MSc and PhD topics
For inspiration of possible MSc and PhD Topics, please find here an overview of the ongoing topics of our MSc and PhD students as well as suggestions for open topics. We welcome any ideas for MSc Theses in the scope of the group's work and expertise!
Ongoing MSc Topics:
- Josipa Zupanic: "Compound wind-precipitation extremes in Europe in the CRCM5-LE" (supervision by Prof. Dr. Jana Sillmann and Dr. Benjamin Poschlod)
- Vidur Mithal: "Drivers and impacts of natural disasters" (supervision by Prof. Dr. Jana Sillmann and Dr. Jakob Zscheischler, UFZ Leipzig)
- Ingrid Matanic: "Representation of droughts in a high-resolution convection permitting climate model over Germany" (supervision by Prof. Dr. Jana Sillmann and Dr. Benjamin Poschlod)
- Leocardia Zheng: "Decadal prediction of hot-dry events in Europe" (supervision by Prof. Dr. Jana Sillmann and Dr. Leonard Borchert)
- Yuting Wu: "Employing a machine learning model to identify meteorological drivers and their climate-change induced alterations for coffee production in Brazil" (supervision by Prof. Dr. Jana Sillmann and Dr. Benjamin Poschlod)
- Victoria Dietz: "The future of hot-dry compound events in the world's bread basket regions" (supervision by Dr. Leonard Borchert and Prof. Dr. Johanna Baehr)
Ongoing PhD Topics:
- Aiswarya Pavanan: "The impact of extreme climate events on human capital" (principal supervision by Prof. Dr. Jana Sillmann)
- Alexander Rischmüller: "Bayesian modeling of extreme precipitation in Germany" (principal supervision by Prof. Dr. Jana Sillmann)
- Maša Avakumovic: "Modelling and simulating extreme events in the climate system" (preliminary) (principal supervision by Prof. Dr. Jörn Behrens, co-supervision by Prof. Dr. Jana Sillmann)
- Eduardo Alastrué de Asenjo: "The impact of AMOC variations on European climate and extremes" (principal supervision by Prof. Dr. Johanna Baehr, co-supervision by Prof. Dr. Jana Sillmann)
Open MSc Topics:
- "The impact of compound extremes on agricultural production using crop simulation emulators" (supervision by Prof. Dr. Jana Sillmann and Dr. Leonard Borchert)
- "Using machine learning to discriminate climate predictions from observations" (supervision by Prof. Dr. Jana Sillmann and Dr. Leonard Borchert)
- "Predicting the Indian Monsoon" (supervision by Dr. Leonard Borchert)
- "Seasonal predictions for agriculture applications" (supervision by Dr. Leonard Borchert)
- "Compound low wind speeds and high air temperatures are challenging the electricity generation (wind turbines & air conditioning). Are there already trends for these events in historic climate?"
- "Heavy rainfall after long-term droughts can be devastating (e.g. Emilia-Romagna 2023): How will this type of compound event change in a warmer climate?"
- "Generating return levels of sub-daily extreme precipitation in Germany using the Simplified Metastatistical Extreme Value (SMEV) distribution: Where do they differ from the new KOSTRA data set?"
- "The use and usefulness of extreme weather event attribution for litigation studies"
- "Precipitation and wind extremes due to intense small-scale energy fluxes (e.g. explosive midlatitude cyclone, convection)"
- "Impact of the Southern Ocean cooling on land extreme events over the northern hemisphere"