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1996-2001 .... diploma studies (geography, meteorology & geophysics) at Innsbruck University, MS thesis on modeling solar radiation (advisor: G. Kaser) - - diploma 'summa cum laude', degree: Mag. rer. nat. (MSc)

2001-2003 .... doctoral studies of natural sciences at Innsbruck University, dissertation on modeling glacier-atmosphere interactions (advisor: G. Kaser; co-advisor: D.R. Hardy) - - doctorate 'summa cum laude', degree: Dr. rer. nat.

2004-2006 .... Post-Doc scientist at Innsbruck University

2007 .... Post-Doc scientist (Fulbright Scholar), University of California at Berkeley (USA)

2008-2011 .... Senior Post-Doc at Innsbruck University; co-leader of research group

2009 .... Habilitation Award ("professorial qualification") from the Faculty of Geo- and Atmospheric Sciences / University of Innsbruck

2011-2013 .... Senior scientist (Humboldt Scholar), Technical University Berlin (GER)

since 2014 .... Full professor of climatology, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg (GER); leader of the Climate System Research Group; Head of Institute (2018-2020)

international network of collaborations: University at Albany, USA (M. Vuille); University of Bremen, GER (B. Marzeion); University of Berne, CH (T. Stocker); University of California at Berkeley, USA (J.C.H. Chiang); ETH Zürch (D. Farinotti); Geological Survey Denmark, DK (D. van As); University of Innsbruck, AUT (G. Kaser, L. Nicholson); Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Zonas Áridas, La Serena, CL (S. MacDonell); University of Massachusetts at Amherst, USA (D.R. Hardy, R.S. Bradley); University of Otago at Dunedin, NZL (N.J. Cullen); Technical University Berlin, GER (D. Scherer)