Johannes Orphal

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Johannes Orphal (2017)

Johannes Orphal (born July 11, 1966 in Magdeburg ) is a German physicist and climate researcher .

Life

He grew up as the son of pastor Helmut Orphal in Berlin-Mitte (then GDR ) and attended the Max-Planck-Gymnasium there from 1980 to 1984.

His academic teachers included the physicist Werner Ebeling , the historian Dieter Hoffmann and the philosopher Gerd Irrlitz . Orphal was from 1999 to 2009 researcher ("Chargé de Recherche") at the French national research center CNRS in Orsay and since 2006 professor of physics at the University of Paris XII (Paris-Est) in Créteil . At the same time he worked from 2004 to 2008 as a “Senior Fellow” of the European Union (“Transfer of Knowledge” program) at the University College Cork in Ireland. After studying physics (1986–1991) at the Humboldt University in Berlin , he received his doctorate in 1995 from the University of Paris-Süd (Paris XI) in Orsay , where he also completed his habilitation in 2002. From 1995 to 1999 he worked at the Institute for Environmental Physics (IUP) and Institute for Remote Sensing (IFE) at the University of Bremen . Before starting his studies, he did vocational training from 1984 to 1986 and worked as a computer operator on ESER mainframes.

He has been Professor and Head of the Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research (IMK), Atmospheric Trace Substances and Remote Sensing (ASF), at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) since 2009 .

Services

Orphal's scientific work mainly deals with high-precision measurements of atmospheric trace gases and other molecules .

His most important services include laboratory measurements of spectroscopic reference data (O 3 , NO 2 , NO 3 , HONO, OClO, BrO, IO, OIO, SO 2 , H 2 CO) for atmospheric remote sensing in the ultraviolet and visible spectral range, and their integration into international databases.

Another focus is on spectroscopic investigations of unstable halogen and halogen nitrogen oxides, including the first observation of the stratospheric bromine reservoir BrONO 2 ( bromine nitrate ) in data from the MIPAS instrument on the Envisat satellite in 2008 and the detection of the short-lived radical OIO in 1996 (Iodine dioxide), which plays a key role in the formation of marine aerosols, in reactions of iodine-ozone mixtures induced by flash photolysis . In his doctoral thesis (1995) he treated a. a. the infrared spectrum of nitryl chloride (ClNO 2 ), which has since been discovered in the troposphere.

Orphal participated in the preparation and use of satellite projects for atmospheric remote sensing ( GOME , SCIAMACHY , MIPAS, IASI , PREMIER, MTG ). Particular focus of his work in this area is the improved understanding of atmospheric processes, the future development of the ozone layer and climate change .

Bodies

Johannes Orphal is or was a scientific reviewer for a number of national and international research organizations, including ECMWF , ESA , EUMETSAT and the WMO . Since 2018 Orphal has been one of 8 external appointed members of the Scientific Advisory Board (“Conseil Scientifique”) of the CNRS .

From 2004 to 2012 he was Vice-Chair of Commission A1 ("Atmosphere, Meteorology and Climate") of the Committee on Space Research ( COSPAR ), from 2005 to 2009 member of the board of the Société française de physique (SFP), from 2005 to In 2008 in the “User's Committee” of the large research laboratory Synchrotron SOLEIL in France, and from 2009 to 2016 member of the International Radiation Commission (IRC) of IAMAS / IUGG . Since 2011 he has been the scientific spokesperson for the “Atmosphere and Climate” program of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers (HGF). He is a consultant for the Committee on Earth Observation (CEOS, part of GCOS ) with regard to the "Atmospheric Composition - Virtual Constellation".

Since 2020 he has been chair of the "Environmental Physics Division" of the European Physical Society . Since 2019 he has been chairman of the award committee for the international Gentner-Kastler, Max-Born and Smoluchowski-Warburg prizes of the German Physical Society .

He organized the inaugural conference of the World Year of Physics in January 2005 “Physics for Tomorrow” at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris, with over 1500 participants from more than 100 countries (including 500 young scientists).

Orphal was Vice President for Human Resources and Finance at Eucor - “The European Campus” from 2015 to 2016 . From 2014 to 2015 he was President of the Committee Sciences physiques, chimiques et geographiques for the Belgian agency AEQES (Agence pour l'Evaluation de la Qualité de l'Enseignement Supérieur) for the assessment of the quality of teaching in 17 universities and colleges of the Federation Wallonie-Bruxelles (FWB) responsible.

From 2011 to 2015 he was the scientific spokesman for the "Climate and Environment" center at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.

Awards

  • From 1993 to 1995 Orphal was a “Marie Curie” Fellow of the European Union (DG-XII).
  • In 1998 Orphal won one of the first "Emmy Noether" fellowships from the DFG.
  • From 2004 to 2008 Orphal was a Senior Fellow in the EU's “Transfer of Knowledge” program.
  • Orphal was co-laureate of the French “La Recherche” award in 2014.
  • For 2017, Orphal was awarded the Gentner-Kastler-Prize of the German Physical Society and the Gay-Lussac-Humboldt Prize of the Académie des Sciences in Paris.
  • In 2019 Orphal was elected as a corresponding member of the French "Académie de l'Air et de l'Espace" based in Toulouse.

