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PD Dr. Matthias Tesche

PD Dr. Matthias Tesche

Research Fellow

Institut für Meteorologie
Institutsgebäude
Prager Straße 34-36, Room 509
04317 Leipzig

Phone: +49 341 97 - 36660

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Abstract

Matthias has studied meteorology at Leipzig University. He received his PhD in meteorology from Leipzig University in 2011. After a Post-Doc at Stockholm University, Sweden, from 2011 to 2014, Matthias went to the UK to join the University of Hertfordshire for an academic position as lecturer, and later, senior lecturer. Matthias has received a MOPGA Senior Research grant that brought him back to the Leipzig Institute for Meteorology at Leipzig University in 2019, where he defended his habilitation thesis in 2020. He is now heading the group “Aerosols and Clouds” which is focused on the investigation of aerosol, clouds, and aerosol-cloud interactions from observations with sensors on polar-orbiting and geostationary satellites.

In his research, Matthias uses data from active and passive remote-sensing instruments to study (i) the optical and microphysical properties of aerosol particles, (ii) tropospheric and polar stratospheric clouds, and (iii) anthropogenic effects on clouds.


Professional career

  • since 01/2019
    Group leader Aerosols and Clouds, Leipzig Institute for Meteorology, Leipzig University, Germany
  • 03/2017 - 12/2018
    Senior Lecturer, School of Physics, Astronomy and Mathematics, University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
  • 10/2015 - 02/2017
    Lecturer in Physics, School of Physics, Astronomy and Mathematics, University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
  • 10/2014 - 09/2015
    Research Scientist, School of Physics, Astronomy and Mathematics, University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
  • 06/2011 - 09/2014
    Post-Doc at Department of Applied Environmental Science, Stockholm University, Sweden
  • 03/2011 - 05/2011
    Post-Doc, Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany
  • 06/2006 - 02/2011
    PhD studies at Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany

Education

  • 07/2020
    Doctor Rerum Naturalium Habilitatus in Meteorology
  • 02/2011
    Doctor Rerum Naturalium in Meteorology
  • 05/2006
    Diploma in Meteorology
  • 10/2000 - 05/2006
    Study of meteorology at Leipzig Institute for Meteorology (LIM) of Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany

  • Particles in Aerosol Cloud Interactions: stratification, CCN/INP concentrations, and Cloud lifecycle (PACIFIC)
    Tesche, Matthias
    Duration: 01/2019 – 12/2022
    Funded by: BMBF Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung; DAAD Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst
    Involved organisational units of Leipzig University: Theoretische Meteorologie; Institut für Meteorologie
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  • Multilayer Arctic Mixed-Phased Clouds: Observations (MAMiP:O)
    Tesche, Matthias
    Duration: 07/2021 – 06/2024
    Funded by: BMBF Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
    Involved organisational units of Leipzig University: Institut für Meteorologie
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  • Properties of In-cirrus Contrails from Airborne Remote-sensing Data (PICARD)
    Tesche, Matthias
    Duration: 10/2023 – 09/2026
    Funded by: DFG Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
    Involved organisational units of Leipzig University: Institut für Meteorologie
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  • Improving the power forecast of photovoltaic systems to support the energy transition and to investigate aerosol-cloud interactions
    Tesche, Matthias
    Duration: 12/2022 – 12/2024
    Funded by: EU Europäischer Sozialfonds (ESF)
    Involved organisational units of Leipzig University: Institut für Meteorologie; Arktische Klimaveränderung
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