Prof. Dr. Johannes Quaas

Prof. Dr. Johannes Quaas

Professor

Theoretische Meteorologie
Institutsgebäude
Stephanstraße 3, Room 005
04103 Leipzig

Phone: +49 341 97 - 32931
Fax: +49 341 97 - 31949

Prof. Dr. Johannes Quaas

Prof. Dr. Johannes Quaas

Vice-Dean

Faculty of Physics and Earth System Sciences
Institutsgebäude
Linnéstraße 5
04103 Leipzig

Abstract

Johannes Quaas is University professor for Theoretical Meteorology. He is the designated speaker of the "Breathing Nature" initiative that at Leipzig University and partner institutions aims to build a cluster of excellence on the connection between biodiversity and climate change. Johannes Quaas is an expert on clouds and climate change, particularly with regard to the role of anthropogenic particles (aerosols) for clouds and climate. His team uses climate models as well as satellite observations. He was a lead author for the 6th Assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Johannes Quaas leads work packages in several European projects, he is active in the German Meteorological Society and in the University Partnership for Atmospheric Sciences.


ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0001-7057-194X

Web of Science: I-2656-2013

Google Scholar: hbOfD1cAAAAJ

Professional career

  • 11/2003 - 04/2004
    Post-doc, "Allocation jeune post-doc" grant of the École Polytechnique, working at Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique / IPSL, Palaiseau, France, 2003 - 2004
  • 04/2004 - 05/2006
    "Emmy Noether" phase I grant of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, working atMax Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg; Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada; and Hadley Centre / Met Office, Exeter, UK
  • 06/2006 - 08/2006
    Cloud research scientist, Hadley Centre / Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom
  • 09/2006 - 04/2011
    "Emmy Noether" phase II grant of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Junior Research Group at Max Planck Institute for Meteorology
  • since 04/2011
    Full Professor for Theoretical Meteorology, University of Leipzig
  • 03/2015 - 07/2015
    Visiting scientist (research semester) NASA Goddard Institute for Space Sciences/Columbia University, New York, USA
  • 09/2019 - 02/2020
    Visiting scientist (research semester) NASA Goddard Institute for Space Sciences/Columbia University, New York, USA

Education

  • 10/1994 - 09/1996
    Studies of Physics, University of Essen
  • 10/1996 - 07/2000
    Studies of Meteorology, University of Cologne
  • 09/1998 - 07/2000
    Diploma thesis at Scientific Computing and Algorithms Institute of the GMD-National Research Center for Information Technology, St. Augustin (now Fraunhofer-Institute)
  • 07/2000 - 11/2003
    Ph.D.Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique / IPSL, École Polytechnique, Paris, France, November 2003Ph.D. thesis: L’effet indirect des aérosols : paramétrisation dans des modèles de grande échelle et évaluation avec des données satellitales (The ae
  • 11/2011
    Habilitation, University of Hamburg.Habilitation thesis: The role of clouds in climate forcings and feedbacks
  • Cloud processes and cloud-climate feedbacks.
  • Cloud process parameterizations in large-scale models.
  • Satellite observations.
  • Aerosol-cloud-radiation interactions (aerosol indirect effects)
  • Global climate change.


  • ECO-N: Economics of Connected Natural Commons - Atmosphere and Biodiversity
    Quaas, Martin Friedrich
    Duration: 08/2024 – 08/2029
    Funded by: DFG Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
    Involved organisational units of Leipzig University: Nachhaltige Immobilien- und Stadtentwicklung; VWL/Makroökonomik; VWL/Ökonometrie; Energiemanagement und Nachhaltigkeit; Bioenergiesysteme; BWL, insb. Sustainable Banking; Spezielle Botanik und funktionelle Biodiversität; Theoretische Meteorologie; Modellierung atmosphärischer Prozesse (Gemeinsame Berufung mit IfT); Experimentelle Interaktionsökologie; Biodiversitätsökonomik; Klima-Attribution (JP)
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  • WarmWorld - Subproject: Calibrating liquid water cloud microphysics in ICON
    Quaas, Johannes
    Duration: 03/2023 – 02/2027
    Funded by: BMBF Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
    Involved organisational units of Leipzig University: Theoretische Meteorologie
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  • Learning about cloud-climate effects from machine-learning calibration of cloud parameters in climate models (LACCMACC)
    Quaas, Johannes
    Duration: 09/2024 – ongoing
    Funded by: DFG Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
    Involved organisational units of Leipzig University: Theoretische Meteorologie
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  • CleanCloud
    Quaas, Johannes
    Duration: 12/2023 – ongoing
    Funded by: EU Europäische Union
    Involved organisational units of Leipzig University: Theoretische Meteorologie
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  • Cloud response to Volcanic eruptions (VolCloud)
    Quaas, Johannes
    Duration: 09/2022 – 09/2025
    Funded by: DFG Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
    Involved organisational units of Leipzig University: Theoretische Meteorologie
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more projects

  • Gulev, S.; Thorne, P. W.; Ahn, J. et al.
    Changing State of the Climate System
    Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA: Cambridge University Press. 2021. pp. 287–422.
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  • Mahecha, M.; Bastos, A.; Bohn, F. J. et al.
    Biodiversity and climate extremes: known interactions and research gaps
    Earth's Future. 2024. 12 (6).
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  • Luo, H.; Quaas, J.; Han, Y.
    Diurnally asymmetric cloud cover trends amplify greenhouse warming
    Science Advances. 2024.
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  • Luo, H.; Quaas, J.; Han, Y.
    Decreased cloud cover partially offsets the cooling effects of surface albedo from deforestation
    Nature Communications. 2024. p. 7345.
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  • Kretzschmar, J.; Pöhlker, M.; Stratmann, F.; Wex, H.; Wirth, C.; Quaas, J.
    From trees to rain: enhancement of cloud glaciation and precipitation by pollen
    Environ. Res. Lett.. 2024. p. 104052.
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Professor for Theoretical Meteorology

  • Differential equations

    Summer terms

    Meteorology Bachelor 2nd semester

  • Dynamics 1

    Summer terms

    Meteorology Bachelor 2nd semester

  • Global climate dynamics

    Summer terms

    Meteorology Master 2nd semester

  • Dynamics 2

    Winter terms

    Meteorology Bachelor 3rd semester

  • Thermodynamics

    Winter terms

    Meteorology Bachelor 3rd semester

  • Data Assimilation

    Summer terms

    Meteorology Master 2nd semester

  • Climate crisis and solution options

    Key qualifications module

    Bachelor (interdisciplinary)

Research fields

Meteorology, Climate

Specializations

  • Wolkenprozesse und Wolken-Klima-Wechselwirkungen.
  • Parameterisierung von Wolkenprozessen in Klimamodellen.
  • Satellitenbeobachtungen.
  • Aerosol-Wolken-Niederschlag-Strahlung-Wechselwirkungen (Indirekte Aerosol-Effekte).
  • Globaler Klimawandel.

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