Prof. Dr. Jana Sillmann

Laufende Forschungsprojekte:

• MYRIAD-EU (Multi-hazard and systemic framework for enhancing risk-informed management and decision-making in the E.U.), 2021-2024, funded by EU H2020, WP Leader
• PROVIDE (Paris Agreement Overshooting – Reversibility, Climate Impacts and Adaptation Needs), 2021-2024, funded by EU H2020, WP Leader
• EXTremeClimTwin (Twinning for the advancement of data-driven multidisciplinary research into hydro-climatic extremes to support risk assessment and decision making), 2020-2023, funded by EU H2020
• EXHAUSTION (Exposure to heat and air pollution in Europe – cardio-pulmonary impacts and benefits of mitigation and adaptation), 2019-2023, funded by EU H2020, Deputy Coordinator
• RECEIPT (REmote Climate Effects and their Impact on European sustainability, Policy and Trade), 2019-2023, funded by EU H2020, WP Leader

Abgeschlossene Forschungsprojekte:

• SUSCAP (Developing resilience and tolerance of crop resource use efficiency to climate change and air pollution), 2019-2021, funded by ERANET SusCrop, WP Leader
• S2S4E (Subseasonal-to-seasonal forecast for Energy), 2017-2021, funded by EU H2020, WP Leader
• ClimINVEST (Tailored Climate Information for Investment Decisions), 2017-2020, funded by ERA4CS, Scientific Leader
• TWEX (Translating weather extremes into the future – a case for Norway), 2015-2019, funded by the Norwegian Research Council (NFR), Project Leader
• CiXPAG (Interaction of Climate Extremes, Air Pollution and Agro-ecosystems), 2015-2019, funded by the Norwegian Research Council (NFR), Project Leader
• ClimateXL (Physical and statistical analysis of climate extremes in large datasets), 2015-2018, funded by the Norwegian Research Council (NFR), Project Leader

• Investigating complex interactions between the different spheres of the Earth System
• Statistical analyses and evaluation of climate extremes in large climate model ensembles and high-resolution model simulations
• Analyses of drivers of changes in climate extremes: climate variability, anthropogenic activities (e.g., greenhouse gases, short-lived climate forcers and air pollution)
• Relating physical and statistical aspects of climate extremes to socio-economic impacts and risk assessment
• Using interdisciplinary approaches for better integration of natural and social sciences to support decision making for mitigating and adapting to climate change

Vorlesungen

• Weather and climate extremes in a changing climate (2 SWS; M.Sc. Integrated Climate System Sciences; SoSe 2021 und SoSe 2022)

Übungen

• Environmental sciences: Understanding climate change (2 SWS; B.Sc. Geographie; WiSe 2021/22)
• Übung zu Weather and climate extremes in a changing climate (2 SWS; M.Sc. Integrated Climate System Sciences; SoSe 2022)

• Vortrag "Was bedeutet der Klimawandel für uns vor Ort?", Fortbildungsveranstaltung "Zukunftswerkstatt für soziale Einrichtungen" der Kinder- und Jugendhilfe, 19.05.2022
• Briefing Note "Climate Change, War and Pandemic: In the Future, Complex Risks Will Be Commonplace", CLICCS News, 10.03.2022
• Video "Lunchtime Talks on EXtreme Climate - Dr. Jana Sillmann, University of Hamburg (Germany)", EXtremeClimTwin, Youtube, 19.01.2022
• Artikel Picturing the future of complex, cascading climate risks, International Science Council, 03.12.2021
• Blogpost Climate risk assessment gaps: seamless integration of weather and climate information for community resilience, International Science Council, 27.10.2021
• Interview "Welchen Einfluss hat der Klimawandel auf Wirbelstürme?", Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland, 16.09.2021
• Klimaextreme: eine Professur zur rechten Zeit, CEN News, 03.09.2021
• Artikel "UN-Klimabericht: Erste Folgen des Klimawandels schon jetzt irreversibel", BusinessPortal Norwegen, 09.08.2021
• The QUEST Podcast: Folge 3: Climate change, ‘QUEST – QUality and Effectiveness in Science and Technology communication', questproject.eu, 21.04.2021
• Policy Brief "What can COVID-19 teach us about preparing for climate risks in Europe?", Projekte CASCADES und RECEIPT (REmote Climate Effects and their Impact on European sustainability, Policy and Trade), 26.11.2020
• Video "What will a future high-impact extreme event look like in Norway?", CICERO klima, Youtube, 29.10.2020
• Podcast mit Nature Redakteur Michael White: Forecast: Climate conversations with Michael White, Folge 41: Jana Sillmann

