Erich Becker (physicist)

Erich Becker (born November 7, 1961 in Marburg ; full name: Erich Johannes Heinrich Becker ) is a German physicist and university professor . He teaches at the University of Rostock .

Life

Becker received his university entrance qualification in June 1981 and began his military service in the same year . Since 1982 he has been studying physics at the Technical University of Darmstadt and at the University of Marburg . In June 1988 he graduated in Marburg with a degree in physics. In his diploma thesis he dealt with asymmetry fluctuations when a droplet ruptures. He then went to the Max Planck Institute for Flow Research , where he prepared his dissertation . In November 1991, he was at the University of Göttingen for Doctor of Science doctorate . The dissertation is entitled Nonlinear Droplet Oscillations taking into account surface tension and viscosity .

After completing his doctorate, Becker became a research assistant at the institute . He stayed there until January 1993, the next month the Leibniz Institute for Atmospheric Physics employed him in the same position .

In November 2003 Becker received his habilitation in atmospheric physics from the University of Rostock . His habilitation thesis is called Energetics of turbulent momentum diffusion and gravity wave breakdown in general circulation models of the atmosphere . He stayed at the institute until August 2006, when he was appointed head of the department for theory and modeling . In September 2006 the university appointed him professor for theoretical atmospheric physics.

Becker deals with the dynamics of the atmosphere from the boundary layer to the lower thermosphere, with waves and turbulence in the atmosphere, with the physics of the climate and with global circulation models.

Publications (selection)

• Nonlinear droplet oscillations taking into account surface tension and viscosity (Göttingen, Max Planck Institute for Flow Research 1991)
• Energetics of turbulent momentum diffusion and gravity wave breakdown in general circulation models of the atmosphere (Kühlungsborn, Leibniz Institute for Atmospheric Research 2003)

Web links

• Entry on Erich Becker in the Catalogus Professorum Rostochiensium
• Erich Becker at the Leibniz Institute for Atmospheric Research