Prof. Dr. Jörn Behrens
Photo: J. Behrens
Professor of Numerical Methods in Geosciences
Address
University of Hamburg
Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Natural Sciences
Department of Mathematics
AM – Applied Mathematics
Bundesstraße 55
20146 Hamburg
Office
Room: 120
Office hours
Office hours by appointment only.
Please send me an email to register(joern.behrens"AT"uni-hamburg.de).
Contact
Tel: +49 40 42838-7734
Short CV
- since 2009 Professor for numerical methodes in geosciences, CEN/CLICCS/Dept. of Mathematics, Universität Hamburg
- 2012 Guest scientist at Isaac Newton Institute, Cambridge, UK
- 2007–2009 Adjunct professor department of mathematics, University of Bremen
- 2006–2009 Head of Tsunami Modeling Group, Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven
- 1998–2006 Assistant Professor/Lecturer, Center for Mathematical Sciences, Technische Universität München
- 2003–2004 Guest scientist at National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA
- 1996–1998 Post–Doc, scientific computing, Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven
- 1991–1996 PhD student, scientific computing, Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven
Research
- Adaptive grid generation
- Numerical methods for conservation laws
- Multi-scale methods
- Efficient algorithms
Together with my group we develop numerical methods, which can represent multi-scale geophysical processes. These are for example:
- adaptive two- and three-dimensional tracer dispersion
- adaptive numerical methods for inundation and tsunami simulation
- multi-scale representation of sub-grid processes in climate simulation
Publications
Functions
- Faculty Advisor for the SIAM Student Chapter Hamburg
- Co-Chair of CLICCS Project A3 – Canopies in the Earth System
- Chair of COST Action CA18109 Accelerating Global Science in Tsunami Hazard and Risk Analysis (AGITHAR)
- Coordinator of Advanced Simulation of Coupled Earthquake and Tsunami Events (ASCETE)
- Delegate to UNESCO Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Tsunami Early Warning and Mitigation System in the North-Eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean, and Connected Seas (ICG/NEAMTWS)
Teaching
An archive of past lectures can be found under teaching
Current teaching
- 63-616 Numerical Methods in Geosciences (in German)
- 63-617 Exercise Class: Numerical Methods in Geosciences (in German)
- 63-921 Researching and Shaping Climate Futures (together with J Baehr, L Borchert, M Brüggemann, L Kutzbach, S Rödder)
- 63-938 Advanced Numerical Methods for Climate Modeling
- 65-453 Scientific Computing
- 65-454 Exercise Class: Scientific Computing (with M Ann)
- 65-508 Seminar Numerical Methods for PDEs (Block course, with C v Hallern)
Extra-University Teaching
2012:
- Gene Golub SIAM Summer School 2012 “Simulation and Supercomputing in the Geosciences”, Monterey, CA, USA (14 days)
- POLMAR Training course on Scientific Software Development, Bremerhaven (2 days)
2011: Summer School/Intensive Program “Mathematical Models in Seismology”, L’Aquila, Italy (7 days)
2010: POLMAR Training course on Scientific Software Development, Bremerhaven (1 day)
2009:
- UNESCO Training course on Tsunami Inundation Modeling, Pakistan (10 days)
- Training course on advanced tsunami modeling in Jakarta, Indonesia
2007:
- Training course on tsunami modelling in Indonesia
- Training course on the use of tsunami modelling in hazard assessment in Indonesia