• Member of the Future Earth General Assembly
• Co-Chair of the Steering Committee for the Knowledge Action Network on Emergent Risks and Extreme Events (Risk KAN) (2019-)
• Associated Editor of Weather and Climate Extremes (2018-)
• Editorial Board Member of Environmental Research Letters (2017-)
• Co-lead of the World Climate Research Programme Grand Challenge on Climate Extremes (2015-)
• Lead Author of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) for Working Group 1 (WG1) Chapter 12 - Climate change information for regional impact and for risk assessment (2018-2021)
• Member of the Scientific Committee of the Integrated Research on Disaster Risk Programme (IRDR) (2018-2021)
• Member of the WMO Commission for Climatology (CCl) Task Team on Tailored Climate Information (2014-2018)
• Invited expert to the WMO CCl/CLIVAR/JCOMM Expert Team on Climate Change Detection and Indices (ETCCDI) (2011-2014)
• Contributing author and expert reviewer of the IPCC AR5 WG1, Chapter 9 & 12 (2011-2013)

• Assistenz: Nele Räther
• Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter: Dr. Hartmut Borth
• Wissenschaftliche Programmiererin: Dr. Ulrike Löptien
• Wissenschaftlicher Programmierer: Dr. Leonard Borchert
• Postdoc: Dr. Benjamin Poschlod
• Postdoc: Peter Pfleiderer
• Doktorand: Alexander Rischmüller
• Studentische Hilfskraft: Dante Castro Garro

Aktuelle Veranstaltungen:

• EGU2022 Session on Climate extremes, biosphere and society: impacts, cascades, feedbacks, and resilience (CL3.2.6) - 23-27 May 2022 - Co-Meeting-Organizer

Vergangene Veranstaltungen:

• Online Workshop on Understanding and Modeling Complex Risks in Coupled Human-Environment Systems - 8-10 February 2022 - organized by the Knowledge Action Network on Emergent Risks and Extreme Events (RISK-KAN)
• Guest lecture Risks from climate extremes in a changing climate in the Online Symposium EnviroChange 2022 - 4 February 2022 - Kiel University (CAU), Institute of Geography

seit 09/2021

• Professorin für Klimastatistik und Klimaextreme, Universität Hamburg
• Senior Researcher, Center for International Climate Research (CICERO), Oslo, Norwegen

09/2017 - 08/2021

• Research Director, CICERO, Oslo, Norwegen

2014 - 2017

• Senior Researcher, CICERO, Oslo, Norwegen

2013 - 2014

• Research Associate, Universität Oslo, Fachbereich Geowissenschaften

2013

• Visiting Scientist, Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS), Potsdam

2011 - 2013

• Postdoctoral Resarch Fellow, Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis (CCCma) & University of Victoria (UVic), Climate Modelling Group, Victoria, BC, Kanada

2011

• Sessional Lecturer, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, UVic, Victoria, BC, Kanada

2009 - 2011

• Research Associate, CCCma and UVic, Victoria, BC, Kanada

2009

• Dr. rer. nat., Universität Hamburg, International Max Planck Resarch School on Earth System Modelling, Hamburg

2003

• M.Sc. Geoökologie, Technische Universität "Bergakademie" Freiberg

2000/2001

• Aufbaustudium, Geowissenschaften, State University of New York (SUNY), Stony Brook, NY, USA