Participating Helmholtz Centers

The main KIT institute contributing in Topic 1 "The Atmosphere in Global Change" is the Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research (IMK). The institute is divided in four departments:

Atmospheric Aerosol Research (IMK-AAF)
Atmospheric Environmental Research (IMK-IFU)
Atmospheric Trace Gases and Remote Sensing (IMK-ASF)
Troposphere Research (IMK-TRO)

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Prof. Dr. Thomas Leisner

Head of IMK-AAF

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Prof. Dr. HaPe Schmid

Head of IMK-IFU

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Prof. Dr. Peter Braesicke

Acting Head of IMK-ASF

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Prof. Dr. Peter Knippertz

Head of IMK-TRO

In the topic KIT works together with four other Helmholtz centers. These are:

Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), Bremerhaven
German Research Centre for Geoscience (GFZ), Potsdam
Helmholtz Centre Hereon, Greesthacht
Research Centre Jülich (FZJ)

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Dr. Christoph Ritter

Deputy of the section "Atmospheric Physics"

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Prof. Dr. Jens Wickert

Director GFZ contribution to Helmholtz Research Program "Atmosphere in Global Change"

Dr. Kevin Sieck

Climate Service Center Germany (GERICS)

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Prof. Dr. Andreas Wahner

Director of the Institute for Energy and Climate Research: Troposphere (IEK-8)

Prof. Dr. Martin Riese

Director of the Institute for Energy and Climate Research: Stratosphere (IEK-7)

Prof. Dr. Michaela Hegglin

Director of the Institute for Energy and Climate Research: Stratosphere (IEK-7)