Prof. Dr. Daniela Domeisen
Prof. Dr. Daniela Domeisen
SNSF Professor at the Department of Environmental Systems Science
ETH Zürich
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Research area
My research focuses on an improved understanding of the dynamics and predictability of weather and climate through the study of extreme events, global remote connections, and interactions between components of the climate system using statistical tools, a hierarchy from simple to high performance numerical models, as well as data science. One of the goals of my research are successful predictions of extreme events such as heatwaves several weeks to months in advance to increase preparedness and to diminish impacts on ecosystems and human health.
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Publications on Google Scholar
Research sponsors:
European Research Council (ERC): Starting Grant
Swiss National Science Foundation
2017 – Assistant Professor, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
2015 – 2017 Juniorprofessor, GEOMAR Kiel, Germany
2014 – 2015 Analyst / Consultant, MarexSpectron, London, UK
2013 – 2014 Postdoc, University ofHamburg, Germany
2012 Postdoc, Cornell University, USA
2012 PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA
2007 MA in "Climate and Society", Columbia University, USA
2006 MSc in Physics, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Membership
| Since | Membership |
|---|---|
| 2021 | ECMWF fellow |
| 2021 | ETH AI Center |
| 2017 | Academia Net |
| 2017 | Center for Climate Systems Modeling (C2SM) |
Honours
| Year | Distinction |
|---|---|
| 2019 | ERC Starting Grant |
| 2019 | Distinction, SNSF Scientific Image Competition |
| 2017 | Emmy Noether Award |
| 2017 | SNSF Professorship Award |
| 2015 | Fast Track Fellowship (Robert Bosch Foundation) |
| 2012 | swissnex connector award |
| 2007 | Warren G. Klein Doctoral Fellowship (MIT) |
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Recent news from the research group:
3 postdocs are joining our group in February and March 2021: Shingirai Nangombe, Maria Pyrina, and Priyanka Yadav. Welcome!
Coverage of our research on subseasonal to decadal prediction in BAMS (based on this paper), with a photo shoot of our research group!
5 of our recent publications are part of the AGU/Wiley top downloaded category (Jan 2018 - Dec 2019 10% top downloaded papers)
In 2020, we will start an ERC starting grant on the understanding and predictability of heat waves in a model hierarchy.
Hilla GerstmanAfargan has obtained a Marie Curie Fellowship to study stratosphere - troposphere interaction under climate change. Congratulations!!
Bernat Jiménez Esteve has successfully defended his PhD thesis on ENSO teleconnections to Europe in December 2019! Congratulations!!
Editor's highlight of Ole Wulff's paper in Geophysical Research Letters showing that summer heat waves are more predictable than average temperatures or cold spells over Europe.
Alexander Wollert has won a distinction at the SNSF Scientific Image competition with this video loop of the 2018 sudden stratospheric warming -- congratulations!
Open positions:
Open positions will be advertized here. There are currently no open positions.
Recent news coverage of our research:
On the sudden stratospheric warming and polar vortex of early 2021 - blog by NOAA climate.gov
Extreme weather from the stratosphere - ETH news
Dieser Winter ist ein Frühling - NZZ (german)
Der Januar 2020 bricht Wetterrekorde - NZZ (german)
Winterhitze - Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung (german)
Weshalb die Warnungen vor einem neuen extremen Sommer heisse Luft sind- NZZ (german)
Am Ursprung der Kälte - Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (german)
Prognose für den Winter schlingert- Tagesanzeiger (german)
Warming in the stratosphere leads to cold winters - ETH News
Frühling schon im Februar - Spektrum der Wissenschaft (german)
Talks (selected):
Naturwissenschaftliche Gesellschaft Winterthur: "Arktische Winterkälte oder Hitzesommer? Einblicke in die langfristige Wettervorhersage": Recorded talk (german)
ECMWF workshop "Stratospheric predictability and impact on the troposphere": Recorded talk | Slides (english)
ECMWF Annual Seminar 2019: Slides (english)
Teaching:
The Global Atmospheric Circulation (MSc course, Spring semester)
BSc seminar in Atmosphäre und Klima (BSc seminar, Fall semester)
Advanced atmospheric circulation and predictability (MSc course, independent study, every semester)
Course Catalogue
Spring Semester 2025
| Number | Unit |
|---|---|
| 651-4095-01L | Colloquium Atmosphere and Climate 1 |
| 651-4095-02L | Colloquium Atmosphere and Climate 2 |
| 651-4095-03L | Colloquium Atmosphere and Climate 3 |