Hans joachim schellnhuber biography of michael
Hans Joachim Schellnhuber studied physics and mathematics and completed his doctorate at the University of Regensburg.
Schellnhuber was born in in Ortenburg, West Germany....
Hans Joachim Schellnhuber
German atmospheric physicist and climatologist
Hans Joachim "John" Schellnhuber (born 7 June 1950)[1][2] is a German atmospheric physicist, climatologist and founding director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and former chair of the German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU).[3] Since 1 December 2023, Schellnhuber is the Director General of IIASA.[4]
Education
Schellnhuber studied mathematics and physics, obtaining a doctorate in theoretical physics from the University of Regensburg in 1980,[5] followed in 1985 by habilitation (qualification for office) in theoretical physics at the University of Oldenburg.
In 1981, he became a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of Theoretical Physics (ITP) at the University of California, Santa Barbara, working across the corridor from its director Walter Kohn, who became one of his academic supervisors.[6]
