Peter Dueben

Head of Earth System Modelling
Research, Earth System Modelling, Coupled Processes

Professional interests:
  • All aspects of Earth system modelling.
  • Km-scale weather and climate simulations.
  • High-performance computing for weather and climate models.
  • Machine learning for weather and climate prediction.
  • Model error, model uncertainty and predictability.

 

Career background:

EDUCATION AND WORK EXPERIENCE

  • 2024 - today: Honorary Professor at the University of Cologne
  • 2022 - today: Head of the Earth System Modelling Section at the European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)
  • 2019 - 2022: Coordinator of Machine Learning and AI activities at ECMWF.
  • 2017 - 2022: Royal Society University Research Fellow in the Research Department of ECMWF.
  • 2016 - 2017: Scientist working in the Research Department of ECMWF on the ESiWACE project, Reading, UK.
  • 2012 - 2016: Postdoctoral Research Assistant working with Tim Palmer at the sub-department for Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics, University of Oxford, UK. Postdoctoral MCR Member of Jesus College.
  • 2009 - 2012: PhD supervised by Peter Korn and Jochem Marotzke at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany. Thesis: “Finite element methods, grid refinement, and boundary currents in geophysical modeling”. Member of the International Max Planck Research School on Earth System Modelling.
  • 2004 - 2009: Diploma in Physics supervised by Dirk Homeier and Gernot Münster at the Institute for Theoretical Physics, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster, Germany.