at the Santa Fe Institute and chair of the Governing Board of the Climate-KIC
of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology; Heisenberg Scholarship
(1989); Extensive research activities abroad, e.g., University of California,
Santa Barbara and Santa Cruz; Professor (1989) and later Director at
the Center for Marine Environmental Research (ICBM) at the University
of Oldenburg; Since 1993 Professor for Theoretical Physics at the University
of Potsdam; Chair of the Global Change Advisory Group for the 6th EU
Research Framework Programme of the EU; Leadership and review activities
for numerous international programmes. 2001-05 research director of
the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research in Norwich (UK). Since
2005 member of the National Academy of Sciences. WBGU Member since 1992,
1994-1996 Vice Chair, 1996-2000 Chair, 2004–2008 Vice Chair again,
since 2009 Chair.
