Sonia I. Seneviratne
Sonia Isabelle Seneviratne (born June 5, 1974 in Lausanne ) is a Swiss climate scientist . She has been a full professor for Land-Climate-Dynamics at ETH Zurich since 2016 .
Life
Seneviratne completed her Matura Type B and Baccalauréat Vaudois in 1992 at the Gymnase cantonal de Chamblandes in Pully . She then studied biology at the University of Lausanne from 1992 to 1995 and environmental physics at the ETH Zurich from 1995 to 1999 . From 1999 to 2002 she also completed her doctorate at the ETH. After her graduation she was from 2003 to 2004 Visiting Research Associate at the Goddard Space Flight Center of NASA . In 2005 Seneviratne returned to ETH Zurich and became senior assistant there. She held this post until 2007, when she became an assistant professor, which she remained until 2012. From 2013 to 2016 she was an associate professor. In 2016 she was appointed full professor.
In 2013 she became a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union , which awarded her the James B. Macelwane Medal in the same year .
Seneviratne is married and has two children. In addition to Swiss citizenship , she is also a Sri Lankan citizen .
Research activity
Seneviratne deals with climate extremes , land-climate processes and climate changes in her research .
She is one of the authors of the IPCC's special report on global warming of 1.5 degrees (2018). She has been one of the main coordinating authors of the IPCC's Sixth Assessment Report since 2018 .
Publications (selection)
- SI Seneviratne et al: Land-atmosphere coupling and climate change in Europe. In: Nature . Volume 443, No. 7108, 2006, p. 205, doi: 10.1038 / nature05095
- M. Reichstein et al: Climate extremes and the carbon cycle. In: Nature . Volume 500, No. 7462, 2013, p. 287, doi: 10.1038 / nature12350
- SI Seneviratne et al .: Investigating soil moisture - climate interactions in a changing climate: A review. In: Earth Science Reviews. Volume 99, No. 3-4, 2010, pp. 125-161, doi: 10.1016 / j.earscirev.2010.02.004
Web links
- Curriculum Vitae , ETH Zurich website (PDF, English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Curriculum Vitae , ETH Zurich website, accessed on December 30, 2018.
- ↑ a b http://www.ipcc.ch/report/authors/report.authors.php?q=32&p=
- ↑ Terrestrial Water Storage: A Critical Variable for Mid-latitude Climate and Climate Change , (Diss.ETH No. 14944), ETH Zurich website.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Seneviratne, Sonia I. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Seneviratne, Sonia Isabelle (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss climate scientist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 5th June 1974 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lausanne |