Selected Works

  • B. Kerridge, M. Hegglin, J. McConnell, D. Murtagh, J. Orphal, V.-H. Peuch, M. Riese, M. van Weele, J. Langen, U. Cortesi, P. Preusse, B. Vogel, D. Schüttemeyer, B. Carnicero Dominguez, J. Caron, C. Caspar, A. Gabriele, P. Jurado, V. Kangas, S. Kraft, C.-C. Lin, H. Nett, D. Patterson, A. Emrich, U. Frisk, F. von Schéele, “PREMIER: an Earth Explorer to observe atmospheric composition”, Vol. 3 (224 pp.), In: “Report for Mission Selection “, ESA SP-1324/3 (3 volume series), ISBN 978-92-9221-422-7 (3 volumes), European Space Agency (ESA), Noordwijk, The Netherlands, 2012.
  • J.-M. Flaud, J. Orphal, "Spectroscopy of the Earth's Atmosphere," pp. 1971–1999, in: "Handbook of High-Resolution Spectroscopy", Editors M. Quack and F. Merkt, ISBN 978-0-470-06653-9 , John Wiley & Sons, London, 2011.
  • C. Clerbaux, J. Drummond, J.-M. Flaud, J. Orphal, "Thermal Infrared: Absorption and Emission - Trace Gases and Parameters", Chapter 3 (pp. 123–152) in: "The Remote Sensing of Tropospheric Composition from Space", Editors JP Burrows, U. Platt and P. Borrell, ISBN 978-3-642-14790-6 , Springer Verlag, Heidelberg and New York, 2011.
  • J. Orphal, K. Bogumil, A. Dehn, B. Deters, S. Dreher, OC Fleischmann, M. Hartmann, S. Himmelmann, T. Homann, H. Kromminga, P. Spietz, A. Türk, A. Vogel , S. Voigt, JP Burrows, "Laboratory Spectroscopy in Support of UV-Visible Remote-Sensing of the Atmosphere", in: "Recent Research Developments in Physical Chemistry" Vol. 6, Editor S. Pandalai, ISBN 978-81-7895 -042-6 , Transworld Research Network, Trivandrum, 15-34, 2002.
  • J. Orphal, “Spectroscopie Moléculaire Appliquée à l'Atmosphère”, Habilitation à Diriger les Recherches, Université de Paris-Sud (Orsay), 50 pp., 2002.
  • J. Orphal, "Spectroscopie Infrarouge à Haute Résolution de Molécules Instables d'Intérêt Atmosphérique: ClONO 2 , ClNO 2 et BrONO 2 ", Thèse de Doctorat, 141 pp., Université de Paris-XI (Paris-Sud), Orsay, 1995 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ [1] Article on Orphal's time in Berlin during the fall of 1989-1990. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
  2. ↑ a b [2] KIT website with a detailed résumé of Orphal. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
  3. ^ Claudia (IMK) Roesner: IMK-ASF: Prof. Dr. Johannes Orphal. In: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. November 7, 2017. Retrieved June 27, 2019 .
  4. ↑ [3] . ORCID website with publications by Orphal. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
  5. ↑ LS Rothman, IE Gordon, Y. Babikov, A. Barbe, D. Chris Benner, PF Bernath, M. Birk, L. Bizzocchi, V. Boudon, LR Brown, A. Campargue, K. Chance, EA Cohen, LH Coudert, VM Devi, BJ Drouin, A. Fayt, J.-M. Flaud, G. Wagner: The HITRAN 2012 molecular spectroscopic database. In: Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer . Volume 130, number, 2013, pp. 4–50, doi : 10.1016 / j.jqsrt.2013.07.002 .
  6. ↑ [4] Newsletter of the ECMWF from 2015 with the composition of the Science Advisory Committee. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
  7. ↑ [5] ESA website with the report for the PREMIER project from 2012. Retrieved on July 1, 2019.
  8. ↑ [6] Website with the IRS-MAG from Nov. 2018. Retrieved on July 1, 2019.
  9. ↑ [7] Website of the WMO with a report by Orphal from 2015. Retrieved on July 1, 2019.
  10. ↑ CNRS - annuaire des membres. In: Comité National de la Recherche Scientifique. Retrieved June 27, 2019 (French).
  11. ↑ Johannes Orphal, Vice-Chair of Sub-Commission A1: Atmosphere, Meteorology and Climate. In: Space Research Today . Volume 169, number, 2007, pp. 35-36, doi : 10.1016 / S1752-9298 (07) 80039-9 .
  12. ↑ IRC Organization - 2012-2016 Term. In: International Radiation Commission. Retrieved June 27, 2019 .
  13. ↑ The atmosphere and climate program. In: Helmholtz Center. Retrieved June 27, 2019 .
  14. ↑ [8] Website of the EPS with the composition of the Environmental Physics Division. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  15. ^ Website of the DPG with the composition of the international award committees. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  16. ↑ World Year of Physics 2005. November 27, 2005, archived from the original ; accessed on June 27, 2019 .
  17. ↑ DFIU - News Archive. In: Franco-German Institute for Environmental Research. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, March 20, 2019, accessed on June 27, 2019 .
  18. ↑ Aeqes - Comités par cursus. Retrieved June 27, 2019 (French).
  19. ↑ [9] DFG database. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
  20. ↑ [10] Article in "Laser Focus World" about the collaboration, reference to the fellowship at the end of the article. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
  21. ↑ [11] Press release from the LISA Institute on the award ceremony. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
  22. ↑ [12] DGP website with the award winners. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
  23. ↑ [13] Website of the Paris Academy with the 2017 award winners. Accessed July 1, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Orphal, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German physicist and climate researcher
DATE OF BIRTH July 11, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Magdeburg