Young investigator groups
Currently three young investigator groups are hosted at KIT in the Research Field Earth and Environment.
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A big unknown in the climate impact of atmospheric aerosol: Mineral soil dust | Dr. Martina Klose | IMK-TRO | 2020-2026, HGF |
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Solving the Cirrus Cloud Puzzle: Do Cirrus Warm or Cool our Climate? | Dr. Emma Järvinen | IMK-AAF | 2020-2026, HGF |
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Large-scale Dynamics and Predictability | Jun.-Prof. Dr. Christian Grams | IMK-TRO | 2017-2023, HGF |
Former groups
| Group name | Group leader | Institute | Funding period, funded by |
| Forests out of balance: The influence of extreme events on the carbon and water cycle | Prof. Dr. Nadine Rühr | IMK-IFU | 2016-2023, DFG |
| Cloud-radiative interactions with the North Atlantic storm track | Prof. Dr. Aiko Voigt | IMK-TRO | 2016-2022, BMBF |
| Climate change and land-use impacts on European bumblebee populations | Dr. Penelope Whitehorn | IMK-IFU | 2020-2021 |
| Predictive models for extremes and high impact weather under climate change - PREMIUM | Dr. Samiro Khodayar | IMK-TRO | 2014-2019, BMBF |
| Capturing all relevant scales of biosphere-atmosphere exchange | Prof. Dr. Matthias Mauder | IMK-IFU | 2012-2018, HGF |
| Remote Sensing of Greenhouse Gases for Carbon Cycle Modelling - RemoteC | Prof Dr. Andre Butz | IMK-ASF | 2011-2016, DFG |
| Multiplatform remote sensing of isotopologues for investigating the cycle of atmospheric water - MUSICA | Dr. Matthias Schneider | IMK-ASF | 2011-2016, ERC |
| Solar variability, climate, and the role of the mesosphere / lower thermosphere | Dr. Miriam Sinnhuber | IMK-ASF | 2011-2016, HGF |
| Aerosol effects on cloud ice, precipitation and climate | Prof. Dr. Corinna Hoose | IMK-AAF | 2010-2016, HGF |