Here we introduce Professor Ina Tegen from the Leipzig Institute for Meteorology at our faculty and the Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research in Leipzig. You will find information about her career, research and teaching, as well as an advice she would give herself as a student.
My advice would be to trust your own abilities.
Prof Dr Ina Tegen
Career
- 1988: Completion of Studies
Physics, Diplom
Universität Heidelberg - 1992: Doctorate
Dr rer nat, Physics
Universität Heidelberg
Topic: “Tiefenverlagerung von 137Cs im Waldboden” - 1992–1999: Postdoc, Researcher
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, USA - 1999–2004: Research Assistant
Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena - 2005–2012: Research Assistant
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig - 2009: Habilitation
Meteorology
Universität Leipzig
Topic: “Soil dust aerosol and climate” - since 2012: Professor for Modelling of Atmospheric Processes
Universität Leipzig, Institute for Meteorology - since 2012: Head of the Modelling Department
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig
Research
The focus of the modelling department at TROPOS is on the understanding of aerosol processes and aerosol–cloud interactions. Aerosol particles can affect air quality on the one hand and are important climate factors on the other.
Detailed process models and large-scale dispersion models are used to investigate effects of aerosols on air quality and climate on several scales, up to the investigation of the effects of aerosol particles in climate models. This includes the development and application of efficient and accurate models for process description, as well as the use of observational data from the laboratory for the development of new process parameterisations, field studies and remote sensing measurements for model evaluation. A core topic is to deepen the understanding of the emission and transport and impact of natural aerosol, such as mineral dust, marine particles and smoke from vegetation fires.
Expertise in modelling aerosol–cloud interactions includes detailed studies of cloud processes, in particular the icing of cloud droplets in mixed-phase clouds. Of particular interest here are also the dynamic effects in the atmosphere due to heating by absorbing aerosol particles such as soot particles.