I am Associate Professor in Environmental Data Analysis at the University of Reading, UK.

Contents

• Refereed publications since 2008 (email me for publications prior to 2008)
• arXiv preprints (external link)
• franz (F)orecast (R)eliability (AN)alysis tool(Z), a software package for statistical forecast verification (Git Hub page)
• Lecture notes and related documents
• Research interests
• Micro CV
• List of references (pdf)
• (Not science related) My OK-dinghy page

Research Interests

My research interests lie at the interface between Analysis, Dynamical Systems and Probability Theory and Statistics on one side and applications to Weather, Climate, and Oceans on the other side. I am developing both methods on a rigorous mathematical basis as well as software for practical applications. Particular research interests are currently

• Nonlinear and Infinite Dimensional Stochastic Systems
• Data Assimilation
• Applied Nonlinear Filtering
• Statistical Learning
• Evaluation of Weather- and Climate Forecasts
• Calibration, Skill Scores and Reliability

Apart from the natural sciences, my list of interests are currently topped by calligraphy, history, model airplanes, woodworking, and dinghy sailing

Micro CV

Since September 2015: Associate Professor, University of Reading

September 2012 - September 2015: Lecturer with the School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Reading

May 2012 to August 2012: Paternity leave

Spring 2007 to spring 2012: Max-Planck-Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems in Dresden

Fall 2003 to spring 2007: Centre For The Analysis Of Time Series, London School of Economics. Mainly occupied with the DIME project. Objectives: to determine and enhance the economic value of wheather forecasts.

Summer 2003: Department of Electrical Engineering, Univeristy of Mining and Metallurgy, Krakow, Poland.

PhD from University of Göttingen in April 2003. Supported by the Graduiertenkolleg "Strömungsinstabilitäten und Turbulenz", Supervisor: Ulrich Parlitz.