Jana Sillmann |
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Research interests
- Indices for Climate Extremes (Climdex) (ETCCDI)
- Statistical Modelling of Extreme Events (Extremes Toolkit)
- Weather regimes and large-scale circulation patterns and their importance for climate predictions (CLIVAR)
- Global climate change simulations (IPCC)
- Multimodel Ensembles and Model Validation (PCMDI, NARCCAP)
Scientific Contributions
Curriculum vitae
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| University Degree | Diplom-Geo-ecologist (M.Sc. in Earth System Science) TU "Bergakademie" Freiberg, Germany (2003) Diploma (M.Sc.) Thesis: Regional Climate Modeling - Weather pattern classification on the basis of the AGCM ECHAM |
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| Internship |
Fundação Estadual do Meio Ambiente,
Federal Environmental Agency, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil (February-March 2004) |
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| Ph.D. |
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany (2004-2009) Fellwoship from the International Max Planck Research School for Earth System Modelling IMPRS ESM |
| Ph.D. thesis | Extreme climate events and Euro-Atlantic atmospheric blocking in present and future climate simulations |
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| Scientific Experience |
Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Canadian Centre for Climate
Modelling and Analysis (CCCma), Victoria, BC, Canada (May 2009 - November 2010, maternity leave from August 2009-2010) Research Associate at the Climate Modelling Lab of the University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada (December 2010 - June 2011) Postdoctoral Research Fellowship from the German Research Foundation (DFG) with the CCCma and the UVic Climate Modelling Lab (Victoria, BC, Canada) as host institutes (July 2011 - June 2013) |