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Klaus Ferdinand Hasselmann is a German physicist, meteorologist, oceanographer, and university teacher. Born in Hamburg on October 25, 1931, he holds a doctorate and has worked in the fields of climate variability, climate models, climate change, and simulation. His academic career includes positions at the University of Hamburg, the Max Planck Society, and the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology. He has worked in Göttingen and Hamburg and was educated at the University of Göttingen, the University of Hamburg, and the Max Planck Society, with Walter Tollmien serving as his doctoral advisor.
Hasselmann has received several major honors, including the Nobel Prize in Physics, the Körber European Science Prize, the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award, and the Sverdrup Gold Medal Award. He is a member of the Academia Europaea, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the European Geosciences Union, and the Royal Meteorological Society. He speaks German and English and has served as deputy chairperson.
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Key facts
- Born
- Klaus Ferdinand Hasselmann , ( 1931-10-25 ) 25 October 1931 (age 94) , Hamburg , Weimar Republic
- Education
- University of Hamburg ( Diplom ), Max Planck Society , University of Göttingen ( PhD )
- Awards
- Italgas Prize for Environmental Science (1996) , Nobel Prize in Physics (2021)
- Fields
- Climate variability , Climate model
- Institutions
- University of Hamburg , Scripps Institution of Oceanography , University of California, San Diego , Max Planck Society , Max Planck Institute for Meteorology , German Climate Computing Centre
- Thesis
- Über eine Methode zur Bestimmung der Reflexion und Brechung von Stoßfronten und von beliebigen Wellen kleiner Wellenlängen an der Trennungsfläche zweier Medien (1957)
- Doctoral advisor
- Walter Tollmien
- Website
- Official website
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Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Prize in Physics2021
“for the physical modelling of Earth’s climate, quantifying variability and reliably predicting global warming”
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Official website
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology: Homepage
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Encyclopedic overview
Klaus Ferdinand Hasselmann ( German pronunciation: [klaʊs ˈhasl̩man] ; born 25 October 1931) is a German oceanographer and climate modeller. He is Professor Emeritus at the University of Hamburg and former Director of the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology. He was awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics jointly with Syukuro Manabe and Giorgio Parisi.
Hasselmann grew up in Welwyn Garden City, England and returned to Hamburg in 1949 to attend university. Throughout his career he has mainly been affiliated with the University of Hamburg and the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, which he founded. He also spent five years in the United States as a professor at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and a year as a visiting professor at the University of Cambridge.
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