Anders Levermann is a climate scientist at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and a Professor of the Dynamics of the Climate System at Potsdam University, Germany. He was contributing author to the fourth assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC AR4) which received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007. He advises political and economic stakeholders on the issue of climate change.
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Born in 1973 in Bremerhaven, Germany, Anders Levermann studied physics at Marburg University, Germany. After his prediploma he completed his Civil Service at psychiatric hospital ‘Givat Shaul’ in Jerusalem, Israel. Afterwards he completed his studies in physics at Kiel University, Germany, where he received his diploma in 1999. During his Ph.D. at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel (with Minerva scholarship) he worked on fractal growth pattern with Professor Itamar Procaccia.
He received his Ph.D. in theoretical physics in 2003, after which he started to work on climate dynamics at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. Initially as a Postdoc with a scholarship of Gary-Comer-foundation, he become Juniorprofessor in 2006. Since October 2007, he is a senior researcher at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and a Professor of the Dynamics of the Climate System at Physics Institute of Potsdam University, Germany.[1] Several research visits brought him to the USA, India and China. His research focuses on so-called Tipping Elements of the climate system.
Currently more than 30 peer-reviewed publications with more than 500 ISI-citations[2]
Selection of peer-reviewed literature: